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Positive Thinking
Mar. 4th, 2004 06:23 pmI was reading through my last few entries and realized that the only thing I've done for the past couple of months is complain about school. I apologize for that--I'll see if I can't be a little more lighthearted for a while. Or at least whine in a more amusing way. ;)
I had someone ask me today what my Myers-Briggs/Keirsey temperament category was. (INTJ for those who are interested, a group that seems to be disproportionately represented online, and which makes me green in the True Colors system.) Curiously, this was the third time in the last couple of months that I'd been asked about that question. The first person to ask me did so in part to gauge my level of geekiness, which led me to wonder if temperament tests are in some way associated with geek culture, or maybe with a mindset common to many geeks. Do certain types of people drawn to categorizing other people in this fashion? Or is it common to everyone, including the non-geeks? At the original conversation, there were four of us present. The three self-identified geeks had all heard of the temperament sorter; the fourth person, a non-geek, had not. (The fourth originally claimed geek status on the assumption that all academics are geeks, but withdrew the assertion after we explained the concept of "executive Ph.D." to her--a category she clearly fits into.) Anecdotal evidence, of course, and therefore non-generalizable, which makes it just about right for discussing temperament scores. So how many of you know your scores?
( Round up of the day )
I had someone ask me today what my Myers-Briggs/Keirsey temperament category was. (INTJ for those who are interested, a group that seems to be disproportionately represented online, and which makes me green in the True Colors system.) Curiously, this was the third time in the last couple of months that I'd been asked about that question. The first person to ask me did so in part to gauge my level of geekiness, which led me to wonder if temperament tests are in some way associated with geek culture, or maybe with a mindset common to many geeks. Do certain types of people drawn to categorizing other people in this fashion? Or is it common to everyone, including the non-geeks? At the original conversation, there were four of us present. The three self-identified geeks had all heard of the temperament sorter; the fourth person, a non-geek, had not. (The fourth originally claimed geek status on the assumption that all academics are geeks, but withdrew the assertion after we explained the concept of "executive Ph.D." to her--a category she clearly fits into.) Anecdotal evidence, of course, and therefore non-generalizable, which makes it just about right for discussing temperament scores. So how many of you know your scores?
( Round up of the day )
