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Well obviously the world would be a better place without them. That has no bearing on whether or not you are ready when they attack. :phear:

That's exactly why you need to plan. All of this must be taken into account.

Come on. Admit it.

Making corn beef and cabbage! In Chicago, they dye the river green:D Unfortunately I'm going to miss it this year what with being at school.

@ Cavallier Pretty accurate. I thought it was hilarious that two analyses describe me as "given to flights of fancy" and "not much of a dreamer". Teehee. Yay, controversial handwriting! :angel01:

@ Trebuchet Wow, that's the first time in my life I've been described as "not much of a dreamer", but you're right on with "direct" "efficient" and "sarcastic". The money preoccupation might have to do with the absurd cost of college, but otherwise I'm not too interested in it. Ambition and...

Beethoven's Grosse Fuge. Pure genius.

I'm not arguing against the Jungian model. I'm arguing against your assertion that the Meyer Briggs test is more accurate than someone who has made an in-depth study of the behaviors associated with the Jungian model. If you want to spin that as "relying on other peoples' writings" that's up to...

Anyone want to do mine?

"To me expertise on boradicus's part doesn't matter. What I find of interest is his examination of change. If he is on the edge, he can change. Adymus I believe frowns on anyone being on the edge but I'm not sure." I too found his examination of change interesting, and his lack of expertise...

Some Greek philosophers believed that pondering really wasn't pondering if you weren't a little tipsy. :smiley_emoticons_mr

It's the disagreement over the validity of the test that I was referring to. To say that a self-administered, standardized test is more objective that a professional analysis just sounds so silly to me that I am confounded by the idea that Boradicus believes that. This, combined with the fact...

True. Like I said, I'm unsure about him, which is not to say I don't find him at all credible. I have to think about it more. Although, I do agree with him in this instance. It seems to me that Boradicus is arguing for the validity of the test over observation-based typing more because he wants...

^Although I would like to add that I still don't know whether Adymus should be considered a legitimate practitioner.

Boradicus, think about what the MBTI test is. I has questions like "are you late for appointments?" and "do you get bored reading theoretical books?" The creators of the test found that observable behaviors indicated type (which I believe is what Adymus it saying), and organized these behaviors...

Kind of like that. But bigger. And so inconceivable that nobody (even INTPs in all their questiony-ness :rolleyes:) has thought to wonder about it. What if humans are constantly and collectively making themselves look like idiots to the rest of the universe, like when someone uses a word almost...

So is the idea that something Must have created the universe the misunderstanding?

My dad is an ISTJ, and we get along really well.

I don't understand the connection.

But think beyond just the "running out of stuff" implications. Think about the fact that there might be some piece of knowledge out there, the nature of which we can't even guess at, that would change everything. What if every single thing we do just serves to massively fuck things up because of...

So, I live in a dorm with around 25 other people. The other day my roommate used some milk from the refrigerator for her cereal. She said "I'm just taking a tiny bit. They'll never notice" But that's the thing. She doesn't know where it started out. Twenty people could have taken just a...

Is this a joke? :phear: Also, according to this, Legolas is a pedophile. :eek:

ISTP The Crafter This type sounds exactly like the kind of guys I like

Got another sample for you.

Umm...everything. :(

Donnie Darko is probably my alltime favorite movie! Have you seen the director's cut?

Undecided. And it's getting to the point where that's a problem :o

Put it on the marriage thread.

But that's just the thing. Listening to his music, it's more like he just did what everyone else was doing, but with more technical skill. He really didn't make any great innovations, or do anything new. Not like say, Beethoven did. In fact, the things he wrote which are furthest from the style...

If you can deal with subtitles, "Let the Right One In" is a Swedish vampire movie. Absolutely terrifying and wonderful. "The Orphanage" is also excellent. Guillermo del Toro, director of "Pan's Labyrinth" worked on it.

Any thoughts?

Another stupid. Although I don't understand what that test had to do with intuition.

It's so artificial and suffocating.

I wouldn't say my handwriting is ugly. In fact, it's kind of pretty, but in no way neat. All the letters start to flow together in a half-print half-cursive scrawl. Well, I think it's pretty.

I mean, what annoys me about it is the fact that it's accepted as a given. Two distinct concepts are automatically equated with each other and nobody ever questions it or asks for an explanation as to what makes them the same thing.

Umm...some others are. :slashnew:

I know what you're saying, but I think you're drastically underestimating the amount of ignorance and sexism that's still out there. Even in more progressive cultures where women are given equal opportunities and success is not frowned upon, there is an a kind of insidious backhanded sexism...

Why? I mean, I realize that for some practical purposes it's unavoidable, but we need not be passive cogs in the system. You're misinterpreting my use of the word "force". Of course society can't dictate our personalities, but it can restrict us from implementing them in the manner to which...

But I think that you are conflating separate issues, and in effect contradicting yourself. One needn't be a scientist (or pseudo scientist) in order to reject dualism. And in fact, the acknowledgement of the inextricably linked nature of the body and the self just acknowledges our innate...

But you're basically saying that you'd rather pander to society's game than actually try to get to the truth of the matter. Even the qualifier that it's not an exclusively masculine trait forces the women into an artificial minority, a position of weakness which does not allow them to realize...

Don't have time to read the whole thread, so I don't know if anyone has mentioned this. In terms of her novels, I find myself immediately suspicious of a work of fiction being so allegorical. It cheapens the plot, character development, world building, and basically anything else I usually...

I don't think it's so much a matter of J being more masculine, just that society has cultivated it in males and frowned upon it in females. Think about it. Men are "dominant" "single-minded" "driven". The female equivalent is graced with such labels as "harridan" "fishwife" "bitch" and "dyke"...

But is it really a matter of devaluing humanity, or just a rejection of Cartesian Dualism?

Excellent post, Agent Intellect. I've been thinking a lot about this thread and had some similar ideas whirring around in my head but had no idea how to express them. I did a little happy dance when I read that. :storks:

I shudder in horror at the thought of sleeping in that thing.

Someone's been watching Inglorious Basterds

In terms of personal responsibility, I don't think the ideas in the OP really negate free will. If our personalities cause us to operate and process things in a certain way, that's still all mental. We have control over actions that we take.

I've heard that it might be a full-length movie

Accepted. ;)

Really? You're really just going to ascribe opinions to me that way? Opinions which I have quite clearly stated I don't possess? You've decided, based on no evidence other than the way I phrased certain things, the significance of which I've already explained you misinterpreted, that I am...