[Buddha-l] An experiment (Gender on Buddha-l)

[curt]

I have the type of personality that refuses to take personality tests. A 
friend who is a retired psychiatrist told me I have "oppositional 
defiant disorder" - one of the symptoms of which is that when someone 
tells you you've got it you take it as a compliment (which I did). She 
insisted that it isn't really a good thing - which I steadfastly refused 
to believe. She said that was a symptom, too.

All personality tests are direct descendants of Medieval (and older) 
theories of personality types that were based on natal astrology, 
"physiognomy" and "humors". They work about as well - if that.

- Curt

Chan Fu wrote:

>Taking these two tests is a very interesting experiment for a buddhist
>practitioner:
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>http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,937913,00.html
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>While being a rabid techologist and maniacally science-oriented,
>I actually found it difficult to answer many questions on the S
>test from my usual perspective of just not thinking about such
>things in the way the questions imply. It's great fun.
>
>cf (high "B")
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