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Permalink Reply by onyango makagutu on March 11, 2013 at 1:54am

kOrsan, I thought whenever possible we are company. what happened to our business plans?

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Permalink Reply by MikeLong on March 8, 2013 at 5:13pm

What profile am I if I don't believe in profiles. I have a general dislike for binary thinking - left or right brain; front or back brain. etc. The Briggs-Meyer test reads, to me, JUST like an astrology chart - where almost every trait applies, to some extent, to anyone.

Humans are NOT binary. How we might react to any given stimulus might be found in a huge mass of intertwined continua (see a plate of spaghetti).

People seem to like to take these binary tests (normal human impulse to categorize everything we encounter), but, in my opinion, they are more likely to influence one's personality than to reflect it.

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Permalink Reply by Simon Paynton on March 8, 2013 at 7:11pm

I agree, we're all a mixture of many things. 

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Permalink Reply by Strega on March 8, 2013 at 7:33pm

I would tell you your profile type, MikeLong, but unfortunately at the moment, Mercury is in retrograde...

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Permalink Reply by MikeLong on March 8, 2013 at 8:39pm

I'm an Aries, if that helps. :-)

(Of course you would already have guessed that.)

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Permalink Reply by Ray R. on March 8, 2013 at 11:27pm

I don't believe in astrology because I'm a Scorpio , and we're quite skeptical.

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on March 10, 2013 at 12:10am

Lofl

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Permalink Reply by Teri G on March 9, 2013 at 2:51am

I agree, no person fits completely into one type. But humans have a need to box things, and box themselves sometimes to be able to say "This is who I am" with confidence. Even for interest sake if you don't believe in it.

It helps with businesses that are looking for a specific type of person to fit into a position. It helps narrow down the field and classify people into something that can be analysed and worked with tangibly. It's like a general consensus, it's not 100% accurate but it's something that can be useful in certain situations. 

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Permalink Reply by James Cox on March 8, 2013 at 8:18pm

I would be considered a rather strong 'geek or 'nerd', but I also attempted, with some success, to maintain a 'worldly' connection. Sadly, as of late, it is very clear that my 'worldly-ness' needs a little work.

Many of us, IMHO, as atheists, would claim some allegence to the geek/nerd persona. As in all classifications, self serving or not, there are outlyers. We, as atheists, as in theism, can come from different origins, but arrive at similar destinations. I expect that some of path ways, need not pass through rationalism, the horror or civility, education and socialization, surely can inform the result.

As my personal path, I passed through both, by attempts at rationalism, and horrors of socialization. It is unclear how effective was the path through rationalism. I hope that it is the greater part, but cognition is affected by a great deal, including biochemistry. 

I suggest that we be open to all of life, but be careful of over-training. As experiments in AI have suggested to me, that over-training can generate very bad fits to 'reality'. With mental and behavioral effects. Assuming that the human mind is an analog to computers, but that we are much more than a 'machine', choose wisely what you 'learn'.   

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Permalink Reply by Simon Paynton on March 9, 2013 at 8:47am

You're an IMHO?

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Permalink Reply by Amanda Mrakovich on March 10, 2013 at 10:13am

Can't tell if trolling or honestly don't know...in case of not knowing...IMHO= In My Honest (something Humble) Opinion

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Permalink Reply by Simon Paynton on March 10, 2013 at 10:25am

Trolling

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