Science Experiment - Personality type and atheism/agnosticism/belief

No worries, Procrastinator. You should see some of my posts after enjoying a glass of wine. It's way worse than your flu scenario.

Your investigation could get messy. People like to defend thier ideals. T's like proof and absolutely abhor arguments that basically end in 'just because I do' statements. I'm guessing F's are just as sensitive though, or there would be nothing to argue about.
 
INTJ like ktabic. I think 'Mastermind' is how I would generally describe myself, so I'm willing to accept the accuracy of this test :) I used to describe myself as an atheist, but as I grow more open minded, I now tend to use the term agnostic - as I see it, there is no proof in the existence of god(s), but I'm willing to accept the existence of things outside my current sphere of comprehension. Never say never, eh?
 
INFP - "Questor". High capacity for caring. Emotional face to the world. High sense of honor derived from internal values. 4.4% of total population.

Athiest
 
Took the test again because I couldn't remember the details of the first time and the result is marginally different (from what I recall). What I want to know is this: Have I changed since yesterday or have my selections been influenced by what others have said since? Did I misread some of the questions, either today or yesterday? If I do the test tomorrow, what kind of person will I be then?

Seems I'm either a questor or an architect. Can one be both? Maybe ...

It's tough trying to be proud of what you are when it (apparently) changes daily :confused:
 
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I am an INFP and I would say am loosely a Hindu, kind of a Deist. :)

I am very certainly not an atheist or agnostic though.
 
ISTJ

Religion wise I admit the possibility that one (or more) religions may be at least partly true (it is not possible to disprove them) but it is a very low probability, in my opinion.

Enjoy!
 
I'm an ENTJ (Don't ask me where that E came from, as I'll tell you the source was a link from another thread.)

I have to say that I bearly believe in anything. (Be honest: you all knew I'd say that.) You should also know by now that I often use levity to avoid answering a question; I am doing so again here regarding my views on faith. Is this need to avoid serious issues a characteristic of we ENTJs? (I rather believe it may be.)



I will admit to holding one belief with regards to faith: that it should be a private matter, not public. In particular, pressure from the pulpit** put on elected figures should be resisted (and even denounced). The public has a right to have proposals thought through properly and debated on their merits; their representatives should not be treated merely as ciphers for the hierarchy of whichever faith they happen to hold.)


** - or the equivalent for other faiths
 
ISTJ - Trustee, guardian of time honoured institutions. That seems strange as I am a bit of an iconoclast. All I know is I have very little use for superstition of any type, including beliefs in space aliens and gods, which are on the same level as far as I am conerned.
 
ISTJ

Not sure how accurate it really is. (I don't feel like an ISTJ:confused:)

Still, I am an atheist so there might be some truth in the findings. Perhaps the fact that I am ISTJ makes me doubt the findings of the test........
 
Interference said:
Took the test again because I couldn't remember the details of the first time and the result is marginally different (from what I recall). What I want to know is this: Have I changed since yesterday or have my selections been influenced by what others have said since? Did I misread some of the questions, either today or yesterday? If I do the test tomorrow, what kind of person will I be then?

Seems I'm either a questor or an architect. Can one be both? Maybe ...

It's tough trying to be proud of what you are when it (apparently) changes daily :confused:
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Weeel now Interference, I wouldn't worry too much about it, its really best to do this sort of test several times. Perhaps you're one of those wafty people. (Kidding;)) This kind of classification isn't black and white, and where they can really fall down is for people who are close to the middle of a spectrum, rather than clearly off to one side or the other. Take the I...E split, introvert/extrovert. Some are strongly one way or the other but quite a few people are middling, and depending on the day or their situation, small variations could tip them to one side or the other of the spectrum, just in the natural scheme of things. The same goes for any of the "divisions", including F and T. Me, I'm an F but not powerfully so - my F is healthily flavoured with T and its not too much a stretch for me to act like an INTP if the occasion calls for it. Whereas acting like an ESTJ exhausts me no end. When it comes to it though, if I make a decision I have to go with the one that "feels" right, no matter how much sense this or that makes. If the rational decision is one that makes me feel bad for whatever reason (no matter how irrational) then I can't go with that decision (unless the other way makes me feel worse). At bottom, this makes me an F.

One thing this experiment has shown so far is that this message board is crawling with introverts... (I seem to remember reading somewhere that introverts are roughly 25% of the general populace.) Unless I have counted wrong, only Ursa has put his hand up as an extrovert, and he's not too sure about that one anyway. I wonder if SFF fans are more introverted than the general populace, or if its because we're "convening" on the www, which probably attracts more introverts anyway (can discuss things without all that draining real world interaction, in our own time etc). What did introverts do before the www....
 
it does not please me,it's convenient.

i think psychology is still in the dark ages.

human beings defy analysis.

personality end members are devised, to get a handle on basically a chaotic* phenomenon,character.
*in the computational/mathematical sense

these tests are to be taken with mountain of salt.
Although i applaud the thread in itself,BTW

slight rant over

i think reading the literature the chroniclers read tends to make them ,for want of a better term, introverted.
lovers of the fantastic are perceived in a certain light,most of the time the wrong light

those lovers are well aware of that.

it makes them uncertain,and they clam up.
as for myself:the larger the crowd ,the more introverted i become

some people here have changed from religious to non-religious,and vice versa.
i think circumstances draw someone to religion,or drive them away from it.
 
All this stuff, including how I interpret what you say to me and vice versa, should be ingested with salt...

I wouldn't say psych is in the dark ages, people have learned a lot about it and still have a lot to learn. Maybe some of it is unknowable. Should this stop us? We are a complex form of animal life but it would seem there is a sizeable genetic component to our characters - implying that character has a genetic purpose and an evolutionary significance. In broad terms we have much in common with eachother, and some of us have an incredible amount in common. There are patterns present in character "types". Interesting to explore...

i think reading the literature the chroniclers read tends to make them ,for want of a better term, introverted.
lovers of the fantastic are perceived in a certain light,most of the time the wrong light
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Riddikulus. This would mean that prior to reading SFF they were not introverted. More likely, introverts are more attracted to reading in general - and extroverts have better things to do than chat on websites. ;)

Circumstances can draw someone toward religion or drive them away from it, but religion is only a part of belief. Is the search for meaning down to certain character traits? Questions, questions.
 
I would also like to thank the P for putting up this thread, very interesting indeedly!

I myself appear to be an:

ENFJ - "Persuader". Outstanding leader of groups. Can be aggressive at helping others to be the best that they can be. 2.5% of total population.​

It seems I am the first one of these (just checked back, Ursa's an ENTJ). I think it somewhat fits, as to the extroverted part, I wouldn't consider I'm that extroverted, but I am pretty crazy and confident around my friends. I guess I'm an okay conversationalist, but otherwise I'm pretty shy, I don't have very good self-esteem (this is the longest amount of time I've talked about myself in ages).​

I'm prone to belief, I've been brought up as a catholic, but like to think myself more as a Christian, in terms of religious beliefs. I don't want people to think of me as a Christian though, but as a person, HJ!​
 
Writing is a solitary art - many arts are and are attractive to people who eschew the society of erratic reality - and reading really can't be done in a party-type situation (well I've never been to a party with a reading room, have you?). I don't necessarily suspect that the web attracts the introverse (just coined another word, Oxford Dics) since there are just as likely to be other sites and boards with the inverse proportion of I to E. I feel :))) it is more likely to do with the board's format; that many of the members here have a natural tendency towards introspection, study and deep thought.

Now, if anyone wants to come and visit my DiscoAndAfroHairstyles board, you might see a whole nother demographic altogether, all together :D.
 
you're a firm believer in native,or genetically driven introvertedness,i see,Pooh.

'extroverts have better things to do than chat on websites. ;)'
a bit facile and glib,Pooh.

you're assuming too much there.
totally unwarranted.

psychopharmacy has advanced somewhat,as has the understanding of the neurological underpinnings of some forms of behaviour

so,what practical advances has psychology brought us?
 
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