Personality Test

[PyratePhil]

...but a decent one...in fact, I just joined another forum that has a lot of clones of me (scary thought, I know!) through this test...but try it and see if you agree with the results - they were pretty close for me...

Personality Test

Oh, BTW - I'm an INFP...

[Black Syren]

Extroverted (E) 60% Introverted (I) 40%

Intuitive (N) 54.05% Sensing (S) 45.95%

Feeling (F) 55.88% Thinking (T) 44.12%

Judging (J) 58.06% Perceiving (P) 41.94%

Your type is: ENFJ

Accuracy: - 5 high 4 3 2 1 low

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.

Im a bad person..BAD!

[PyratePhil]

Bad Siren!

Bad, naughty, EVIL Siren!

[Gigi]

I got:

Introverted (I) 75.86% Extroverted (E) 24.14%

Intuitive (N) 52.63% Sensing (S) 47.37%

Feeling (F) 55.88% Thinking (T) 44.12%

Perceiving (P) 63.64% Judging (J) 36.36%

INFP - "Questor". High capacity for caring. Emotional face to the world. High sense of honor derived from internal values. 4.4% of total population.

introvert matches perfectly.

[Christine]

Mine is:

Extroverted (E) 51.52% Introverted (I) 48.48%

Intuitive (N) 53.13% Sensing (S) 46.88%

Feeling (F) 51.61% Thinking (T) 48.39%

Perceiving (P) 54.29% Judging (J) 45.71%

Your type is: ENFP

ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population.

[Red-Handed Jill]

Ah - the Myers-Briggs test. I already know that I'm an INTJ - the smallest group, consisting of only 1% of the population (we're so special...)

[Black Syren]

At least Im only Aggressive when getting others to be the BEST they can be..Isn't that the Marines though?

[PyratePhil]

I got:...

INFP - "Questor". High capacity for caring. Emotional face to the world. High sense of honor derived from internal values. 4.4% of total population...

...and together, we shall rule these puny humans - Bwahahahahahahaha!

[PyratePhil]

... (we're so special...)

Your group USED to be around 23%, but you ticked too many people off...

[PyratePhil]

..Isn't that the Marines though?

YES, SIR, CAPTAIN SIREN, SIR, YES, SIR!

THANK YOU MA'AM, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER???

[Black Syren]

*grins* So this is what it would feel like to have Power...Let me think about your request Phil...Ummm....No I dinnae think so!

I ALWAYS wanted to say no to someone..still do not think me personality profile is correct...Im really sweet meek and biddable.

[PyratePhil]

I ALWAYS wanted to say no to someone..still do not think me personality profile is correct...Im really sweet meek and biddable.

Right...so was my friend the dominatrix when she wasn't "working"...

[Black Syren]

Truly there is no dominatrix to me..

[PyratePhil]

Riiiiiight....

[Rumba Rue]

Introverted (I) 51.35%

Extroverted (E) 48.65%

Sensing (S) 50%

Intuitive (N) 50%

Feeling (F) 51.43%

Thinking (T) 48.57%

Judging (J) 54.05%

Perceiving (P) 45.95%

INFJ - "Author". Strong drive and enjoyment to help others. Complex personality. 1.5% of total population.

Kind of looks like I'm the middle of the road- probably road kill.

[Dorian Lasseter]

Introverted (I) 53.13% Extroverted (E) 46.88%

Intuitive (N) 52.78% Sensing (S) 47.22%

Feeling (F) 55.88% Thinking (T) 44.12%

Perceiving (P) 56.25% Judging (J) 43.75%

Another INFP....

[PyratePhil]

Huzzah! The INFP's are coming, hide the women and children...

[Blue Mermaid]

Here's mine ...

Your type is: ENTJ

Extroverted (E) 60% Introverted (I) 40%

Intuitive (N) 52.38% Sensing (S) 47.62%

Thinking (T) 52.63% Feeling (F) 47.37%

Judging (J) 50%Perceiving (P) 50%

ENTJ - "Field Marshall". The basic driving force and need is to lead. Tend to seek a position of responsibility and enjoys being an executive. 1.8% of total population.

[PyratePhil]

"Field Marshall Mermaid"...

...Wow...

[lady snow]

Extroverted (E) 75.76% Introverted (I) 24.24%

Intuitive (N) 64.86% Sensing (S) 35.14%

Feeling (F) 65.63% Thinking (T) 34.38%

Perceiving (P) 75.86% Judging (J) 24.14%

Your type is: ENFP

ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population.

and i see that i'm not alone and this is fairly close

[Blue Mermaid]

"Field Marshall Mermaid"...

...Wow...

I know... I was kinda impressed myself!

[Silkie McDonough]

I was falling asleep while taking the 'test'. I'll sleep and try again just to see if sleep deprivation may skew the results!

Extroverted (E) 63.41% Introverted (I) 36.59%

Intuitive (N) 58.97% Sensing (S) 41.03%

Feeling (F) 56.25% Thinking (T) 43.75%

Perceiving (P) 71.43% Judging (J) 28.57%

Your type is: ENFP

Accuracy:

ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population.

[Caraccioli]

Not to carp, but when we were discussing this a year ago, wasn't it you Phil that said, "Boy the labels are flying tonight!"

INTJ - the best type - with a long memory.

FWIW, I post on an INTJ mail list and they are very strict about how you determine your type. Apparently the online tests are not considered to be very accurate. Only the several hundred question written test (which you can take at most colleges) is considered truly accurate. Also, be mindful that your results can change (particularly if you're using the simpler tests) depending on your mood and environment. It's one of the big flaws with this test IMO.

This does bring up a question I had been pondering awhile back. If you're an NT, you tend to be future focused. I posit that this has something to do with the INtuitive function. (25% of the population are iNtuitive, 75% are Sensing). From wikipedia:

"Sensing and Intuition are the perceiving functions. They indicate how a person prefers to receive data. These are the nonrational functions, as a person does not necessarily have control over receiving data, but only how to process it once they have it. Sensing prefers to receive data primarily from the five senses, and intuition prefers to receive data from the unconscious, or seeing relationships via insights."

Now, the ultimate goal of Taoism is to live in the moment. Being NT (iNtuitive Thinking), I have a strong predilection for the future and thinking about other possibilities and projects - which is completely opposite to living in the now. If you read up on the NT type, you'll find this is typical, however.

As explained above, a Sensing type, is focused on the five senses - which (to my Rational mind) would tend to be preferential for focusing on the now. Since the majority of the people in this world are Sensing according to the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator data - this is the test you're all discussing), could it be that Taoism merely reflects what the majority prefer? I personally don't find the now all that interesting for the most part. I have always found better long-term payoff in playing to my strengths.

[PyratePhil]

Not to carp, but when we were discussing this a year ago, wasn't it you Phil that said, "Boy the labels are flying tonight!"

You naughty boy!

Of COURSE I said that...or rather, the Phil that existed AT THAT TIME said it...I've moved on since then...

...I'm now the NEW and IMPROVED Phil, with EXTRA-STRENGTH WHITENERS!!!

Actually, I've had a year of losing a lot of weight and hair and gaining a lot of experience and wisdom...

INTJ - the best type - with a long memory.

Best? "BEST"??? *shakes head*

Apparently the online tests are not considered to be very accurate. Only the several hundred question written test (which you can take at most colleges) is considered truly accurate.

Of course. These are only meant as fun, and anyone who takes the results as end-all / be-all should re-examine their findings. For me, though, this simple, short test only confirms both what I discovered in college and private testing AND what I know of myself.

If these simplified tests serve only as a tool for people to quest within themselves, I think they'll have accomplished their purpose.

This does bring up a question I had been pondering awhile back...the ultimate goal of Taoism is to live in the moment.

Actually, if there IS any ultimate goal of Taoism, I always believed it to be becoming one with the Tao...but then, you KNEW that already...living in the moment is just another tool to achieve that...

Being NT (iNtuitive Thinking), I have a strong predilection for the future and thinking about other possibilities and projects - which is completely opposite to living in the now...

Completely opposite, yet complimentary...

As explained above, a Sensing type, is focused on the five senses - which (to my Rational mind) would tend to be preferential for focusing on the now. Since the majority of the people in this world are Sensing according to the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator data - this is the test you're all discussing), could it be that Taoism merely reflects what the majority prefer?

If one were to accept your hypothesis, and Taoism associated the 5 senses with sensing the present, then yes, you'd be correct. The little fly in the ointment here, though, is that we seek to go BEYOND the basic senses, no matter WHAT time frame we're dealing with.

The senses can be deceived - the intuition, rarely...

So Taoism reflects more properly what the MINORITY prefer...again, you already knew that. Just look around you...

For what my own viewpoint is worth, Taoism ceased trying to appeal to the masses along about the time their temples were burned and their "priests" slain...

I personally don't find the now all that interesting for the most part. I have always found better long-term payoff in playing to my strengths.

As should all people. Me? I see "Now" as just another step toward "Then"...where it remarkably enough becomes "Now" again... :)

[kaizoku]

Extroverted (E) 70.27% Introverted (I) 29.73%

Intuitive (N) 71.43% Sensing (S) 28.57%

Feeling (F) 56.1% Thinking (T) 43.9%

Perceiving (P) 72.22% Judging (J) 27.78%

Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama.

Wow im pretty strong to ENFP....