From: Wade T. Smith (wade.t.smith@verizon.net)
Date: Sat 10 May 2003 - 20:54:11 GMT
On Saturday, May 10, 2003, at 10:42 AM, Lawrence wrote:
> I worry about labeling people generally, as the diversity of human
> beings
> well exceeds the variety of labels with which people describe each
> other.
Preaching to the choir, here. No matter what personality matrix one
uses- astrological, Myers-Briggs, the four humours, Kiersey, Rorschach,
et omnia alia ad infinitum- they are all reductions of these near
infinite complexities of behavior, as well as denials, within cultural
confines, of sociobiological processes and the effects of time and
place.
> The effect of the labeling, whatever else, seems to occlude the
> distinctions
> that characterize people from each other. If those distinctions are
> important, label may then make it difficult for people to interact
> effectively with each other.
As subtle as it possibly is, personality testing is still a form of us
vs. them- tribal in nature and intent.
Who shall test the testers themselves? in a paraphrase of that old
caveat.
- Wade
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