Personality tests tell you what you want to hear about yourself in the moment in which you take the test.

and it seems like the best argument goes like "these tests basically just repeat what you tell them"

but what if you take it on a regular basis?

won't this account for the problem?

There is objectively no scientific way to measure "personality"

MBTI is real just like polling and polygraphs and democracy.

^ and rape accusations

I can imagine many ways to objectively quantify personality traits

@missliterallywho well what about intraversion/extraversion.

Simply asking people about themselves is one

that seems like it's pretty well-documented

In the end something is scientifically valid if it comports with reality and is predictive

@Ald

I'm going to make a personality test that determines how fake and gay you think personality tests are.

Which clinical psychologists mostly think big 5 is

If the only way to test it is by asking the (biased) bearer of said trait.... <:really:453005408064241674>

@missliterallywho you're a smart lady we should get together sometime

Why would people get results they don't like then

...

@missliterallywho what do you think of meditation?

and emotional intelligence?

What about it?

I guess they never miss, huh?

@missliterallywho i actually looked into this

there are some interesting studies regarding meditation

and it's benefits

@YourFundamentalTheorum meditation was proven wrong

people who regularly meditate are in general much more accurate at predicting emotions

based on eyes only

@Logan sauce

@YourFundamentalTheorum yes

meditation is like a thousand year tradition

Marcus Aurelius would have some words to say about this lol

Marcus Aurelius was chad

"don't waste time talking about what a good man is, be one"

i'm clearly not adhering to his advice

@Papa Pizzagate meditation

If meditation was good enough for him its good enough for me

@Logan prayer

prayer is a form of meditation

and can be isomorphic

under certain circumstances