RE: personality types and atheism
October 24, 2012 at 2:52 pm
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2012 at 2:52 pm by thesummerqueen.)
I would take a look at either the transcript (or listen to the podcast) here from Brian Dunning's Skeptoid - he includes sources that you can look up afterwards. It's a good 11 minute rundown of the test and its efficacy.
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4221
I forget what I tested as originally, but I had to take it again for school (and pay for it, which was a sham) and got something different (if it was scientific, I would expect to fall back in the same categories) and not only did it say on one page that I would NOT do well in horticulture, but two pages later it said I WOULD do well in horticulture. Well, which is it? This is the aspect that makes me angry - I'm both great with plants and extremely interested in them. So your test is bullshit. How many people get turned down because of an unscientific personality test? Fortunately I've never had a job make me take the test as a part of the hiring process.
Might as well ask my Greek/Roman or Celtic horoscopes (Aries and Willow). It's about as telling.
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4221
I forget what I tested as originally, but I had to take it again for school (and pay for it, which was a sham) and got something different (if it was scientific, I would expect to fall back in the same categories) and not only did it say on one page that I would NOT do well in horticulture, but two pages later it said I WOULD do well in horticulture. Well, which is it? This is the aspect that makes me angry - I'm both great with plants and extremely interested in them. So your test is bullshit. How many people get turned down because of an unscientific personality test? Fortunately I've never had a job make me take the test as a part of the hiring process.
Might as well ask my Greek/Roman or Celtic horoscopes (Aries and Willow). It's about as telling.