Posted by Cory on November 01, 1999 at 15:30:53:
In Reply to: Re: Ok, here is a rational explanation posted by Derf on November 01, 1999 at 14:48:58:
> As I said, I can agree on your point, though one thing itches at *me*: your question was something to the effect of "how many ESTJ Fours do you see here?" How do you know they're not just somewhere else, these particular ESTJ's being not inclined to navel-gazing on the internet?
Well, if they WERE Fours, why wouldn't they be navel-gazing, regardless of MB type? A Four is in search of self, so there's no reason why ESTJ Fours can't be on here. I guess we can't answer this question properly unless we did some study on people.
> Each MB sort could be said to bring out a different flavor to each enneatype, and all the tried-and-true systems of human classification are thus interdependent on each other, and so on.
Yes, I agree. Human personality is much too complex to bottle up in 9 or 16 types. You can only really classify people by what they have in common.
> Except astrology, which is for confused people who, for desperate want of reliable authority in their lives, as well as for desperate need thereof, turn to the stars to tell them who they are. How pathetic. If the cosmos has any power, it's not to tell me who I am. It's to set the wonders of the world in motion after I assert to it who *I* am. How do you like THAT?
Perhaps...I've had some astrological readings of me and they seemed quite accurate. It may or may not be a coincedence. I'm not into it or anything, so I won't defend it, however, have you had your chart read? I got mine, wasn't as accurate as an MB or enneagram description, but pretty close surprisingly.
-Cory