Tal's short test

Posted by Dafyd on September 29, 1999 at 18:16:40:

Hello, I'm returning.
I did Tal's test and got:
1:0
2:-7
3:-2
4:6
5:2
6:1
7:-2
8:-2
9:5

I'm pretty sure I'm a Five for those who don't remember me from before the summer.
Possible reasons for the discrepancy...
A lot of the questions which I take to be Nine focus on a dislike of arguments, and
a tendency to go along with other people. If you concentrate on just one aspect of
type in posing the questions that might cause a problem.
Questions of the 'I think X is more important than Y' variety are probably dangerous,
since one's personal beliefs are going to affect the result. This probably happened
with the questions about rationality. (I suspect that I didn't score highly on the
'I solve problems rationally' question, since they suggested too much practicality.
That may well also have affected the Four questions.

Incidentally, the Santarosa test that Dave mentioned about two or three weeks ago
gave me almost exactly my self definition. That's a surprise as it seems really
pretty crude. (Either or questions, each type once against each type.)

Dafyd

Follow Ups:

• Tal's shortest? Brian C. 23:41:46 9/30/99 (2)
  • BTW: You have been missed Dafyd. Brian C. 23:50:48 9/30/99 (1)
    • Thanks Dafyd 13:39:52 10/02/99 (0)

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