Truthers, Skeptics, and personality types

[nicepants]

I've often wondered what role someone's personality type might play into their propensity to believe 9/11 conspiracy theories (or any conspiracy theory, for that matter).

I know we've got a wide gamut of truthers, ex-truthers, skeptics, and just plain crazies here and I'd love for everyone, regardless of belief, to post their personality types.


I have never been a truther, and never will be, and I'm a INTP.


If you don't know your type, you can take a free online test at the following URL:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

[Arus808]

ENFJ

My results:
You are:

very expressed extravert
slightly expressed intuitive personality
moderately expressed feeling personality
slightly expressed judging personality


Career Indicator:
Counseling
Psychology
Social Work
Education
Public Health
Physician
Science/Technical
Science
Computer Programming
Management
Fashion Merchandising
Politics

(those bolded are fields that I've studied in, or have worked in, or am currently in)

Famous people with my type:
Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Clara Barton (Founder of the American Red Cross), Ronald Reagan

[Cl1mh4224rd]

ISTJ

(ETA: The forum software apparently doesn't like the entire post in all caps. :p)

[Mr. Skinny]

I'm skeptical of Myers-Briggs to begin with, but they made us take it at work about 15 years ago.

IIRC, I was an INTJ.

[T.A.M.]

INFG, along with Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela....good company I guess.

Does not list Physician as occupation (although it does list psychology and science, both of which I feel are strong suits in my practice)...lol

TAM:)

[UNLoVedRebel]

I'm skeptical of Myers-Briggs to begin with, but they made us take it at work about 15 years ago.

IIRC, I was an INTJ.

Let's just say I find a biologist's looking for the evolutionary ancestors of unicorns to be more fruitful than the Myers-Briggs personality test. Any "personality" test is on par with astrology.

[Reactor drone]

INTJ (Non truther)


still :)

(Probably why my forum post counts are always so low )

This site has some good alternative descriptions of the personality types http://www.xeromag.com/fun/personality.html

[applecorped]

I selected INFJ above but took the test again and came out as :

Your Type is
INFPIntrovertedIntuitiveFeelingPerceiving Strength of the preferences % 33256211

[Sword_Of_Truth]

STFU/OMFG cross, with a slight tinge of FUBAR.

[ElMondoHummus]

Omgwtfbbq!

[Horatius]

Let's just say I find a biologist's looking for the evolutionary ancestors of unicorns to be more fruitful than the Myers-Briggs personality test. Any "personality" test is on par with astrology.


I agree. I did one of these tests through work a few years ago. I forget what type I actually came up with, but in reading the descriptions of the various "types", at least half were things that I felt would adequately describe me, and several were better than the "real" result.*


STFU/OMFG cross, with a slight tinge of FUBAR.



Or, you know, what he said.






*And this doesn't even get into the fact that the test (at least, as I did it) was basically an exercise in false dichotomies.

[MarkyX]

ESTP, same personality as Donald Trump.

What?

[apathoid]

INTJ

You are:

very expressed introvert
moderately expressed intuitive personality
slightly expressed thinking personality
slightly expressed judging personality


(http://www.southernct.edu/departments/ils/coursedescription.htm) Famous people of your particular type Stephen Hawking, Andrew Grove, Marie Curie, Guy Kawasaki, Igor Sikorsky, Hillary Clinton

^^ I'd like to think that I have more personality than all these people put together. Pretty neat tho'.


INTJ: The outside contractor
INTJs are solid, competent personalities who may seem aloof and even arrogant, but who are typically highly skilled in any field which interests them. INTJs are confident in their skills and knowledge, self-assured, and imaginitive; their exceptional problem-solving skills make them ideal architects, auto mechanics, and tools of the evil empire. While it requires the driving will to conquer of an ENTJ to imagine the Death Star and the evil genius of an ENTP to invent its devastating weapons systems, the skill and technical prowess of the INTJ is what makes the whole thing work.


How about aircraft mechanics? ;)

[Mr.D]

INTJ, I think - I took it years ago.

I seem to remember thinking that someone who was familiar with Meyers-Brigs could easily manipulate their results towards a type of their choosing by picking their answers carefully.

[willhaven]

Atheist (ex-Christian)
Non-truther

ENTJ (Extraversion, iNtuition, Thinking, Judgment)!

You are frank, decisive, and assume leadership readily. You quickly see illogical and inefficient procedures and policies, and develop and implement comprehensive systems to solve organizational problems. You enjoy long-term planning and goal setting. You are usually well informed, well read, enjoy expanding your knowledge and passing it on to others. You are forceful in presenting your ideas. Famous people with your same ENTJ personality include: Franklin D. Roosevelt , Harrison Ford, Steve Martin, Whoopi Goldberg, Sigourney Weaver, Margaret Thatcher, Al Gore, David Letterman and Jim Carrey.

FDR? **** yeah! :cool:

[Audible Click]

YOUR TYPE
I N T J
Strength of the preferences %
11 12 38 78

Stephen Hawking, Andrew Grove, Marie Curie, Guy Kawasaki, Igor Sikorsky, Hillary Clinton

And of course I'm not a truther.

[fourtoe]

I also got INTJ.

TAM-Nelson Mandela is alright but Momma T...that is just being kind of mean.

[TobiasTheViking]

ESPN - I'm not sure i trust this test.

[Dave Rogers]

ESPN - I'm not sure i trust this test.

Clearly you're a sports fan / couch potato.

Dave

ETA: INTJ, and this seems to indicate I should be some sort of scientist or engineer. Like I'd have time for that.

[JihadJane]

(Skeptic)



I know we've got a wide gamut of truthers, ex-truthers, skeptics, and just plain crazies here ...


It doesn't seem like that to me. What is the source of your knowing?

[JAStewart]

entp

[MysteryMammal]

I got NWO.

I guess that means I really am a shill for my freemason reptilian overlords.

[PixyMisa]

NNTP. Famous people who were also NNTP include Joan of Arc, Dorothy Parker, Jonathan Swift, John von Neumann, and Paul Erdos. Your favourite colour is viridian, and your lucky chemical is xenon hexafluoroplatinate.

[fullflavormenthol]

I really don't care much for personality tests myself, because like other members have already brought up, the results remind me of those generalized statements you get from a horoscope.

Nevertheless, INTJ was my result. I am not a truther.

[bje]

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/159394aba0aa7bae36.png (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=17657)



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[Childlike Empress]

I've often wondered what role someone's personality type might play into their propensity to believe 9/11 conspiracy theories (or any conspiracy theory, for that matter).


But here you'll get, if any, only a clue about what personality types are more inclined to post on internet forums.

INTJ here, too.

[catsmate1]

FSM, is *everyone* going to be INTJ? Me too, I took the test many years ago. Though it does describe me reasonably well.

BTW, not a truther, atheist for 26 years and believer is little other than my friends.

[Captain.Sassy]

I did the test and got ESFJ.

I have to say the description makes me sound like a much better person than I think I actually am.

Not a truther.

[Captain.Sassy]

your lucky chemical is xenon hexafluoroplatinate.

This is great.

[twinstead]

INTP

Whatever that means...

[Gord_in_Toronto]

ENTJ a Fieldmarshal! ;)

ENTJs are decisive. They see what needs to be done, and frequently assign roles to their fellows. Few other types can equal their ability to remain resolute in conflict, sending the valiant (and often leading the charge) into the mouth of hell. When challenged, the ENTJ may by reflex become argumentative. Alternatively (s)he may unleash an icy gaze that serves notice: the ENTJ is not one to be trifled with.

[Mancman]

ESTJ

You are:
slightly expressed extravert
slightly expressed sensing personality
slightly expressed thinking personality
slightly expressed judging personality

[Captain.Sassy]

You know, I think I have the worst sounding personality.

I sense... I feel... I judge... I empathise and I nurture...

What am I the ghost whisperer? Gimme a break.


And there's only one of me, up against an army of aloof INTJ bullies!

Things lookin' grim for the cap...

[bje]

You know, I think I have the worst sounding personality.

I sense... I feel... I judge... I empathise and I nurture...

What am I the ghost whisperer? Gimme a break.


And there's only one of me, up against an army of aloof INTJ bullies!

Things lookin' grim for the cap...

Don't fret. Not everyone can be special.

[Jontg]

Seems fairly accurate to me--INTJ, and it recommends that I look into IT, which is exactly what I've been contemplating doing for months now.

[AJM8125]

INTP

While I was never a truther, I did question one certain aspect of 9/11; I was fairly sure UAL 93 was shot down. Seemed logical, last one to crash, military must have got them. That all changed when I researched it of course. That's what led me here btw.

[Mr.Herbert]

Your Type is
ENFJ

(evil neocon / friggin jew)

[beachnut]

ENTP; Bugs Bunny and I

[Furcifer]

ENTJ. Second to the INTJ. Looks like that high school drama class finally paid off.

[Pardalis]

INTJ here.

[GlennB]

ISTJ

a.k.a. "boring old fart" afaics.

[Childlike Empress]

INTJ here, too.
INTJ here.


OK that's it. Definitive proof that this test is crap. Jung, isn't he woo anyway? ;)

[Davidlpf]

another intj

[Macgyver1968]

OK that's it. Definitive proof that this test is crap. Jung, isn't he woo anyway? ;)

I would agree...many of the questions are so vague, I really didn't know what to answer. Me and Donald Trump have the same type of personality?...and monkeys fly out of my butt.

[Pardalis]

OK that's it. Definitive proof that this test is crap. Jung, isn't he woo anyway? ;)

The questionnaire assumes honesty on the part of the person taking it.

For example at question 58, "You consider the scientific approach to be the best" you can't possibly have answered 'yes' and be a truther.

[Justin39640]

is it bad if i got ROFL?
lol jk
ENFJ

[AJM8125]

The questionnaire assumes honesty on the part of the person taking it.

For example at question 58, "You consider the scientific approach to be the best" you can't possibly have answered 'yes' and be a truther.

I disagree. It depends on what they consider science to be. Many truthers think Steven Jones has taken a scientific approach and by parroting him, they think they are too. So it is possible to be a truther and answer it honestly.

[beachnut]

http://intjforum.com/index.php?

Invaded by the INTJ forum? Invasion of the ...

[Klimax]

I am according to test INTJ as well... (And I do study IT and I even worked in IT before study)

[Dr Adequate]

INFP. The type description of which begins with the claim that I "present a calm and serene face to the world". All the Forer Effect in the Universe won't get me to buy that.

[Orphia Nay]

INFJ, for what it's worth.

[nicepants]

INTJ's typically make up 1-5% of the population....compared with over 35% of respondants to this poll.

Over 50% of respondants here are -NT-, which fall into one of four tempraments that David Keirsey calls "Rationals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_temperament)"

As Childlike Empress points out, this doesn't necessarily reflect the tempraments of all skeptics or truthers, but could also reflect the type of temprament that is likely to be found in someone posting on this type of message board.

I'd still be interested to see more results from truthers to see how they compare to the audience here. Anyone have an active LCF account? (My guess is they wouldn't participate)

[Cuddles]

Let's just say I find a biologist's looking for the evolutionary ancestors of unicorns to be more fruitful than the Myers-Briggs personality test. Any "personality" test is on par with astrology.

Indeed. Aside from problems like the Forer effect and it all being a rather obvious load of ********, it then makes statements like this:
Famous people who were also NNTP include Joan of Arc

The Myers-Briggs type indicator was first created in 1942. Joan of Arc died in 1431. When exactly are they proposing she took a personality test?

[JohnG]

I'm apparently an INRI. Mostly positive qualities aside from a martyr complex.

[joe911]

Your Type is
INTJ
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging
22 25 22

You are:

* slightly expressed introvert
* very expressed intuitive personality
* moderately expressed thinking personality
* slightly expressed judging personality

And im an ex-truther.
eta: I was also very young when i became a truther,but as i aged i started questioning things more.

[AJM8125]

Indeed. Aside from problems like the Forer effect and it all being a rather obvious load of ********, it then makes statements like this:


The Myers-Briggs type indicator was first created in 1942. Joan of Arc died in 1431. When exactly are they proposing she took a personality test?

At least that was a real person. Among my type is Lt. Commander Data. No, not Brent Spiner, the Data character. WTF?

[nicepants]

The Myers-Briggs type indicator was first created in 1942. Joan of Arc died in 1431. When exactly are they proposing she took a personality test?

I think some of these sites try to rate people based on their perception of their behavior. This isn't technically the correct way to take the test but I can say that my friends, when reading the various descriptions of the personality types can easily pick out the one that applies to me.

[Gord_in_Toronto]

INFP. The type description of which begins with the claim that I "present a calm and serene face to the world". All the Forer Effect in the Universe won't get me to buy that.

You must try harder! Reread your copy of The Secret immediately. :duck:

[rwguinn]

INTP


slightly expressed introvert
distinctively expressed intuitive personality
moderately expressed thinking personality
slightly expressed perceiving personality

Whatever...

[Klimax]

At least that was a real person. Among my type is Lt. Commander Data. No, not Brent Spiner, the Data character. WTF?

As a trekkie it is nice. That was large LOL...

[Bad_Doggie]

ENTJ
You are:
• very expressed extravert
• very expressed intuitive personality
• moderately expressed thinking personality
• distinctively expressed judging personality

Famous people of your particular type
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher, John P. Morgan, Norman Vincent Peale, Napoleon, Carl Sagan, Bill Gates, Golda Meir, George Benard Shaw, and General George C. Marshall

Woof!

[AJM8125]

As a trekkie it is nice. That was large LOL...

Yeah, keep laughing robot-boy.

[LashL]

ENTJ


Me, too.