[gnaritas]

And yet, misuse of a tool does not invalidate the tool; MBTI can do something the big 5 can't, assign a category which aids in thinking about and understanding another person which as someone else in this discussion points out can be statistically mapped directly to the big 5 making it not at all a useless tool.

[sn9]

This is also true of astrology and MBTI has as much scientific validity and predictive value.

No one's disputing that a useless tool can be misused. They're questioning the use of useless tools at all. They give the illusion of understanding to those not interested in evidence.

[gnaritas]

> This is also true of astrology

False.

> and MBTI has as much scientific validity and predictive value.

As it can be mapped directly to the big 5, this is also false.

[sn9]

Psychologists don't even use it because of how completely useless and scientifically invalid.

http://www.vox.com/2014/7/15/5881947/myers-briggs-personalit...