[strken]

The INTP thing is MBTI type, and although it's widely derided, it's pretty strongly correlated with the much more respectable Big Five personality traits[0]. It's not 100% bullshit, since knowing it tells you a little bit about how someone will act.

I do agree that cutting someone out of your life solely due to a personality test is putting the cart before the horse, regardless of how scientifically rigorous it is.

[0] https://dynomight.net/in-defense-of-myers-briggs.html

[dragonwriter]

> it's pretty strongly correlated with the much more respectable Big Five personality traits

Well, two of the MBTI types have a strong correlation (defined typically as >0.5, in the MBTI case around 0.7 in both cases, IIRC) with two of the Big 5 traits. But that’s...not so great a reason to lean on MBTI.

[stefan_]

Nope, still bullshit. It's not science to make up a bunch of stuff and look for confirmation after. (Hence there are no "in defense of" articles.)

[strken]

Whether it's bullshit depends on what you mean by bullshit, and I think it's less useful to argue about ambiguous definitions than to more clearly state a position. Knowing MBTI lets you make guesses about someone's personality that are a lot better than chance, as opposed to knowing their star sign or blood type.