Typealyzer
Via a Cloud in Trousers (who turns out to be the same personality type as brockley.blogpot) I reached the Typealyzer, which does an MBTI analysis of blogs. Here's me:
Neil adds, and exactly the same applies to me:
ISTP - The Mechanics
The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.
The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.
Neil adds, and exactly the same applies to me:
Now I know it's all about the writing and not the author (rumours of the death of the author are greatly exaggerated) but most of the description also applies to the author. Most but not all. The final sentence, "They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters" is a no, no, no when it comes to the life of the author.
Comments
I have and it turns out I'm 77% male!
http://contentious-centrist.blogspot.com/2008/11/jung-put-to-good-use-there-is-something.html
Turns out she's maler than me: Genderanalyzer puts me at 63% male, close to Norm and Mick.
(I missed this link from CC, put off by the word "Jung".)
Daniel, I've now come across 2 non-Mechanics, so it's obviously just that you, me and and Cloud in Trousers are fundamentally alike.
They seriously need some more realistic stereotypes.
"Both men and women have centers for speech and for memory. In the case of men, the center for speech is here, while the center for memory is here. When a man talks, his center for speech is active, and when he remembers something, his center for memory is active. On the other hand, when a woman wants to talk, she puts both centers into action. This may give us an explanation why women are more talkative.
What is the outcome of this? When a woman talks, she uses the part of the brain that contains the memory, because in the case of women, both centers function for speech and memory. So when a woman talks, she might use the part of the brain containing the memory for talking – and that's it, the data is lost. Therefore, if we need the testimony of women in cases pertaining to human lives, property, honor, or the stability of justice, we must take into consideration this fact of life in the nature of women."
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1930.htm