Myers-Briggs Personality Pluralism
The year is 2009 and it has been more than a century since popular consciousness has widely accepted the fact that humans are just another kind of animal. Interestingly, even as humans increasingly accept political and cultural pluralism, not enough attention is still being paid to how pluralism in general arises from differences in the races of humans. Populous mammals such as dogs and cats have several breeds that are grouped by external physiological differences such as size and internal neural differences such as aggressiveness, friendliness, and task specialization. Humans, of course, are no different (even if their neural computers are capable of running remarkably advanced symbol manipulation and virtual simulation programs).
The implications are for improving psychological quality of life and raising awareness for billions of people. Although short-sighted idiots may think that the implications will automatically cause a return to forced eugenics (as practiced by countries like Sweden, USA), more to the pessimistic nature of those who do them. Scientific research and subsequent development of concepts that are known to are true have historically produced more net positive effects (they raised the standard of living of the human herd by allowing them to live longer and work less through technology) than net negative effects such as destructive wars (they caused more by non-democratic political arrangements than the technology used to It is worth taking the risk to advance the study of the implications of human understanding of numerous unequally distributed races. The treatment of different races and the self-esteem of individuals within each race can be improved if there is a strong emphasis that each race is logically as important as the other in its utility d social (although social utility should never be the only or the main criterion in the social sciences). or politics).
Right now we have a world where German Shepherds, Pit Bulls, Poodles, Border Collies, and Golden Retrievers get the same legitimate treatment, but suffer from the larger breed problem (as well as the more vicious/cunning breeds). ). ones) determining which race is the universal ideal for a human being. Each person judges others based on what the judge is physiologically good at. A highly empathetic person judges others based on empathy. A conservative judges others by how good they are as conservatives. The same goes for everyone else, whether you’re a partying hedonist, an introverted scientist, an artist, an athlete, or a social butterfly with highly developed taste buds (“How can anyone else eat that shit?!”).
This is a very natural problem that humanity has. Since all people subconsciously want to expand their personal power in all directions, for thousands of years the strongest or most numerous races have tended not only to turn their personalities and ideas into universal laws for others, but to buy their own. lies that everyone else should strive to be like the rulers. Even societies with caste systems were not immune, as seen in India’s unequal caste valuation (warriors over farmers) and the transformation from a socially mobile caste system to the entrenched and stagnant system with which we now associate it. mentally.
A previous article touched on how the Myers-Briggs personality test is a good quick way to get an idea of what neural race a person is, how the numerical dominance of some races helps preserve the status quo, and how differences in neural architecture divide and unite people. much more than externally visible characteristics such as skin and hair color. If we use a typology system like Myers-Briggs, it soon becomes obvious that although races can form naturally dominant (SJ) and (SP) coalitions, there will still be many socially tangible differences within each coalition. That’s enough to pose a serious problem not only for rare breeds like INTJs, but for common ones as well.
That problem is depressed self-esteem from comparing oneself to those races that thrive in whatever socio-economic system exists at the time (and whose character is widely emulated for this reason) and from feeling alone and excluded as no race rises above the 15% numerically. . Whether an athlete, an artist, or a scientist, they are always outnumbered, leading to wishing that everyone else or themselves were different. Even within dominant pro status quo coalitions of SJs and SPs, a difference, between an ISTJ and an ESFJ, for example, can be so great as to make them not get along at all. This problem is accentuated for the NF and NT coalitions. Depression and various neurotic behaviors thus result on a large scale. When a person says that no one understands them, it is often the case that the vast majority (over 90% of people) really do not fundamentally understand them. How can a German Shepherd understand a Chiwawa and vice versa? Only stray dogs provide the bridge of imperfect understanding.
The often unsuccessful emulation of those most capable of “making it” (or seen as more capable) can be a more serious threat to people’s ego health, self-esteem, and pride. Just as an emotionally cold and aggressive person may feel distressed living in a hippie commune, a naturally empathetic and kind Golden Retriever will feel distressed and lonely in a society that values warrior pit bulls. Similarly, when the types who make it big in the US financial sector (sons of the rich, psychopaths, and some of the shrewdest SPs and NTs), it creates huge social pressure to hammer square pegs into round holes and be more like what is considered “successful”. It’s not unlike if the soldiers were in charge and we all had to admire wars and go to boot camps to be seen to have the right stuff.
As for psychopaths, their natural ability to blend in (so they can better live with the pack) makes them strong candidates for success in any system. A super non-egalitarian monetarist imperial system like ours is an extra juicy jungle to thrive on. Proportionally to the population of psychopaths (1% for true clinicians and up to 6% for subclinicals), they are overrepresented on Wall Street and in prison (8% and 20% respectively for clinicians).
Subclinical psychopaths may be just a few breeds. Background seems like good general prerequisites whose T function and lack of empathy is high enough to make them blow up the pack (instead of enhancing it as has been the most admired trait in leadership throughout history) without a second. thought. In fact, it may be unfair to even have the concept of a “psychopath” as it represents just another race of humans that is adept at taking advantage of other humans in elaborate disguises. After all, psychological pathology represents mental “illness” and mental “illness” is just the majority’s flawed way of singling out and targeting marginal races and individuals whose backgrounds make it more difficult for them to pull off. Neither race is logically and generally more normal/abnormal or maladaptive/adaptive than the other, since “normal” and “adaptive” is the average of the bell curve for a particular society.
Understanding these physiological differences can allow people to feel more proud of who they are and develop into a truly pluralistic and more compassionate society. The science of the human race need not be a nightmarish world. People like Foucault, Rousseau, and Kaczynski have made strong and effective arguments about how the more technologically advanced society becomes, the less free we are. We need to understand these concerns and the consequences of progress in the social sciences, but we cannot turn back the clock as Luddite solutions are not only impractical but also inhumane.
Understanding that there are different races of Homo Sapiens (often with different needs and ways of thinking) can allow society to:
1) Treat, help and nurture each type better to make hyper-specialized types healthier. We can have better and healthier artists, policemen, scientists, etc.
2) Better treat, help and breed stray dogs to have better ambassadors and communicators between highly specialized breeds.
3) Develop better science on which races work best with each other to prevent, mediate, and resolve social conflict.
4) Help better identify and isolate predatory humans to lessen their abuse, reduce the number of their victims, and integrate them more productively into society.
5) Strengthen proportional representation democracy and bring more harmony to the herd while preventing the resurgence of unhealthy caste structures.
6) Increase the efficiency, productivity and general happiness of society by allowing people to make the most of their strengths and take more pride in their neural architecture.
Let’s fully embrace what science has been telling us so we can graze this planet with less confusion. A confused herd will be a poor receiver by the time the singularity arrives. Let’s end with a pro-pooch quote to balance the article and emphasize the dangers of too much specialization.
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, kill a pig, pilot a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, lay a bone, comfort the dying, receive commands, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, throw dung, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die bravely. Specialization is for insects.” -Robert A. Heinlein