[SpamCop-Social] Re: spamcop.antisocial?

[Antoine J. Mechelynck]

"Miss Betsy" <nobody> a écrit dans le message de news:
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[...]
> Often, I believe, intuitive people are not
> good spellers.  That doesn't mean all intuitive people are not.  The
> observation that some people view the world intuitively is a valid
scientifc
> observation.

Well, they call me intuitive (by 66%, if you please, my highest part-score),
but I never had problems with spelling. However, you could say that I learnt
spelling "intuitively" -- by reading. (When I entered grade school, 1 year
early, I could read but not write. Call me genius if you will, but it was
not fun to be hated by all as "the mistress's and director's pet".)

[...]
> It is true that online tests and other tests in magazines and books are
not
> very scientific and are closer to parlor games than true descriptions.  My
> mother had a parlor game called "I've Got Your Number" (published in the
> 1930's) that was definitely "for fun" but was probably based on the
Jungian
> model.  It was a lot of fun to do.  However, IMHO, they are closer to the
> "truth" than say, astrology.  The value of knowing your Myers-Briggs type
as
> well as understanding how different types interact is that you can
> understand where people are coming from.   It is not a dangerous kind of
pop
> science and can give a general understanding of the differences in people.

Those tests are OK if you take them with a grain of salt -- not as The Voice
>From On High.
>
> However, I disagree with Charles about your problems with the news group.
> When I first came to the ng, I was called a troll also, for IMHO, the same
> reason you were.  I had an idea and no one was giving me any "good"
reasons
> why it wasn't a good idea.  Like you, I wasn't particularly advocating it;
> all I wanted to know was why they didn't and wasn't satisfied with any of
> the answers.
>
> Being naturally a feeling person and therefore having had to learn how to
> deal with my feelings in situations such as that, I didn't let it bother
me
> or tried to fix it (the thinking man's approach to problems and that's a
> male/female trait and I don't know if that has anything to do with Myers
> Briggs).   Anyway, you are right that there are different groups of people
> with different foci, but there are overlaps also.  And IMHIO it doesn't
> matter.  If you want me to "think" about it scientifically, you will have
to
> challenge me, ;)
>
> Miss Betsy

BTW, what does the ending "J" stand for? (I have a "P" there -- FWIW.)