Online personality tests are a bit suspect...

And by 'suspect', I mean often ridiculously inaccurate. We'll start with the famous (or infamous) political compass test...

This is my results from 2017...

2017

Here's the results from February 21st of this year, 2020. The results are slightly different and that will happen over time. However, I am suspicious of the results because they say I'm becoming more of a Centrist. I don't see how that's possible when everyday the Left gives me yet another reason to despise them. It's looking like finding new ways to piss me off has become a sport for those assholes...

21 Feb 2020

And here's the most recent results of the test from April 7th of 2020. These results look fairly close to 2017. Did my views really shift that much in about 6 weeks of time or was it something else? Maybe the test is flawed in some way? Or, maybe there were some questions that I just didn't know how I really felt about that day?

7 Apr 2020

Next up, the Myers-Briggs Personality Test...

If you've ever had a psychology class or been forced to attend some useless training seminar at a white-collar job, then you've probably seen some variation of this test. There's 16 different categories for Human personalities in this test. My results differed slightly when I took the test on 2 different sites on the same day: April 7th, 2020. You can access those tests here and here.

First, the one from 16personalities.com... Their version of the test provided names for the different personality types/categories/whatever. The results are essentially the same as what I always get with this test when I take it every few years for school, work, my own amusement, etc.

Architect of what?

And now, the other one from onlinepersonalitytests.org...

What? No pictures?

These results are not too much different from the usual INTJ or ISTJ that I frequently get with the MBTI. However, it is a first for me. I never had the P letter in any of these tests before. What's the difference between all of these? Not much.

INTJ means that I think everything can be improved. INTP means I love to solve problems. ISTJ means that I make it a point to do what needs to be done. All of those personality types are similar and reflective of an industrious Aspie. However, I do wonder why the results were different on these two different sites. Also, it looks like all three of those types could describe various aspects of my personality while still leaving a pretty incomplete picture.

Decent descriptions of the different MBTI types.

Next up, a Moral Foundations test that I heard about from a YouTuber... I find this one to be suspect just from reading the description, let alone the results. "Social scientists such as Ravi Iyer and Jonathan Haidt argue that there are substantial variations in human morality and that these differences influence not just a person's decision making and reasoning processes but also their political outlook."

There are no variations in Morality. Something is either moral or not. Yes, it is an objective concept. To say otherwise is to employ the school of thought called 'moral relativism', which can be easily used/abused to excuse all kinds of immoral behavior. Everything from making excuses for EVIL dictators to saying there's nothing wrong with a woman being promiscuous.

Anyway, here's the results...

Whut? Care is my highest score?

I don't know how care got to be the highest score with my long history of asocial (and often anti-social) behavior. However, I think the part that really makes me doubt these results is the Loyalty part. Since the 'social scientists' (or, as some would call them, Bullshit Artists) who created this test just had to make it political... Well, that makes me wonder how my results for loyalty got so high.

In politics, my only loyalty is to the Republic and the good things for which it stands: Liberty and Justice for all. That's the way it has to be if I want to stay intellectually honest and NOT end up trying to excuse bad behavior from elected officials that I supported. Also, have you noticed that my scores for almost all of these categories are higher than the other groups? Even with the two where I'm surpassed (Authority and Liberty), it's by a razor-thin margin.

Finally, we have this 'Big Five assessment' that I had to do for a class this semester... The test was done on January 22nd of 2020. I do not remember the website where it was taken, but this test is pretty common. It won't be hard to find one like this through your favorite search engine.

Big Five assessment - 22 Jan 2020

The only aspect of this one that I find strange is the Openness part. How did I score so high there? Historically, I'm not known for being all that open or sociable. I guess this 2nd trip through college and regular church attendance is having a positive affect on my socialization. Hopefully, this Kung Flu pandemic will end soon and we can all get back to business as usual. I do have a business degree to finish and a business of my own to start. I would like to get to those tasks as soon as possible.

- Lord Publius