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 Climate scientist are quacks. Most college professors are quacks. Economics is total Quackery and maybe the most corrosive of them all.

Why? NONE of these 'sciences' are based on a verifiable mathematical formula. So there is always interpretation.

A 'formula' has to be rooted in Physics for it to be validated. Even then, we often don't understand everything - like Gravity - we just assume it's there!

When it comes to the 'science' of the the mind, it's all Quackery - we really have no idea how the body or mind work (why we don't know exactly what to eat that is healthy and been wildly mislead on what is a healthy diet - it AIN'T grains, sugar, fruits, veggies - it's dark red meat, saturated fat, and eggs but we still don't know why exactly).

Luke - if Myers-Briggs looks bad, it's bad in general for all of the quack PhDs in the field of Psychology. It's all based on the SAME 'science' of nothing.

I find personality testing helpful for myself and others but absolutely not surprised when I find a personality type that does NOT fit their test type - although it's very rare. Maybe 1 or 2 times in my 40 years around these tests.