I've just been reading the articles on similarminds. Alas I am too sleep-deprived to think clearly, but they're interesting in that I feel like I could both agree and argue with a lot of his conclusions.
I really liked the deconstruction of Enneagram because it confirmed some issues I already had hunches about.
Apparently introverts answering survey questions are generally miserable, suggesting that introversion itself is an unhealthy trait.
I guess that puts me in the minority, since my MOTIV score (SXEWV) was 60% vital. The overall description seems... accurate. Though the fact that it has no narrative and is simply a list of statistically significant survey responses grates on my iNtuitive thought process (and yet it could also be read as funny post-post-modern poetry).
Going back and reading it correctly, I test as a healthy SXEW. The interesting thing here is that I can still identify with several of the traits in the average and unhealthy descriptions but not all of them. The only thing I disagree with in the healthy description is concerts. Unless we're talking chamber music, I'm not a fan. But yeah, screw neon lights.
Spoiler: SXEW Description
Here's the MOTIV test. I also took the R-whatever test, which is under construction, but the results were so stupid and boring I don't even want to talk about it.
MOTIV vs MBTI... MBTI is certainly more evocative, but is MOTIV a more accurate and/or insightful test? My hunch is that tests derived from number crunching provide interesting information but lack a certain... soul.
Will try to revisit this after I get more sleep. Might have different ideas.
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