Thank you for this. The "official" definition of extroversion and introversion and the "colloquial" definitions are bit different, I think. I have a greater tendency to buy the colloquial version. The former was a definition invented by one dude and never substantiated, whereas the latter is the current evolution of the word as defined by what people find most useful.
In much the same way, though, the classification of bats as mammals is something one dude came up with, while human language naturally evolved to call them birds. Which more accurately identifies their pedigree?
You missed the "and never substantiated" bit of my reply. The post I was responding to had asked for verification. Of course, there is none, so we are left with one guy vs. many.
In your scenario, we have had verification. It's called comparative genomics. And before that we had morphology.
First, I have never heard anyone, anywhere, ever call bats "birds." Second, the relationship between bats and other mammals is well established through genetics. In other words, that classification has been tested in ways that the personality types have not (that I am aware of, hence, my question).
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Is there any evidence for that model of how humans work? People talk about it all the time, but I've never heard of attempts to test it.
Thank you for this. The "official" definition of extroversion and introversion and the "colloquial" definitions are bit different, I think. I have a greater tendency to buy the colloquial version. The former was a definition invented by one dude and never substantiated, whereas the latter is the current evolution of the word as defined by what people find most useful.
In much the same way, though, the classification of bats as mammals is something one dude came up with, while human language naturally evolved to call them birds. Which more accurately identifies their pedigree?
You missed the "and never substantiated" bit of my reply. The post I was responding to had asked for verification. Of course, there is none, so we are left with one guy vs. many.
In your scenario, we have had verification. It's called comparative genomics. And before that we had morphology.
First, I have never heard anyone, anywhere, ever call bats "birds." Second, the relationship between bats and other mammals is well established through genetics. In other words, that classification has been tested in ways that the personality types have not (that I am aware of, hence, my question).
The Bible calls bats "birds," that's probably where he got it from.
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I think it's just based on a whole lot of anecdotal data. It describes me - introverted - fairly accurately, so I go along with it.