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The Problem with Personality Types

From zodiac signs to Myers-Briggs

Don’t let the title fool you; there is no problematic personality (well, unless you’re a jerk). The problem is with the science — or rather, the lack thereof — of personality types.

Cultural anthropologists have noticed that societies are either “lumpers” or “splitters.” Lumpers tend to perceive and name things broadly…