Quote Originally Posted by sergeyeva View Post
Very true. That's one of the foremost problems in socionics. I believe that a person's type can only be confirmed by that same person after studying the theory quite thoroughly and after a lot of introspection. Which doesn't sound easy or quick But that's the safest way. Have you heard of that experiment, when somebody was typed by different schools of socionics into, like, 10 diferent types? And those were established schools, all teaching, typing for money, etc.
I have heard and have experienced such situation myself Eventually I stopped after the 5th typing (3 on skype, 1 via emails/pictures + 1 via a video, oh wait there were also 2 MBTI ones, so that makes 7!).
Those were part of my curiosity, I also have a very hard time resisting my whims so I am one of those who throw their money in typology experiences/tests.... But overall it was really funny.
A lot of things have to be considered in typing anyway, and as much as I agree with the fact that a type is inborn, we also have to mind human experience and cultural/social malleability.
People do change a lot over time...