Anyone want to help make socionics scientific?

[Singu]

If you think about it, Socionics is even more theoretical than a normal theory. The only reason you don’t think it is one is because you personally don’t think it explains anything.

So your point is... to make Socionics even less theoretical?

[sbbds]

So your point is... to make Socionics even less theoretical?

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No, it’s to test the theory. Why are you even asking this?

[Singu]

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No, it’s to test the theory. Why are you even asking this?

...Because you clearly don't even understand what a "theory" means.

Your view of "testing" the theory is to see if it is "accurately describing" the observation of reality or not. Your view of a (successful) "theory" is if it's accurately descriptive of multiple people's observations.

But that creates a new problem: How should we know about what the person is going to do in the future? Or how should we know about what the person's going to do in different, yet-to-be-observed situations? How do we even know that what we have observed of the person so far, is the entirety of a person's personality?

In other words, how should we know about what we have yet to know? As in, what we have yet to observe?

[sbbds]

...Because you clearly don't even understand what a "theory" means.

Your view of "testing" the theory is to see if it is "accurately describing" the observation of reality or not. Your view of a (successful) "theory" is if it's accurately descriptive of multiple people's observations.

But that creates a new problem: How should we know about what the person is going to do in the future? Or how should we know about what the person's going to do in different, yet-to-be-observed situations? How do we even know that what we have observed of the person so far, is the entirety of a person's personality?

Reproduceabiliy of the experiment. Cross-situational, cross-cultural studies. Peer review and critical analysis.

[Singu]

Reproduceabiliy of the experiment. Cross-situational, cross-cultural studies.

So, if we reproduce the data in different time-intervals, in different situations, then it would produce the same type and ITR data? Doubtful.