Myers? Briggs? Rest Easy. Your Competition's Not Ready for Prime Time.

twoeleven called my attention to an interesting new personality test based on a "five-factor model of personality." It's intriguing and entertaining, and it might grow up to be useful, but I have serious misgivings about it. Not the same misgivings twoeleven does--his are mostly about the number-crunching of the scores, which I can't pretend to understand. Admittedly, I haven't read up on the research behind the test yet, just taken the 300 question short version and given some thought to the results and interpretive aids that came back. I'm not big on memes, but, as twoeleven says, this one tells you more than "what anime fish you're most like." Even when it's wrong, it's not boring.

( My results--long and self-indulgent. Please don't feel obligated. )