I'm here to humbly request your help in creating new in-depth profiles for the types.
Approach
In order to properly move typology away from profiles that are abstract descriptions or idealizations, its necessary to compose them not by extrapolating what so-and-so functions would compound to make, but by what actually happens in people. For that reason, I'd like to take in brief autobiographies from all willing confirmed members and those yet to come, then extract from them the commonalities so that the profiles truly represent real people's experiences.
All info will be kept safe and with the utmost privacy, and no personally identifiable information will be used, only the decentralized similarities among those of the same type.
This seems like a great approach! I am planning to submit a bio at some point, although maybe it's unnecessary as I've probably already posted a few bios' worth of rambling anecdotes.
But this brings up a theoretical question I've been wondering for a while about energetic quadrants. The two videos I submitted in the past--neither of which was ideal for a typing video--showed two different energetic quadrants (Pi+Ji vs. Pe). My thinking has been that I'm most likely an NeTi-Si, but I've never felt totally sure, especially since my default energy level seems awfully low for an Ne-lead. Does the mood I'm in at a particular time affect which of the energetic quadrants would appear dominant? For instance, if I were feeling high-strung or excited, I'm sure I'd do a lot more swaying & eye-toggling than if I were having a lazy morning drinking coffee & reminiscing about the past. I'm guessing that differing energy levels shouldn't usually affect vultology too much, and I'm sure I've probably missed something somewhere in discussions about this.
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap. --Leonard Cohen
It certainly doesn't make it easy! There are various noise factors that interfere with a reading. Swivel chairs has become a kind of meme on Discord since it tends to encourage a false eye-centricity and fluidity in videos. Unordinary energy levels is definitely another one. Not too amped on coffee or over-modulating, and not overly drained, depressed or unhealthy.
I do think the CTVC tool is, like any tool, limited to other variables being appropriately accounted for. Just like it's hard for a ruler to get a measurement of someone's height if they're slouching. If the purpose is to get a clean, unobstructed reading of someone, it's best to optimize the conditions for diagnoses. In any other scientific or medical field, this is normal procedure too.
But so far we've been using CTVC "in the wild" per se, trying it on celeb videos that range vastly in their content and context. But I think accuracy can increase a lot more once the practice is standardized. I'd love any input people may have on what we can do to optimize this, too! And I can include them in the vid submission requirements.
Dear Auburn, I've said it before but I personally think it would be a good idea to tell people not to use the selfie camera when recording themselves if they are doing it on their own. I think seeing yourself every few seconds makes you adjust yourself like you would if you were looking in a mirror and put on more of a "performance".
“If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”
Dear Auburn, I've said it before but I personally think it would be a good idea to tell people not to use the selfie camera when recording themselves if they are doing it on their own. I think seeing yourself every few seconds makes you adjust yourself like you would if you were looking in a mirror and put on more of a "performance".
Whenever I make a video (public or private), I usually do it on my laptop where I have a blank screen (or a screen that has absolutely nothing to do with the video that I am making). That way, I don’t introduce any bias into any aspect of this (because after all, I want an authentic, non-biased manner of expression). Also, I find viewing myself as I am making the video quite intimidating actually. When I don’t have my face on the screen, it allows me to think about and articulate things so much more clearly than if I was assessing about how I looked while expressing myself.
So I very much agree with everything that you wrote above. Excellent advice!
Last Edit: Feb 7, 2018 16:06:44 GMT -5 by mikesilb