Insights into ourselves
I’ve never been a proponent of Pop Psychology. In fact, when I first learned there was a magazine by that name, back when I was a “serious student” in the psycho faculty, there was a degree of “How dare they”? With time, my nature has mellowed, and now I can get a kick out of the various tests now available to any of us with a ‘net connection and fifteen minutes to waste.
Of course, the nonlinear thought processes forced into play by a web browser should undergo some serious research, but my return to school plans are pretty much on the back burner. Today, while checking out wireless setup strategies under Linux, I followed a path that took me through the world of Patrick Volkerding (responsible for Slackware, which is my preferred flavour) and then on to a site which offered a sample “enneagram” test. Here was a chance, between jammed printers, a ringing telephone and a clock that was advancing far too slowly for my liking, to see “what personality type” best described me.
Forget science here; no set of three dozen questions is going to reflect deep structure. Worse, I did get to choose my own answers, which is a bit like loading the dice. But, to be fair, I like the result.
