Uncovering The Secret History Of Myers-Briggs

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. But its creator, Isabel Briggs Meyers, remains shrouded in mystery. Is the test a joke? A scam? Every six months or so a reputable news source publishes what it takes to be a devastating critique of the type indicator. The skeptics who write these pieces tend to repeat the same arguments. They say the instrument is unreliable, that people often get different results when they take it from one week to the next. They deride the test’s origins as the hobby of two untrained women, even though they seem to have only the faintest sense for what its history really is.

Sometimes, Digg produces some really great pieces — and this is one of our best. Please read, and pass on to anyone who might not know about the racist, sexist, history behind a test used by so many, many organizations to this day.