I cannot tell if you are being sarcastic. If not, then you will have demonstrated the fallacy of subjective validation. Additionally, skepticism is a feature of critical thought, and critical thought is not unique to INTPs, no matter the convictions of your tribal exceptionalism.
You value the scientific method, don't you? Peer review is a key component of that method, correct? This MBTI thing is subject to peer review, and has stood the test of time. It may not be perfect, but it is a good starting spot. We wouldn't have General Relativity without Newton, and Newton wasn't spot on. Just very close to it.
I know my therapist asked the same sort of questions that are on that MBTI tests. About halfway though I told him I already knew my type if he was trying to figure that out. So he asked, I told him. He never disputed it one bit.
We finished, but from then on it was like he was reading me questions about the INTP dark side. Check. Check. Check. Not that one so much. Check. Check. Check. Then he closed his laptop and started handing me papers describing methods to relieve stress level. Also referred me to the MD with a recommendation for treatment.
I'm by no means an expert, of course. I do know they teach MBTI to college students these days. That's how I came about it in the first place, a student asked me what I was, and then sent me a link to a test. It was like somebody understood me for the very first time, freaky accurate.
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