My view of socionics

Conjectures

Bold claims about socionics, stated so they can be criticised.

Essays by Timothy Stephenson, each paired with a film.

Essays

The Conjectures

Each conjecture is a claim about socionics itself: what kind of practice it is, what it can know, and how a typing should be judged. Every one is stated boldly enough to be wrong, and each has a companion film in the Conjectures series on the channel.

· Conjectures 01

Socionics as Reverie

A typing is a reading of a person, not a measurement. It should be judged the way we judge a reading of a character in a novel: by how much of the person it holds, and whether it falls apart when the type is swapped. Through three competing readings of Barack Obama.

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Films

The Conjectures on film

Every episode of the Conjectures series, newest first. Each one states a claim and ends with a question for viewers.

Conjectures 12

Shared Sevens: What Every Relation Shares

Any two types share exactly seven of the fifteen Reinin dichotomies. Jared Vaughan's Flow, the Super-Ego's seven, and the rationality swap.

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Conjectures 11

The Flip on Trial: Kimani's Map vs Jared's

Do rational and irrational types fill Model L's side seats the other way round? The club structure, and two questions for LIIs.

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Conjectures 10

The Mirror Map

The wrap-up to the mirror pairs: one rule, two decks of side-seat cards, and the back-row predictions for EIE/IEI and EII/IEE.

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Conjectures 09

Graft and Craft: LSE vs SLI

Delta's mirror pair: four predictions from how Model L's side seats swap between the LSE and the SLI.

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Conjectures 08

Code and Command: LSI vs SLE

Beta's mirror pair: framing or brainstorming, steady or in bursts, and what fuels the creative.

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Conjectures 07

Glow and Ease: ESE vs SEI

Alpha's mirror pair holds the same side-seat cards as the ESI and SEE, in different seats.

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Conjectures 06

Principle and Possibility: ESI vs SEE

Gamma's ESI and SEE: the inner world in front, the physical world behind, and four predictions.

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Conjectures 05

Hands and Eyes: LIE vs ILI

Gamma's LIE and ILI: four predictions from Model L's side seats.

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Conjectures 04

Anchor and Spark: EII vs IEE

Delta's EII and IEE: how Model L's side seats swap between mirror types.

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Conjectures 03

Mood and Momentum: EIE vs IEI

Beta's EIE and IEI: confident or careful, steady or in bursts.

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Conjectures 02

Same Seats, Different Twins: LII vs ILE

Jared Vaughan's challenge to Model L: four predictions for how the LII and ILE differ.

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· Conjectures 01

Socionics as Reverie

Why a typing is a reading of a person, not a measurement, and what makes that reading good.

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