I disagree with some of these.
1 fits white-blue better than white-red.
I'm not entirely sure what 2 fits, but black-green isn't it. White-red, maybe? [EDIT: Much like 4, it's actually 3 colours. White-red-green.]
3 is more black-blue than black-white, although white is a strong third.
4 really works better with 3 colours (blue-green-red).
5 isn't red. It's pretty close to mono-blue, but if I had to give it a second, it'd be blue-green.
6 is weird. Black has the trust issues, but doesn't fit much else. I'd say white-blue-red.
7 is red-blue, not red-green.
8 is black-red, with green if you add a third.
9 is green-white.
Hey Alexei, sorry for writing here, I tried it at https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Ckg5JS8E5QXYhM89r/credence-calibration-game-faq
I know it's been a while since this game was developed, but I've discovered it recently and I want to make a better one. More question types, community-contributed and voted questions, categories, profiles; cross-platform web app, themes, better UI etc.
It's of course going to be open-source.
Would you like to help with math model for questions and evaluating, or maybe with development?
galatyuk.ilya AT gmail
That sounds great! I don't have time to help with the development, but the math is pretty easy: https://acritch.com/credence-game/
Definitely post it here on LW when you have a beta version.
The Open Philanthropy Project created an updated version (I am not a huge fan of it, but itt does have a lot of the things you care about): https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/new-web-app-calibration-training
Interesting attempt!
I identify strongly as Enneagram Type 1 (feels like I'm the textbook case-- the extreme fit is what persuaded me to take a woo personality system seriously), but also score/feel extremely low on Red. (There's the word-association-identification test somewhere, and that's one place I had minimum red.)
A hypothesis I have is that although I do value freedom/flexibility/autonomy (Red stuff), I never feel at much risk of having those taken away (because of my Black?) and so feel no special need to protect them, no need to rebel, etc.
Simic here: Never heard of enneagram before. I generally model people based on their fear so I like the axises it uses to evaluate people; but honestly every one of them feels like they fit except one and even then I could stretch it to kinda fit. Kinda like the Forer Effect ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect ). Posting mostly to combat publishing(?) bias where I expect you to only be able to find posts by people who fit the system really well.
When I first ran across enneagram and read about it myself, it also felt like all the types kind of fit. But then a friend was describing the true meaning of Peacemaker to a group of us and it... felt like he was reading my essence. Then I went home, took the test, and sure enough that was my type. So I think the descriptions out there are not that great and it's better if you talk to someone with a strong understanding of the system and they can help you figure out your type.
Is there a book or source you recommend? I really like the axises it chose so even if I end up disbelieving it I think I'd really enjoy knowing enough about it to discuss with people what ways they do/don't fit.
Edit: reordering the columns to change my perceived importance of each column has -vastly- improved my opinion of the system and my interest in it has gone up. Except now this list says I'm grull (red/green) which has never appealed to me. Black/green/blue all the way.
For fun, Parina and I mapped enneagram types to a pair of Magic: The Gathering colors. (Following in the great tradition of https://medium.com/s/story/the-mtg-color-wheel-c9700a7cf36d) For each color pair, there’s no ordering; think of it as a set.
Without further ado:
1 Reformer White red
2 Helper Black green
3 Achiever Black white
4 Individualist Blue green
5 Investigator Blue red
6 Loyalist Black blue / blue white
7 Enthusiast Red green
8 Challenger Black red
9 Peacemaker Green white
Let me know if this helps or resonates with you.