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Myers-Briggs, America’s Favorite Personality Test, Has Quasi-Eugenic Roots

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Merve Emre’s new book, ‘The Personality Brokers,’ uncovers the disturbing thinking that inspired the Myers-Briggs test.

Tanya Basu
Tanya Basu 

Senior Editor, Science

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Senior Editor, Science

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