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MBTI Studying Tips - Part 1

DISCLAIMERS: 

What I did do: Collect information and organize them into an easy-to-read-and-understand-post. What I didn’t do: Write most of it. Most of the information here isn’t my own writing, but rather useful tips I found from various sources. Credit is given at the bottom of the post.

I wrote most of this by doing a hell lot of research online and trying to ask my friends of different types irl what they thought of it. I am no professional, and my words in no way should be taken as gospel. Please, please send me corrections or your thoughts if anything I wrote was inaccurate, I will appreciate all the feedback I can get.

Hello hello! Your old friend Skye is here with some tips for studying based on your MBTI personality type. Now before we jump straight into things, let’s answer a few basic questions:

What is MBTI?

MBTI stands for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which is basically a personality test that classifies you into one of 16 different personality categories based on a four-letter code. This is what the “INFP” or “ESFJ” codes mean if you’ve been seeing them around in the community. The test assesses you on four of your main traits:

How do you prefer to direct your energy? (I vs E)

What kind of information do you prefer to gather? (S vs N)

What criteria do you prefer for making decisions? (T vs F)

What kind of environment do you prefer? (J vs P)

So how do I find out what’s my type?

You can take a free online quiz here!

Okay, but what’s with the ‘Introverted Thinking’ and ‘Fi’ and all the fancy terms?

You can read more about Cognitive Function Theory here! I will be basing my post off this theory because I think it’s a more comprehensive method of understanding MBTI. 

Onwards! (The rest is under the cut bc skye rambled and it’s long af even tho I’m just covering the introverted functions)

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hubble’s panorama of the carina nebula, some 7500 light years away from earth, and about fifty light years in length here. stars old and new illuminate clouds of cosmic dust and gas, like the clumping hydrogen from which they were born. 

the top star seen at the bisection of the first two panels, part of the eta carinae binary star system (most stars are in binary systems), is estimated  to be more than a hundred times the mass of the sun - large enough to go supernoava in about a million years. 

it also produces four million times as much light as the sun, and was once the second brightest star in the night sky. but surrounding dust and gas has dimmed our view of the star, though it’s still visible in the night sky to all but those in the most light polluted cities.

the fifth panel shows ‘the mystic mountain,’ where nascent stars in the dust cloud are spewing hot ionized gas and dust at 850,000 miles an hour. eventually, the ultraviolet radiation from these stars will blow away the dust, leaving visible the stars, like the cluster seen at the top of the panel, which were formed only half a million years ago.

Satellites and space debris from different countries.

Source: https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2750/4314987544_37216343f5_o.jpg

Antibodies are the secreted form of B-lymphocyte receptors and are a part of adaptive immunity, but how are these proteins formed?

Above is a diagram illustrating Paul Ehlrich’s Side Chain Theory of Antibody Formation. Ehlrich proposed that immunoglobulin molecules, a fundamental component of adaptive immunity, served as membrane bound proteins that bound to particular threats, similarly to the former “key in lock” view of enzymes in catalyzing biological reactions. Ehrlich also suggested that the action of binding a pathogenic molecule to the receptor would generate a signal to stimulate the production of more receptors of the same specificity. These “side chains” that were added on would then break off from the cell surface and become what we call antibodies.

 We now know, however, that soluble immunoglobulin receptors are specially manufactured to be secreted as antibody, rather than just “breaking off” of the lymphocyte, even though they have the same specificity as their membrane-bound counterparts.

Chandra X-Ray Observatory, We Appreciate You

On July 23, 1999, the Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center carrying the Chandra X-ray Observatory. In the two decades that have passed, Chandra’s powerful and unique X-ray eyes have contributed to a revolution in our understanding of the cosmos.

Since its launch 20 years ago, Chandra’s unrivaled X-ray vision has changed the way we see the universe.

Chandra has captured galaxy clusters – the largest gravitationally bound objects in the universe – in the process of merging.

Chandra has shown us the powerful wind and shock fronts that rumble through star-forming systems.

And a star school, so to speak – home to thousands of the Milky Way’s biggest and brightest.

Carl Sagan said, “We are made of star-stuff.“ It’s true. Most of the elements necessary for life are forged inside stars and blasted into interstellar space by supernovas. Chandra has tracked them.

Thank you Chandra X-Ray! To more adventures with you!

Check out Chandra’s 20th anniversary page to see how they are celebrating.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.

The maximum life span is a theoretical number whose exact value cannot be determined from existing knowledge about an organism; it is often given as a rough estimate based on the longest lived organism of its species known to date. A more meaningful measure is the average life span; this is a statistical concept that is derived by the analysis of mortality data for populations of each species. A related term is the expectation of life. Life expectancy represents the average number of years that a group of persons, all born at the same time, might be expected to live, and it is based on the changing death rate over many past years.

The concept of life span implies that there is an individual whose existence has a definite beginning and end. What constitutes the individual in most cases presents no problem: among organisms that reproduce sexually the individual is a certain amount of living substance capable of maintaining itself alive and endowed with hereditary features that are in some measure unique. In some organisms, however, extensive and apparently indefinite growth takes place and reproduction may occur by division of a single parent organism, as in many protists, including bacteria, algae, and protozoans. In order to consider life span in such organisms, the individual must be defined arbitrarily since the organisms are continually dividing. In a strict sense, the life spans in such instances are not comparable to those forms that are sexually produced.

There is a brief period during which it is impossible to say whether an organism is still alive, but this time is so short relative to the total length of life that it creates no great problem in determining life span.

Some organisms seem to be potentially immortal. Unless an accident puts an end to life, they appear to be fully capable of surviving indefinitely. This faculty has been attributed to certain fishes and reptiles, which appear to be capable of unlimited growth. Without examining the various causes of death in detail, a distinction can be made between death as a result of internal changes (i.e., aging) and death as a result of some purely external factor, such as an accident. It is notable that the absence of aging processes is correlated with the absence of individuality. In other words, organisms in which the individual is difficult to define, as in colonial forms, appear not to age.

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What is a "nebula"?

A nebula is a large cloud of dust and gas that are star-forming regions. They’re formed when a star dies and its outer layers expand, creating a colourful cloud of gas. In other cases, they’re formed when a star goes supernova (when a really big and bright star dies and explodes).

There are emission nebulae, reflection nebulae and dark nebulae. Emission nebulae are close enough to a star that the gas particles absorb the UV light, get excited and emit their own light. Reflection nebulae are when a nebulae isn’t close enough to a star to absorb it’s UV light so it just reflects it. Dark nebulae aren’t close enough to a star to either absorb it’s light nor reflect it. The only way a dark nebulae is visible is if there’s a star behind it that can act as a backdrop, illuminating the back of the nebulae.

It’s Surprisingly Easy To Brew Something Like RNA In A Puddle 

One of the biggest mysteries in science is how you could get life in a place where it doesn’t already exist. Scientists have found some clues, though.

The latest is that Georgia Tech chemist Nicholas Hud was able to create something that looks a lot like RNA — a relative of DNA — using ingredients that would have been common on Earth when it was 4 billion years younger.

The study used two common chemicals left alone in what amounts to a mud puddle. The chemicals synced up and started forming that twisting ladder shape we think of when we picture DNA.

Scientists say this looks like a decent candidate for how simple organisms may have gotten started on Earth, and it wasn’t even all that hard.

Earlier studies have shown you can get some of the building blocks of life in the right situation, like extreme heat or lightning strikes. Some have even been found on asteroids.

The Georgia Tech study shows you don’t even need that much excitement. Swirling puddles could potentially have done the job.

By: Newsy Science.

Gliese 832c: is a Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Discovered only 16 Light-Years from Earth

A team of astronomers led by Dr Robert Wittenmyer of the University of New South Wales have discovered the super-Earth. The newly discovered exoplanet, labeled Gliese 832c, has an orbital period of 35.68 days, a mass 5.4 times that of Earth’s and receives about the same average energy as Earth does from the Sun. Gliese 832c might have Earth-like temperatures, giving it a similar terrestrial atmosphere. If the planet has a similar atmosphere to Earth it may be possible for life to survive, although seasonal shifts would be extrem.

Gliese 832c was discovered from its gravitational pull on its star, which causes the star to wobble slightly.

A still from the new simulation of solar magnetic activity. Red and yellow colors show where the magnetic field is flowing upward, while blue colors show it moving downward.

Via Popular Science: This Is The Best Model Of The Sun’s Magnetic Field, And It’s Hypnotizing