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Despite what we moderns like to think, we don’t care much if our models are objectively, materially “true” compared with how useful they are for predictively ordering the chaos around us; this is why [evaluating personality models only through a scientific lens doesn’t add up](/essays/are-personality-types-scientifically/index.md).

Further, when we mistake our mental models for objective claims about reality, it can be bewildering as to why people put personality letters on their social media profiles, gender pronouns in their email signatures, wear a MAGA hat, or make religious or non-religious claims that we find incomprehensible (even offensive).

But, if we recognize that these things are models that function like mind *apps* designed for a particular use, things can begin to make more sense.

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