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21/02/2026
Big Five is cleaner than most type systems because it asks for fewer fantasies. That is its strength. It tracks broad tendencies without pretending to reveal a soul.
It also becomes thin very quickly once you start asking about motive, self-deception, compensation, or the deeper strategy organizing a trait. So yes, it is cleaner. It is also often too flat.
Where does it genuinely clarify a person, and where does it stop short?
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