The science behindthe system.
The full architecture of the Objective Personality System — what it is, how it resolves human cognition into 2,048 types today, why it is structurally different from every other framework, and exactly what Mahakram is doing to stress-test, validate, and extend it.For researchers, psychologists, and engineers who want to go deep.
Independent binary coins — 9 cognitive plus 2 social. Each one externally observable, each with a falsifiable opposite.
Distinct cognitive configurations at current resolution. 2¹¹ = 2,048. Actively being stress-tested and extended.
Of operator-based development. Thousands of typed subjects. Built by Dave & Shan Powers.
Peer-reviewed work published on OPS. The gap our research closes.
128 cognitive types × 4 modalities × 4 social types = 2,048
| Sleep·Di + Oi | Consume·Di + Oe | Blast·De + Oi | Play·De + Oe | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC/B(P) | SC/P(B) | SB/C(P) | SB/P(C) | CS/B(P) | CS/P(B) | CP/S(B) | CP/B(S) | BS/C(P) | BS/P(C) | BP/S(C) | BP/C(S) | PC/S(B) | PC/B(S) | PB/S(C) | PB/C(S) |
| Fi/Ni | Fi/Ni | Fi/Ni | Fi/Ni | Fi/Ne | Fi/Ne | Fi/Ne | Fi/Ne | Ni/Fe | Ni/Fe | Ni/Fe | Ni/Fe | Fe/Ne | Fe/Ne | Fe/Ne | Fe/Ne |
| Fi/Si | Fi/Si | Fi/Si | Fi/Si | Fi/Se | Fi/Se | Fi/Se | Fi/Se | Ni/Te | Ni/Te | Ni/Te | Ni/Te | Fe/Se | Fe/Se | Fe/Se | Fe/Se |
| Ni/Fi | Ni/Fi | Ni/Fi | Ni/Fi | Ti/Ne | Ti/Ne | Ti/Ne | Ti/Ne | Si/Fe | Si/Fe | Si/Fe | Si/Fe | Ne/Fe | Ne/Fe | Ne/Fe | Ne/Fe |
| Ni/Ti | Ni/Ti | Ni/Ti | Ni/Ti | Ti/Se | Ti/Se | Ti/Se | Ti/Se | Si/Te | Si/Te | Si/Te | Si/Te | Ne/Te | Ne/Te | Ne/Te | Ne/Te |
| Si/Fi | Si/Fi | Si/Fi | Si/Fi | Ne/Fi | Ne/Fi | Ne/Fi | Ne/Fi | Fe/Ni | Fe/Ni | Fe/Ni | Fe/Ni | Se/Fe | Se/Fe | Se/Fe | Se/Fe |
| Si/Ti | Si/Ti | Si/Ti | Si/Ti | Ne/Ti | Ne/Ti | Ne/Ti | Ne/Ti | Fe/Si | Fe/Si | Fe/Si | Fe/Si | Se/Te | Se/Te | Se/Te | Se/Te |
| Ti/Ni | Ti/Ni | Ti/Ni | Ti/Ni | Se/Fi | Se/Fi | Se/Fi | Se/Fi | Te/Ni | Te/Ni | Te/Ni | Te/Ni | Te/Ne | Te/Ne | Te/Ne | Te/Ne |
| Ti/Si | Ti/Si | Ti/Si | Ti/Si | Se/Ti | Se/Ti | Se/Ti | Se/Ti | Te/Si | Te/Si | Te/Si | Te/Si | Te/Se | Te/Se | Te/Se | Te/Se |
The structural contradiction at the foundation of personality science.
You cannot see your own unconscious patterns
Psychology's core premise — the one Jung built his entire architecture on — is that the most important drivers of behaviour are unconscious. They were set before you were old enough to understand them. Your brain actively constructs a self-narrative that diverges from what is actually happening.
The primary instrument is self-report
The same person the theory says cannot see their own patterns is handed a 100-question questionnaire and asked to describe how they process information, make decisions, and relate to others. The entire $11B personality assessment industry is built on this structural contradiction.
Existing frameworks fail on their own terms
MBTI produces a different result for the same person up to 50% of the time on retest. The Big Five sacrifices structure for dimensionless scores that cannot be operationalized. Enneagram relies entirely on self-identification. None were designed as measurement instruments that other things could be built on top of.
OPS: observer-based, binary, falsifiable by design
OPS assigns type through external observation by two independent typologists who work separately and compare. Every coin has a falsifiable opposite — you cannot confirm one side without cross-checking the other. The subject’s disagreement with their type is expected, explained, and controlled for.
| Framework | Resolution | Observer-based | Falsifiable | Retest stable | Programmable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MBTI | 16 | — | partial | ~50% | — |
| Big Five | 5D | — | — | moderate | — |
| Enneagram | 9 | — | — | low | — |
| DISC | 4 | — | — | moderate | — |
| OPS | 2,048 | ● | 11 coins per subject | untested * | ● |
* Untested because no formal study has been run. Phase 1 of our roadmap directly addresses this — see §07.
Eleven independent binary coins. Each externally observable. Each with a falsifiable opposite.
The core mechanic — Saviors & DemonsWhat a person actually does
- —Responsible, obvious, obligated — possessed by it
- —Actually doing it, may or may not see it or like it
- —What is piled up and done more than the others
- —All recurring problems come from overdoing this
What a person runs from
- —Blame, ignorance, awkward — running away from it
- —Dreams about it, someday, would like to be this
- —The void being left for others to fill
- —All recurring problems come from neglecting this
How information is gathered. S = physical, factual. N = abstract, conceptual.
Basis of decisions. T = logic, what works. F = values, what matters.
Si/Ni (personal, internal) vs Se/Ne (calibrated against external world).
Fi/Ti (personal standards) vs Fe/Te (tribe standards).
Whether the first function is Observer (S/N) or Decider (F/T).
Consume+Blast top 3 = Info-dom. Sleep+Play top 3 = Energy-dom.
Ranked order of Sleep · Consume · Blast · Play. 8 arrangements.
Energetic charge of sensory function. M = non-moveable. F = moveable.
Energetic charge of extroverted decider (Fe or Te).
11 binary coins. 2,048 distinct configurations — today.
9 cognitive coins → 512 cognitive variants · × 4 social types (2 coins) → 2,048
Every variable is independently observable. Every variable has a falsifiable opposite. The code is still expanding — we are stress-testing every coin and operationalising new ones as they emerge.
Safety in personal, proven, real physical structure. Builds inward from known facts.
Seeks new, real-world experience. Calibrates against the observable world.
Safety in personal, abstract understandings. Converges inward into one model.
Seeks new patterns and connections. Diverges outward into possibilities.
Holds self to personal standards of what is true. Private logical frameworks.
Respects the tribe's spectrum of reasons. Shared, external logical systems.
Holds self to standards of what they love and value. Deep private value system.
Respects the tribe's values and feelings. Harmonises with group emotional state.
Red underline = Observer (S / N) · Grey underline = Decider (F / T) · Every person has exactly one Observer coin and one Decider coin → 4 active functions.
The 4 animals — information × energy patternsGathers known information privately, decides privately. Deep internal processing before acting.
Gathers externally, decides internally. Absorbs broad new information to inform a private decision.
Takes known internal information and broadcasts outward. Teaches, leads, shares with conviction.
Gathers externally, shares externally. High social energy. Learns and shares simultaneously.
Four function families. Shared values, shared communication styles.
Curious idealists. Pattern-divergence + group harmony.
Convergent visionaries. Decisive, group-aware, action-oriented.
Strategic individualists. Personal values + external execution.
Pragmatic explorers. Personal values + grounded improvement.
The 10th and 11th coins. Two binary dimensions on the same falsifiable footing as the cognitive nine.
Discovered formally in 2022. Friends · Flexing and Specialize · Responsibility — two additional binary coins that determine what a person prioritises in the tribe, independent of how they process information. The four social types are the resulting combinations. Any of the 512 cognitive variants can hold any of these four.
Driven, dominance-oriented. Builds vision, owns the seat at the top. Identity-driven goals.
Duty-oriented generalist. Works in teams, executes, carries weight across the tribe.
Mastery-oriented. Best in the world at one craft. Tradesmen, deep specialists.
Connection-oriented. Puts relationships first above all other drives.
The energetic charge of functions. Masculine holds. Feminine moves.
Two further coins on the Sensory function and the extroverted Decider. Masculine = non-moveable, holds ground, fights for it. Feminine = moveable, easy-going, lets go. Fully orthogonal to the 128 cognitive types — they stack on top.
Holds ground on body and tribe both.
Body holds, tribe flexes.
Body flexes, tribe holds.
Soft on body, soft on tribe. Most common.
A measurement instrument other things can be built on top of.
Observer-based, never self-report
Two independent typologists observe the same subject without communicating, then compare coin-by-coin. The subject's self-report is data to be explained — not ground truth. Disagreement between observers means the coin is not assigned.
Every coin has a falsifiable opposite
Assigning Sensing-Savior requires demonstrating that Intuition is Demon. You cannot confirm one side without cross-checking the other. Unverifiable assignments are rejected. This is structural falsifiability — not a feature, a constraint.
Replication as the test
The same subject typed by different operators at different times should yield the same result. This is directly and completely testable — unlike MBTI, where the subject's mood on the day determines the output.
Precise behavioural definitions
Every term has behavioural anchors built across thousands of typed subjects over fifteen years — the vocabulary required for a reliable, replicable measurement instrument. The critical number is Cohen’s kappa per coin.
OPS has never been peer-reviewed — not because the methodology is weak, but because it is a practitioner-built framework with no institutional backing and no research pipeline.
It was constructed through applied observation over fifteen years, typing thousands of public figures and clients, building a dense vocabulary of behavioural signatures.
The methodological bones are already there. Independent observation. Falsifiability. Replication protocol. Consistent definitions across operators.
What has never been done is formalising those methods into pre-registered study designs and running the numbers. That is exactly what Phase 1 of our roadmap begins — and the protocol Mahakram is building extends OPS from there.
The critical number is Cohen’s kappa — the inter-rater reliability coefficient per coin. If two independent typologists agree on assignments at a rate significantly above chance, the measurement instrument is real. That is the entire Phase 1 question.
The exact sequence required to build cumulative, defensible literature.
Each phase depends on the results of the one before it. No phase is hypothetical — Phase 1 begins the moment we have funded study slots.
Inter-rater reliability studies
Double-blind typing across 500+ participants. Compute Cohen's kappa for each of the 11 coins independently. If kappa holds above 0.6 (substantial agreement), the instrument is real and publishable. Without this, nothing downstream is credible.
Predictive behavioural experiments
If the 11 coins are real cognitive structures, they must predict behaviour outside themselves. Pre-registered experiments: decision-making under constraint, information-seeking in novel environments, stress response by type. Construct validity, or exactly where the theory fails.
Longitudinal stability
Retest the same typed participants over two-plus years. OPS claims types are structural — not moods, not states, not context-dependent preferences. If true, coin assignments should not drift. The direct falsification of MBTI’s 50% retest problem.
Neurological & biological correlates
Partner with neuroimaging labs to explore whether OPS coins correlate with measurable neural signatures — fMRI activation patterns, EEG differences, physiological stress markers. OPS claims types are genetic. This is where that hypothesis becomes directly testable.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.”
We are looking for collaborators — not advisors.
We are designing the first formal validation studies now.
If you work in psychometrics, personality science, or behavioural research and this problem interests you — we want to talk. Collaborators on study design, not just advisors.
Building the classification engine from the ground up.
Computational modelling, NLP, and cognitive science at the intersection. If you have been looking for a problem hard enough to be worth working on — this is it.