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I-33
N-25
T-88
P-56

Famous INTPs
Albert Einstein
Thomas Jefferson
Marie Curie
Charles Darwin
David Keirsey
George Soros
Gregory Peck
Harper Lee
Robert Rosen

Did they just compare me to Albert Einstein??.... my friends are gonna hate me tonight! lol

INTJ

Introverted 89
Intuitive 38
Thinking 88
Judging 1

Intresting, especially how I seem to have earned that 1.

25 years ago it was INTP at the college level... After taking this test: INTP.... Very interesting.....

If you're all actually interested in this, you should read Jung's Psychological types and get a feel for what the functions are supposed to mean.

For instance, introverts turn in on themselves. Extroverts evolve out. To conceptualize a situation between the two, imagine you are imprisoned somewhere with no hope for escape; how you cope with your situation is going to involve a lot of internal problem solving (internal). Now imagine you are Christopher Columbus stumbling on America; how you decide what to do next will be a matter of where and how you want to take things (external).

Ni describes the detached wandering fantasies of a schizoid; Si describes a person more attached to a spatial reality. Both Ni and Si live in a more after-the-fact world, whereas Se and Ne act more before the fact (due to internal and external).

Ti, believe it or not, is a very judgmental introverted tendency. Jung describes it succinctly (my summarization, not his) as something that seeks opponents because it attempts to judge people/things overall (rather than accept or understand them). It would seem incredibly odd to me if any of you thought you were Ti rather than Ni, but I don't know you.

Then you've got unconscious ideas on how the dual of those functions affect you. Ni has unconscious Se influencing it that can cause impulsiveness. Ti has Fe, which is...kind of like asserting moral codes rather than creating them (Fi). etc.

anyway...

I consider myself Ni dominant, although I've always tested INTP in Myers Briggs. Usually it's not too hard for me to see someone and see which function represents them. I guess you can apply two functions (so there is an extroverted function too), but it seems ambiguous and tedious, depends on the current state of the person to me. i don't know. interesting though.

Interesting. This is something I have to read over. Are there any good books on the subject? If I try to read it online, I'll only get so far - I crave paper and ink.

lilnumber9 wrote:Interesting. This is something I have to read over. Are there any good books on the subject? If I try to read it online, I'll only get so far - I crave paper and ink.

I just read an interesting book about introversion its called "The Introvert Advantage" by Marti Olsen Laney. Its a short read but amusing and fascinating.

Short reads can be the best ones, sometimes. I'll add that to the list of "books to look for next time I'm at the bookstore."

I prefer books I can get lost in for hours,days, weeks? Have you ever heard of a kindle, the books are cheaper(if you prefer to pay) and its a library at your fingertips.

Yeah - I'd possibly use it to publish a book, but I need paper and ink for reading. It's easier for me to stay focused on paper/ink.

I wish I could finish my books . I was just suggesting, I used to drag giant books around everywhere I went . I can understand needing paper and ink, that's the only way I write.