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I took this a few years ago INTJ, funny at the time I remember the test saying that only 2% of the population were intj, this poll suggests otherwise...
As has been noted more than a few times before, I don't think internet forums, and political internet forums at that, should really be viewed as being representative of the general population in this regard. :lol:
I expect that the reason we see a disproportional representation of some types on an internet forum, has something to do with the type who is interested in communicating in this fashion. If I were highly extroverted, I'd likely be spending my time with a lot of people, exchanging ideas and getting my battery charged from the environment. Instead, I reserve my own energy, and express myself without maximum personal contact, which enables me to stay somewhat focused on ideas and concepts, rather than feeling like I need to escape. As a rule, when I socialize, it's going to usually be with one person, two at the most, and with someone who shares many of my own personality traits. When I go to a party, I'm usually the one that you will find sitting outside, looking at the setting sun, or the moon and the stars.
I'm with you on this one.
[edit] holy crap INTJ completely describes me to a T.
There's 3. DiAnna, Smoke & Mirrors and Serenity. So this is where you've all been hiding. I guess I was just looking in all the wrong places. And your type really is very rare.Considering we're supposedly only 1% of the population, there sure are a lot of us on this thread!!! :lol:
Well I do get plenty of iron in my diet. However, you just want to make me your Pygmalion project. :lol:admit you are caught by my magnet
It would be interesting to see what personality types corresponded to what ideologies on this forum. For example, I would imagine that most ISTPs are Moderates or Liberals (with libertarian leanings) and most ISTJs and INTJs are fairly Conservative. I also know that certain personality types are much more likely to be religious than others.
It's uncanny. There has been a lot of research on the subject and I think it's completely valid. But it still surprises me how accurate it can be.Kind of funny how that works, isn't it? :lol:
"We need to get this done" sure does ring a bell. That's what I always say when the guys are slacking off a bit. Instead of saying "Get back to work", I'll say "C'mon guys, we need to get this done".Keirsey (1998) has note that ENTPs (indeed, all NTPs) do not tend to give orders, i.e. "Do this," "Go here," or "Do not do this." Rather, they provide suggestions, information, or advice to those under their command. "It would be a good idea to do this because..." or "We need to get this done..." and "It's not a good idea to..." For this reason, Keirsey called the NTPs the Role Informatives.
In general, ENTPs would rather tell people what to do than how to do it. This may be frustrating for types who like clear, detailed instructions.
Many ENTPs have voiced the sentiment, "I lead because I don't like to follow."
The Lie Detector Type
One study found that the more like an ENTP a person is, the better they are at detecting lies (Sanchez, 2011). As Extraverts, ENTPs focus their attention on other people. As Intuitives, they notice patterns, which researchers have noted is correlated with a higher abillity to pick up on falsehoods. As Thinkers, ENTPs test how self consistent information is rather than relying on the emotional content of a message. As Perceivers, ENTPs will keep their hypotheses about truth-falsehood open longer than a Judger, allowing them to take in the maximum amount of information before settling on a decision. All of these factors, suggests Sanchez, explain why ENTPs are so good at human true or false questions.
Interestingly, we INTJs actually seem to swing to both sides of the spectrum. We simply do so at extremes a lot of the time.
Karl Marx and Ayn Rand, for instance, were both INTJs.
We seem to account for a lot of the "angrier" variety of philosophers in general, as a matter of fact. Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Luther, and Christopher Hitchens were all INTJs to name just a few.
A certain degree of curmudgeonly radicalism simply seems to come with the territory. :lol:
It would be interesting to see what personality types corresponded to what ideologies on this forum. For example, I would imagine that most ISTPs are Moderates or Liberals (with libertarian leanings) and most ISTJs and INTJs are fairly Conservative. I also know that certain personality types are much more likely to be religious than others.
I'm an ENFP, and I don't have a particular lean, as I can lean one way or another depending upon the issue. I could never understand how a person can agree with every platform that his/her party supports anyway.
I am largely the same way, I don't understand how anyone could be extreme in any of their beliefs, but some people of course are.
There's 3. DiAnna, Smoke & Mirrors and Serenity. So this is where you've all been hiding. I guess I was just looking in all the wrong places. And your type really is very rare.
I am ENTP and my natural match is INTJ or INFJ. And I think the female INTJ is just a myth.
It took me decades to find my INFJ match and when I finally did I popped the question before the month was over.
Well I do get plenty of iron in my diet. However, you just want to make me your Pygmalion project. :lol:
Define "extreme."
Having views that are well outside of the mainstream and that lack any nuance. I think lacking nuance and thinking everything is black and white without gray areas is what defines extreme more than anything else.
Some of us extroverts like coming to places like this simply because we love to debate.I expect that the reason we see a disproportional representation of some types on an internet forum, has something to do with the type who is interested in communicating in this fashion. If I were highly extroverted, I'd likely be spending my time with a lot of people, exchanging ideas and getting my battery charged from the environment. Instead, I reserve my own energy, and express myself without maximum personal contact, which enables me to stay somewhat focused on ideas and concepts, rather than feeling like I need to escape. As a rule, when I socialize, it's going to usually be with one person, two at the most, and with someone who shares many of my own personality traits. When I go to a party, I'm usually the one that you will find sitting outside, looking at the setting sun, or the moon and the stars.
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