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INTP's commonly hear that we're not 'living up to our potential'. So, what does that mean? What is your potential, have you ever considered what it is exactly?

A post recently reminded me of the patterns people often fall into when self typing, add your own S vs N If you are not sure whether you're an S or an N type, you are probably an S. N's rarely have any doubt of what they are, they're surrounded by S's so it couldn't be more obvious. S's...

How NERDY are You? Overall, you scored as follows: 4% scored higher (more nerdy), 0% scored the same, and 96% scored lower (less nerdy). What does this mean? Your nerdiness is: All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD!!!

I've puzzled about the time focus of some functions and haven't entirely figured it out, but Building Blocks of Personality Type has it spelled out (I'm considering getting this book, I've seen articles by one of the authors and he's quite good). They say ... Se (present) Si (Past) Ne (Past...

Not the year, the game! Try this interesting little game 2048. And here's a web page by a 17 year old HS school student in Taiwan who came up with an AI for it. Neat little problem worth looking into from the links I gave above. Good example also of how to get into programming...

Some in MBTI (e.g. DaveSuperPowers) have put out the concept of your MBTI SuperPowers, namely your first two functions. For the INTP that means Ti-Ne. The ability to analyze ideas and connect to other ideas is our strength that can become very powerful. Which is true and easily provable - look...

Sorry for the recent multiple threads, but I came across this description of Ti that is the best I've seen, while I was researching for a post. It all rings true for me, and is more precise and helpful than any of the others I've seen such as Drenth. I'd caution however that I think this applies...

A companion to the "What is a Function?" thread. Do you think that Type is inevitable? Is a person born with a Type that will come out in their lives, one way or another, or not?

If you have other options let me know. For "other" explain in a post.

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A Broken Personality Repairs Itself I recommend watching the movie before reading the link above I came across this site that analyzes the movie "Hugo" as the heroes journey of the INTP to achieve individuation. I had thought the movie was another stupid blockbuster so ignored it, but was...

Or do you? We feel the most alive and ourselves when "doing" our dominant, but I believe we feel the most enlightened when in our inferior. For an INTP that is Fe, so if true would be in some kind of "connectedness" to our feelings and to others. People usually have a hobby or interest that...

Interesting experiment I tried today. I have an ISTJ neighbor at work. He's a workaholic - like me, but he gets way more done. He parks his ass in his chair and plows through it. I, on the other hand, fidget much more. Get up, look around, surf, think, scratch my head ... usual Ne kind of...

Question for you How many specific subjects? Or do you theorize globally, on things that come along? Are you happy with that, or do you wish to change gears? Answer from me I spend most of my day theorizing on two specific subjects, Computers (~60%) and MBTI (~30%) I'll work on various...

A series of posts discussing the dark side of various types. I'll start with INFP's, the Feeling cousins of INTP's. Thesis: Darth Vadar and Hitler were INFP's. I frequently hear DV (somewhat humorously) called an INFJ, and Hitler too, but I doubt that. On a scale of narcissism I don't think...

Provocative title, it was actually stated that "INTP's overestimate their ability to type others", approximately 16:40 (it's supposed to jump but the embedded version isn't doing it) NF Geeks Agree, disagree? I'll explain later, I agree, including myself in this which is why I'm usually...

David Keirsey, author of PUM (Please Understand Me) and his son David Keirsey are both self identified INTP's, and have said something curious. In a recent interview his son mentioned that NT's don't trust intuition (he may have said INTP's specifically). Here's the three interviews...

Not looking for an answer but an interesting discussion. I know we have some gay, bi or cross dressing/trans gender folks here. So my son is growing up and we signed him up for dance lessons. One of those things out of the 50's ... about 150 young people all dressed up taking dance lessons. As...

In another post we've been discussing the problems with having an auxiliary - Ne in this case, though the discussion applies to all types. This is because the auxiliary is opposed to the aims of the dominant, but isn't diametrically opposed as is the inferior. We spend most of our lives in our...

I've come to believe that being well rounded is overrated in the general culture. It was in vogue when I was young too and I picked the idea up. Seemed natural enough, learn to be good at a lot of things means you're more adaptable, right? And so I did it, became an expert in music, science...

OK, to keep Cherry entertained I won't talk about INTP's here. Instead, define "human" for me. Can you do it? When I was young we defined being human as "able to use tools". Until we discovered animals, and even insects and other really simple creatures that used them too. Then it seemed...

Lenore Thompson (I plugged her book here recently) makes the distinction between having emotions and being a feeler (Fe/Fi) very well. Namely that as humans we all have feelings/emotions. But being a Feeler, say having a dominant/auxiliary Fe or Fi, means that you 'are' your emotional life to a...

New short post from PJ Why INTPs & INFPs Should Confer with INFJs or INTJs Interestingly he notes the INFP/INTJ is a great combination, something I've not heard or noticed before. What a combination, the ultimate space cadet with the dry scientist.

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I've spent years investigating this problem and believe I've finally cracked it. Obvious, in a way in hindsight, like all good solutions. It took having an INTP for a son and watching him struggle with homework the way I've struggled in my life to get things done. So much easier to see yourself...

In the sense of taking a break from Sensor types, especially extraverted ones, for a time. Say a week, a month, or a lifetime. Short of going to the Monastery is it possible? Brainstorm please, we need your ideas.

Highly recommend, especially if you're interested in technology, computing and such. This was a surprise, I expected a usual Sci Fi run-of-the-mill movie but it was unlike anything I've ever seen. I think the best Sci Fi comes from F types with an interest in it. Most of it is written by ST...

For self-professed INTP's; what is your favorite game genre? I'll include options for non INTP's in the polls also. I only like MMORPG's - Lord of the Rings Online and Elder Scrolls presently. WoW doesn't do much as it's too fantasy and PvP for me, and Old Republic needs a game engine...

Charities Does charity accomplish what it purports to do? For example, does a charity that "helps the poor", is it really helping the poor? Does Mother Theresas "hospitals" for the "sick and poor" actually help the sick? What about the Bill Gates foundation, he might be an INTP, is he actually...

No evidence for this other than I get a feeling from Edward Snowden that he might be an INTP. I think it's clear at least that he's an introvert and a thinker, and the slight build and distant look to the eyes, would tend to indicate IN, which leaves INTJ or INTP. An INTJ would seem unlikely to...

You get a choice, you can be wealthy in any of the above for the rest of your life, but poor in the other categories. Which is it? Edit: Should those have been "You're" instead of "Your"? I have trouble with that.

The "New Girl" thread, by "Wrestler Girl" no less (or some variation) prompted this. I've wondered for a long time why women feel compelled to identify themselves as female on the internet. It dates back to the early days even, back then you'd see "techguurl" and such nonsense. You rarely see...

There's been a movement to "get women into STEM" (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) for decades. I remember physicists bemoaning how few women go into Physics back when I was in school. And guess what? The few women who did and were mildly successful had wonderful opportunities...

Most boards these days have post quote notifications. You go to the site, and they give you a link to a page with all the people that have quoted posts of yours in followups. Highly useful, it easily allows you to keep track of conversations. I'm constantly missing replies to my posts and...

A thread to note found instances of SciFi predictions or ideas that have come to pass, or will soon be.

I thought this would be of general interest ... I haven't looked to see if for real or how viable, however a-priori I believe this technology is very possible. University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists have created the first large-area metamaterial (cloaking material) for the...

Suppose, towards the end of your full life, you get a choice. You can either continue to exist as a Changling from DS9, like Odo, or as a stored machine intelligence like Robinette Broadhead from Fred Pohl's Heechee Saga. In case your not familiar ... Changlings Sexless Can take any...

Or a nice person? Segregated into Extraverted and Introverted camps.

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Of three choices. I think there's only one choice really, the other two being boring and ugly. Turns out a lot of people agree with me, see if you do too.

List the top 10, in any order, "anythings" that you think all INTP's should check out, as something they ALL would likely enjoy. Including books, plays, movies, music, games, exercises, you name it. I say in any order because it's hard to rank a novel against an food, but you might keep it...

I've always had a characteristic that oftentimes when I accomplish something I'm horribly disappointed. There are two reasons, I've since discovered, one is that it represents a closing down of possibilities. The second is that it forms you into a type of person, instead of keeping your idea of...

So I've had a beta key, and this weekend am released from NDA so can talk about the game, obviously they want to generate some hype for the upcoming release. Feel free to ask any questions.

It is the 21st century and we ARE a bunch of INTPs ... with a few others. Seriously it looks like you're using a paid hosting service, they should be able to provide an IPV6 stack. I got IPV6 running on my custom built router and have it throughout the LAN. This is one of the few sites I visit...

CS, IT, engineering, hacking, you name it, if you're into programming computers put a vote in. EDIT: I meant the poll to be a public poll, and I know that I set it up that way, but it didn't take for some reason. Does anybody know how to change that? Meanwhile, post your intentions on the...

For INTPs only please, rate your entertainments, out of film, music, visual (art and photo), video games, etc. What do you like the best and why? Vote your number one above.

Drenth says we're prone to them due to having an Fe inferior. I certainly am, sudden rushes of emotion, often bringing me to the verge of tears at sappy parts of a movie or reading some human interest story. Share yours ... I just had one reading about a cow that escaped from a NY stock yard...

Share your pain, it doesn't help, but we can commiserate. On my side; two sets of relatives. I just want a quiet day for Christmas, enjoying the down time working on my projects and maybe going for a hike. Unfortunately, even though we see the respective relatives frequently, we have to get...

Drenth has been quiet recently, now we know why which is he's been working on a book about INTP's. On sale for $7 (will go up to $9) so I bought a copy, and also to support his site. You get PDF, mobi and ePub. It's 109 pages. It appears to be expanding on the material in his web site...