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I'm not much of a gamer. They bore me usually, and if I'm on the computer I'd much rather be doing something useful or more interesting. I just got this and am playing a campaign with my kid and am having a blast. Haven't played it in years and forgot how much fun this game is, much more my...

Prize to the first one who figures out why I'm asking this.

Vivian Maier was a nanny in NYC and Chicago who is being considered as possibly one of the best photographers of the 20th century. The story is that was a very private person, never married and had no close friends, who took pictures in her spare time. About 100k-150k, which were sold off when...

Is a web 1.0 forum such as this one still valid? Anonymity on the web used to be a big deal but now people are regularly treating it as a public and open forum, on Google+, Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere. I like the forum format as it lends itself to more in-depth conversations then say on...

Google has opened the Glass Explorers program to non developers Glass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE Caveats. It will cost $1500, and you need to submit an idea to Google of what you want to do with it to get accepted.

How does one prepare for the unknowable? I'm preparing for a Singularity by lifeblogging - without the blogging except to myself. I'm recording every waking moment of my life and other Quantified Self activities such as having my DNA sequenced and recording my daily motion and sleep via a...

Who believes a Singularity is in our future? If you have any amendments to the Kurzweil Singularity (see link above), please vote and post your ideas. For example, if you believe a Singularity is in our future but will take longer, vote Yes and post a comment to that effect.

How are you taking advantage of that? I'm going to be out, because it will be very quiet out there.

Just looking for a discussion here ... So I drink tea, which has many health benefits. Coffee has some too but it's a piker compared to tea. Which is nice, but of course it also has stimulants along with chemicals that have a soothing or calming effect. I really like my cuppa. The deal...

I don't do New Years Resolutions because they rarely work out. Instead let's do something more INTP friendly which is New Years Ideas. Mention something that you'd like to have happen this year, and then we can check in again (in a year) to see how it played out. In the spirit of resolutions the...

A frequent mistake I see people make with type spotting is mixing correlation and causation. Behavioral factors in typology are statistical in nature. This means that, for example, INTP's in general will not pay much attention to their appearance. This is correlation. This does not mean you can...

Mayan Temple Damaged by Parties So, some idiots of our esteemed race come up with a wack-a-doodle theory about the end of the world, so therefore they must revere the Mayan's in some sense, or at least hold their calendar in high regards. But then in the process of being proven wrong they...

Entirely sucked. I saw it in 3-D and 48 frames per second, it looked more like a video game than a movie. At any rate they changed too many elements of the story including important ones, and it too much stretched a small segment of the story into an entire movie. I'm not going to see the rest...

So you may know my small story. We sold our house at the peak of the bubble in 2005 and invested the proceeds on the premise that a housing crash would take down the world economy. So now that investment has multiplied many fold and we're now looking for a new house. In a house I care not...

So this year my 11 yr old INTP said "we don't need to get a tree this year. I only want small presents (a video game, gift cards for various online games) so it would just be an expense to get the tree, take all the time decorating it, then taking it down". Wow - pretty cool having an INTP for a...

So I'm trying to to crack into PL to assess it's value. I'll collect notes on this thread. Apologies for any mistakes, please correct any you see ... A couple of videos have been helpful, note that Zai'nyy is the INTP equivalent (I'm sure PLarians cringe at that comparison) NFGeeks Brad, you...

Any ideas? Maya "end of days" fever reaches climax in Mexico

Interesting List Typing people you don't know, especially celebrities, isn't easy. One reason I'm curious if PodLair has any good insight into this issue. At any rate this is an interesting list I haven't seen before, probably many misses here but at least they give their reasoning. This one...

Judging, Perceiving, & Grip Behavior

Career Choice, Myers-Briggs Type, & the Inferior Function I pursued a career in music early on, only to eventually discover that as much as I loved music I wasn't an entertainer at my core. Luckily I was able to switch to a science career (difficult as the transition was) before it was too late.

Dominant-Inferior Function Dynamics: Healthy vs. Unhealthy Near the end is a discussion of "jumping the stack", where a person panders to their inferior directly rather than playing in their proper functional stack. The example for ITP's is "Helping/advising/teaching people directly (Fe)" -...

Sounds perfect (except the ice cream) Warren Buffet on life

New article Being friends with an INTP

Self-Knowledge, Self-Governance, & Life Purpose for P-Types This is another angle on the INTP procrastination and laziness issue. It's difficult for the INTP to know themselves, or at least it takes time. Once they do that discovery and find a life purpose it's much easier to become productive...

for the INTP ... First a list taken from Vivek Halder Money. It’s a well-paid job. It pays the bills, and leaves over fun money. You don’t mind it. Purpose. Your programs help a lot people do their jobs, live and enjoy their lives. Creator’s machismo. Your programs handle a gazillion queries...

The Laws of P-Types: Fi & Ti Laws

Personality Junkie has a new article up regarding using your typological aversions to help type yourself. Best to first read The Type Dynamics of Acceptance/Aversion Type Aversions as an Aid to Self-Typing

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In the past my creativity has been unleashed when there's a new system to understand and develop. The spark is less when simply developing on an understood or existing system. Unfortunately most opportunities and success in this world are the latter. This seems the explanation for much of INTP...

Have any ENFX's you know? I found I have a hole in my experience with ENFX's, I have a terrifically hard time spotting them. What I do is mistype them as ESFX due to their warm gregarious natures. Ideas on how to get better at spotting them requested ...

The doping scandals in professional sports

The Maze Metaphor: A New Theory for Understanding INTP and INFP Types Nearly perfect description of my thought process at least.

19th Century French Artists Predicted The World Of The Future In This Series Of Postcards

Introverted vs. Extraverted Functions Another great post by Personality Junkie. Good to read to better understand the functions.

I used to be, in the words of Samuel Johnson, a hardened tea drinker. Unfortunately it started to interfere with sleep and behavior so I've gone cold turkey for a year. Now I'm trying it once a day or less to see how I can handle it. One concern is possible long term effects. My older parents...

If so tell us your last hack

I've been trying to understand quantum computing and despite having background in QM and computation haven't made much truck. Here's a video I've found that explains it well, by a guy who is building commercial quantum computers D-Wave Note this isn't a universal quantum computer, it's a...

Question for INTP's only please These are the names I've seen for the type. Architect is most common, engineer next, and Kiersey proposed Designer in his recent Personology book. Which do you prefer? Any suggestions for a new name? What shall we call ourselves?

Years ago I remember we all worried about eroding privacy. Keeping your bank, address, phone number and then email address private was important. If a public figure was caught with their pants down it was a major scandal resulting in their disappearing. George Orwell wrote 1984 and we all...

Sorry, question for INTPs only. Describe your dominant (preferred) socialization context. Not necessarily what you want to do, but what you do by default. * This applies to non family member socializing only. I meant this to be a single choice poll, try to check a single box please. * I...

New article ENTPs’ & ENFPs’ Ne vs. INTJs’ & INFJs’ Ni While not specific to INTP's, an interesting quote that relates to our Ne By this then INTPs could be said to be more ingenious than insightful.

Myers-Briggs Dating Field Guide INTP- Why you want one: They’re really smart and make up for being awkward + not really sexy by having a lot of interesting things to say. Spoiler Alert: You’ll get tired of them making jokes about ninjas and Lord of the Rings. Probable addiction to World of...

INTP Careers Seems legitimate, however I signed up for the mail list and haven't gotten anything yet despite a promise of information about the ideal INTP career (affiliate marketing). Sounds fine - I wouldn't mind work like that, on the other hand it may not be the most intellectually...

I've observed that some types like MBTI theory, while other types don't. Especially amusing are the types that don't like the theory - according to their type. In other words, the fact that they don't like MBTI theory is predicated by their type! Certainly not exhaustive or extensive but some...

Modern humans evolved 200,000 years ago Modern humans left Africa about 50,000 years ago Our closest relatives, Neanderthals were still alive 24,000 years ago The so called 'hobbits' (Homo floresiensis - another relative) apparently survived until 12,000 years ago African...

The "Gap Year Adventures" thread made me think about sabbaticals. I really wish my company had sabbaticals. They don't even have to be paid, but nope, nothing remotely like a sabbatical, the fuckers. All they have is a leave of absence, but you aren't allowed to work on a commercial product or...

INTP brethren; do you notice a cycle to your Pness*? I have this pattern - I think monthly which is interesting - where my ability to focus and get things done fluctuates. The past couple days I was in the down phase. Listless, didn't get anything done, tired, no drive. Now I'm getting back into...

I have a theory I'm working on and need some data. Do you consider there is a defining moment in your life? By this I mean an event in your childhood that determined the future course of your life. In this I don't mean externalities that had a big influence on you and made a difference, but...

so Nuance Corporation came out with Dragon Dictate 3 for the Mac and version 12 for the PC. This software is freaking amazing – I'm dictating this post and all the recent posts using it. See Ma? No hands! Voice recognition has been improving exponentially, if you haven't tried it recently I...

Doesn't it seem like words about sex are stranger than the rest of them? What about Poon, as in "Poon-tang" (getting sex) or "Poon-hound" (somebody who likes sex). What kind of word is that? Let's check the OED ... OK, maybe it's French. And what about "Blow", as in "Blow job"? There isn't...