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Call a suicide hotline, own8ge. Nothing much else to be done. -Duxwing

That's where visual typing comes in. You needn't guess: Auburn has developed the means by which to type visually. -Duxwing

But what if you haven't the time to perform an in-depth analysis, or what if you want to identify which hypothesis of type is the most likely to be true so that you don't waste your time hunting for Ni in an Si-dom? -Duxwing

*pulls out some sandpaper* Sorry, I've run out of tissues. -Duxwing

You like it!? All the better! :) Right, but don't you see how having an instinct to act against your instincts creates a paradox? If you follow your instinct to act against your instincts, then you are acting instinctually and therefore against your instinct to act against your instincts...

I would kill people whom I don't know and live in lawless places far from my home in the middle of the night with a nearby stone hurled from a sling at such a distance that no blood would hit me. The stone itself would be pick up with a plastic glove and the sling-- used only once per throw--...

Don't be so quick to assume. I'm actually trying to amuse myself by finding a contradiction in your argument. Therefore, in the interest of amusement, I ask, what if my instinct is to act against my instincts? Details, details. :D I'll put my point another way. Are we to assume that...

Our ideas may not be corporeally manifest, but, via the is-ought rule, their effervescence alone does not necessarily imply that we should ignore them. But one's instincts can direct one toward anything. What if my instinct were to help those who cannot help themselves? Is such an instinct...

So you're saying that Man's Nature is virtuous, and that Man should live according to it? -Duxwing

The type derives from the instincts. And you just said that love was for saps. -Duxwing

I suspect that Virtue extended to traits like Bravery, Compassion, Honesty, and Thoughtfulness, and that Nature referred not only to one's own desires, but to the natural world. -Duxwing

If your functional analysis theory checks out, then we ought to see the same functions but in the opposite order in polar types; therefore, since we've seen the INTP and most of us here are INTPs, let's do the ESFJ next. It would be the ultimate test of your concept. -Duxwing

So is your argument applied hedonism paired with moral, existential, and epistemeological nihilism? -Duxwing

*brings him a blanket and some hot cocoa* :) Have you ever tried explaining to them that you prefer to do other things? Be frank, be honest, and be consistent: Every time they say things like "You going to stare at that wall all day?" say "Yes. You know that you and I want different things...

You're right, Si-Te = ISTJ, but Auburn's project focuses on identifying individual functions. And as the functions, so the type. -Duxwing

No. I'm actually worried that you'll be consumed by this competition. I care. :) Aw.. :( *hug* No, really? :D ...But see? You've still won in the long run. -Duxwing

Due to our inability to know reality, one can view it as the ultimate massively multiplayer game: with mind-boggling graphics, full physics simulation, unbelievable AI, and 24/7 persistence it can keep you hooked forever. What more could a gamer ask for? And of course our goals are "empty"...

I'm glad to have a fix on your type, then. Have you considered the idea that you are projecting your own preference for Se onto others? A life focused on sensory and instinctual gratification would hardly be rewarding for the stereotypical Ni-dom, for example; in fact, such a life would be...

By your logic, then, fulfillment is an idolization in itself. Furthermore, I hold that if you are an INFJ, then you are in the grip of your inferior Se. -Duxwing

I didn't know that Watership Down had been a book until I researched the movie. -Duxwing

You're in the grip, Proletar, let go before it's too late! -Duxwing

Provided that reality exists and that we can observe it through our senses, then our memories are real in the sense that they represent the past form of reality at a given point in time. Ergo, "holding onto [memories] as if they are still real" is a philosophically sound decision. However, you...

Dear Forum, If Spongebob Squarepants is Pop, Teen Titans is Soft Rock, and Redwall is Rock, then I do believe that I've found the Metal of children's television programs, a movie called "Watership Down," and not the namby-pamby modern version, either. I'm talking about the full-on...

*A horse's hooves rumble in the distance, and over yon hill appears the dark figure of a boy upon his steed. As the figure approaches, the sun gleams off his cuirass and reveals the heraldry upon his shield: Three black dots arranged in a triangle upon a field of white.* "Hark, and take...

Indeed, victory and defeat are but the accidents of history: The real emotion, the real passions and memories, lie within our actions during the game and the people we meet in play. They will be what we hold onto, they will be what we cherish, they will be what persists long after the game is...

Hahaha! -Duxwing

I realized my own mortality at age seven, but not in the abstract "Oh, some day I'm going to die" but "I am going to DIE!!". If my mom hadn't indoctrinated me, then I think that I would have proceeded into existential crisis. -Duxwing

Before I begin: when I say "lived," I mean "was born and later died" and nothing else. I don't believe that miracles occur. Now, on to my argument. If Jesus didn't live, then who led the apostles? We know that they lived, and they all wrote about their time in the original cult of...

Jesus lived, but he was probably little more than a minor religious figure surrounded by fanatical disciples and a cult of personality who was lucky and smart enough to tell the right people the right things at the right time. -Duxwing

I'd wager that almost every suicide is the result of a mental breakdown, not a rational decision, so a philosophical study of suicide would only apply to the vary narrow group of people who commit suicide after careful study and calm, thoughtful deliberation. -Duxwing

I said "man" not "wee man". :D -Duxwing

Over the long term, do not try to find time to do what you want: make time. But over the short term, be patient, friend, and you will find your moments tucked within the ticking of the clock: try practicing your writing in your forum posts. -Duxwing

"What is the measure of a man?" --William Shakespeare. -Duxwing

Then I highly recommend that you read your own sources because as SpaceYeti has pointed out that several of them are from the Discovery Institute's own scientific journal. Those who work in an instituition devoted to proving intelligent design could very well face repercussions for not...

We should clone a male and female of the very first hominid species and then walk them into the Vatican crying, "Hark, 'tis Adam and Eve!". -Duxwing

By learning from your mistakes, O sagacious elder. :) -Duxwing

If your idea is polarizing, then be BOLD: don't waste your time by trying to find "an exact place to start". If they were a preface, then you should have labeled them as such. I don't mean to sound nit-picky and bitter, but presentation matters because in art, presentation is quite literally...

*cracks his neck* task (main) { mercy = 0 run (story_critic) } . .. ... Overall Criticism: J.D. Salinger has already written The Catcher in The Rye; your themes of misery and existential angst, along with your depressed, melancholoy yet gritty style, have already been covered...

His point is that Discovery Institute research should not be categorized as "peer-reviewed" because the term "peer review" implies that the peers in question are impartial to the conclusion being drawn from the data and that the peers in the Discovery Institute, ostensibly, are not. Such a...

So that's why he spends so much time making sure that his decisions are right. -Duxwing

No oil? How else are you going to lubricate the joints? Air? Ah, the approaching singularity. Perhaps you and Architect could team up to bring it about. You can make the ideal best friend for yourself. They have free will, but they're design makes people with your particular...

As my INTJ robotics teacher says, "You're only arrogant if you're wrong". :D -Duxwing

I'm glad that you've been able to vent your feelings here: acknowledgement is the first step to recovery. :) The next step is to pose yourself the question "What do I want to do after I leave this forum?". Just trying to leave the forum without a new anchor point will leave you adrift, and you...

Awwww. *chuckles* :) -Duxwing

The first quote is a rough skeptic's creed: a skeptic knows only that he knows nothing because he lacks the credulity to adopt a specific school of thought and therefore destroys logical constructs instead of creating them. In giving what he has, he spreads his skepticism to others so that they...

Oh, OK then. :) Goodnight. -Duxwing

Does your skepticism spell the end of your typing videos? -Duxwing

O.O From whence have you produced such a terrifying list? -Duxwing

Ah, OK. Thanks for clarifying. -Duxwing

Are you talking to me, or to Montressor? -Duxwing