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The Ilium/Olympos series by Dan Simmons. Epic and innovative.

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There are two main elements of chess: long-term strategy and short-term tactics. Of course, anyone committed and/or talented enough can excel at either, but in general Ni + Te users are better at long-term strategy. They can examine what is going on, put together everything into one plan, and...

I get annoyed when the lines on one side aren't evenly aligned with the lines on the other side.

Being "somewhere on the Earth" isn't very INTP.

You do not talk like an INTP.

Well, when I focus on the content of the conversation, I can lose control of where I'm looking. I do that to pretty much everyone if the topic of conversation is engaging enough. It's just that with women, there is a taboo area that is generally unacceptable to look at, and when I'm not paying...

I seem to fit your description of Ni when I'm relaxed and looking in one direction. My eyes seem to have some sort of intensity and depth mixed with aloof-ness. But when I look around or laugh, or I do something quickly, they resemble your Ne description.

I have some sort of compulsive paranoia where I make up possibilities for what could go wrong, and then I check 3-4 times to make sure I'm not creating a false illusion of security and overconfidence. For example, when I go to bed, I suddenly get up and look at my phone to see if the alarm clock...

This The length of the original post in this thread far exceeds the maximum for that of an ENTP.

Why not just design a highly realistic virtual simulation that causes the mental illusion of taking over the world?

Yes, I call it Soft Trolling. Instead of trying to explain what I was doing, I just destroy them in a legit debate later on. Saves me lots of trouble.

I've done both, and I much prefer the latter. You do raise a valid point based on the fact that (AFAIK) there's no real way to invalidate the Standard Model using the LHC. In other words, if the LHC experiments fail to reveal the Higgs Boson, physicists can't just use argumentum ad...

It's hard to break the a dichotomy (in this case S/N) when you don't have anything that directly contrasts the opposite ends. For example, if you know that he would rather drink a beer at home than go to a bar, then that would be good evidence that he's I as opposed to E. You need similar...

Old rednecks accidentally entering 4chan?

This is crap. They even get in nice and straight lines while "weeping"... Video editing is overused.

I see many different manipulations that jump out in parallel. However, many of them are there on the periphery of my consciousness, and I can pick a combination of the ones that I think will lead to the correct answer. It’s like Cover Flow, except I can select multiple ideas as opposed to just...

The best way to kill an overused meme is to use it even more.

I used to look forward to Skyrim, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

I think both of those correspond to F because Fe and Fi doms are much better at considering how something is said rather that what is said. Your comparison of Se to Ne would be more like comparing Fe and Te, although I think there's a point in social development where anyone can easily...

http://xkcd.com/798/

So basically, using the theory that one area of the brain (Broca's area) is largely responsible for speech, Je corresponds to the deployment of that area to get the message across, and Ji corresponds to the comparison of other people's words with what is already in that area. However, I think...

The Higgs Boson most likely exists but the pressure from skeptics will not subside for a very long time. It's in that phase where it's transitioning from theory and speculation into more sound (almost) evidence. The buzz about the neutrinos, on the other hand, is far from reaching this phase...

@OP: What is the bane or your existence? Emotionality or sensuality?

I can identify pretty well with this. I think of it as a nihilistic open-mindedness that leads me to relax and alleviates me from the stress of inescapable predicaments. As long as it doesn't devolve into apatheism and total stupidity, it gives me some extra room to accept information. My...

That leads to another logical question, which is whether all extroverted functions involve spoken thought.

Almost certainly Ti. Very likely Ne.

When I use Ti (I'm pretty sure it's Ti), I think based on patterns of the information that I've received before. Oftentimes it's useful because words are only so useful in articulating a lot of thoughts. Also, it can be quicker than words because the patterns are still there, so I can use a...

Could be an INTP thing. MBTI = MBTi? I don't treat it like the Bible at all. It's a (far from perfect) tool that I use just to get a basic idea of people's personalities and try to understand them systematically, almost always as just a hobby. It's relatively good in terms of general patterns...

I want to clarify what the OP is talking about here. I've got several questions. 1. Are each of these so-called characters made up by you or are they your mental representations of real people? 2. Do you have the idea that you "assimilate" these different characters into your own and present...

When after a long performance at a concert you can't tell whether the audience is applauding loudly for that performance or it's the relative effect of not hearing applause for a while. You stare at a word for so long that it seems unfamiliar and doesn't make sense. You interpret an...

Dr. Evil from Austin Powers. Just had to go for that one.

When you walk in circles, roll up into a ball, shut yourself into a pantry, and end up trying to stand on your windowsill while you're pondering the deep mysteries of life.

I especially hate it if I'm on the other side of whatever I'm trying to turn. Then the whole clockwise counter-clockwise thing is backwards, and it takes me a while to figure that out.

Or you've been told by some people to learn to lie, and you've been told by other people to stop lying.

Pod'lair does seem to be a very interesting theory, and I'm definitely going to check it out. Also, as for people being Objective and Subjective...I think that's also a part of (scientific method forbid) Socionics. Extroverts are supposedly objective and introverts are supposedly subjective. I...

Kibou, type is simply the external manifestation of cognitive configuration, nothing more. For example, it's impossible to be an extrovert when you're a lead introvert. Of course, you can act like one, but contrary to what you said, the actual personality changes just as much as the functions...

You can ace a test on multivariable calculus while half-asleep, but you can't figure out how to turn on your shower when you're fully awake.

What is this Pod'Lair stuff that's floating around? Seems damn informative. I'm going on an interwebz trip to figure this out...

How is personality predetermined? I just don't get the sense in that argument. Pardon me if there's some deep insightful piece of knowledge, that I haven't grasped, but being born with your type seems just as valid as predestination. And don't try to make assumptions about what I know about...

I'm saying that there's no obvious preference for second functions until they develop. Anyone is capable of using any function (they just don't necessarily like to), which is why P-doms can still judge. When their second functions haven't developed, their psyche only has one slot available...

You thought of something great to post on this thread, but when you actually came here, you forgot.

Agree with DT. The OP is probably an INTP whose 4th function started kicking in.

It's a lot easier to annoy Js than Ps. It's ruining someone's big plans versus trying to anger someone who doesn't give a shit from the beginning.

On a side note, I know an annoying girl (ESFP?) who calls me a pessimist for constantly finding errors (Ti) and making people feel stupid/pissed off. So this relates to Skywalker's post. Se "optimist" who lives in the moment doesn't like Ti cynic who seems "pessimistic".

Just to clarify... When I say "static" I'm talking about people who take in everything superficially or "traditionally" and do not try to mentally change it so much. It's like everything is just there. Dynamic people see reality as something that is malleable and that their sensory input...

The dichotomy of pessimism and optimism just isn't accurate enough to encompass every person's perception of reality. The only thing you can ascertain with this is people's personality, and even then, it's way too vague. IMO it's better to use the classifications of static and dynamic, the...

Yes, I can definitely relate to that. But I've got three instead of two: the ones you mentioned, plus my own set that's a mix of internet troll slang and my own intuitive language that only makes sense to me but I like to say out loud sometimes.

Summer. When it's too hot, I can at least move.

Well, I'm sure that whatever semi-type that you have when you're super-young is changeable, since it hasn't been established. Of course, your type is set in stone after the second function develops (and thus paves way for the rest of the functions), but if the primary isn't heavily used when...