The R[evol]lution's Myers-Briggs Personalility Type

[Xenophage]

Overwhelmingly, Ron Paul supporters fall under the category of "Rationals," which comprise 5% to 7% of the population. That's kinda in line with the poll numbers we see, isn't it?

Extrapolate what you can from that.

 

[jake]

Intj

 

[Xenophage]

For those of you that have just discovered Myers Briggs... walk away now.

INTx's usually gravitate towards it as it helps them to explain people and interactions. Something they do not instinctively understand.

If you want to move beyond Myers Briggs... May I suggest Socionics (www.socionics.com). Socionics is true Jung.

Because of the J/P issue with Myers Briggs... a large percentage of the INTJs on here are actually INTP's.

For an insight into INTP's (INTJ under Myers Briggs):

The "uncovered" personality profile:

"Oh my God! This is awesome! I'm so excited! I can't wait! I feel like jumping and screaming and clapping my hands!" behaviour will guarantee you the front seat before INTp firing squad. It is taboo as INTps cannot tolerate enthusiasm and you will soon be punished for openly showing the excitement. If you like something - you should stay quiet, if you don't like something - you must hate it! No emotional attachments or commitments are permitted either.

INTps fear rules and adore them, because what's clear - they fear, unclear - they dear! Nevertheless, they stick to the rules and they demand the same from others. The rules that can be interpreted in many ways guarantee freedom. Ironically, INTps learn about their environment through studying of the limitations. If the rule states you can't say "knee" and INTp decides to respect and obey it they could get extremely annoyed with someone who decides to ignore it.

The rules for INTps often transform into rituals and they have no problems with rituals. Because of this INTps could get comfortable with routine, often mistyping themselves into J types, resulting in many of them thinking of themselves as INTjs. However the most common way is for INTps to type themselves into INTxs, with undecided preference for J or P.

INTps would not accept anything concrete and solid on principal. The more unshakable it seems the more challenging for INTp it appears. Irrefutable truth to them means death. If a sign "Take your hats off" is normally understood as a request to take headwear off, you may suddenly find yourself arguing with an INTp over what is considered a hat. Thanks God for dictionary! INTps respect it - it is printed and it is public. But beware of broad interpretations. A broad interpretation is INTp's ally; exact meaning is INTp's enema.

The arithmetic perhaps is the only discipline where INTps cannot use their powers of ambiguity. 2 + 2 = 4 will always remain true, although it is not inconceivable to assume that at some point an INTp was contemplating a different result. On the other hand, the very foundation of arithmetic was built upon few self evident axioms, and it is the self evident part of course that is very much INTp debatable.

In fact, INTps will debate for the sake of debate. The process becomes more important than the outcome. They often lose the point of a debate when they shift focus to other unrelated subjects in the process. When defeated, INTps can easily do a U turn on something they were arguing just seconds ago. They deserve respect for being able to accept the defeat and disrespect for never being truly committed in their views.

So what is it that makes them so meticulously scrutinising? Being natively intuitive, INTps are not quite able to swallow big chunks of information. They choke on it. Big theories of everything are spam to them and people who make them are instant opponents. The combination of words like "in general", "on principal", "on the whole", "in most cases", "as a general rule" are not friends to INTps, as they befriend "in particular" in particular. They do not like trends, as trends usually encompass more than one tendency, making the trend more "in general" than "in particular". The notion that there are 16 psychological types is also alien to INTps, because in their heads the 16 types could be further dissected into oblivion, thus making them even more "in particular" than "in general".

Finally, INTps have this very special relationship with Socionics. They are like plague, eating its very foundation. They are like ever growing tumour that turns once solid and sound principals into a formless jelly. Just like a bunch of angry termites on rampage, they feed on anything structural, bearing clarity and simplicity... by turning it to dust.

That's all folks, it's a dissection time!

That's absolute bullshit, and it demonstrates the clear philosophic problems that psychologists run into.

I'm an INTP according to both tests but I'm an Objectivist. I believe quite strongly in objective reality, irrefutable truth, and logic. The essential problem here is EPISTEMOLOGY. Your epistemology shapes your psychology, not the other way around.

Psychologists completely ignore philosophy all too often and transgress into territory that is completely inappropriate for them, apparently misunderstanding the limits and scope of psychology itself.

For the psychologist, everything is psychological. For the philosopher, everything is philosophical. Truth lies between these two extremes.

 

[Ryan Prasad]

That's absolute bullshit, and it demonstrates the clear philosophic problems that psychologists run into.

I'm an INTP according to both tests but I'm an Objectivist. I believe quite strongly in objective reality, irrefutable truth, and logic. The essential problem here is EPISTEMOLOGY. Your epistemology shapes your psychology, not the other way around.

Psychologists completely ignore philosophy all too often and transgress into territory that is completely inappropriate for them, apparently misunderstanding the limits and scope of psychology itself.

For the psychologist, everything is psychological. For the philosopher, everything is philosophical. Truth lies between these two extremes.

Coming from an INTP, I can soundly say that this is the best post ever.

 

[free.alive]

enfp or infp, I guess depending on my mood when I take the test. I just realized I flip-flopped.

An interesting fact...

 

[coyote_sprit]

Intp

 

[daviddee]

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[wildflower]

That's absolute bullshit, and it demonstrates the clear philosophic problems that psychologists run into.

I'm an INTP according to both tests but I'm an Objectivist. I believe quite strongly in objective reality, irrefutable truth, and logic. The essential problem here is EPISTEMOLOGY. Your epistemology shapes your psychology, not the other way around.

Psychologists completely ignore philosophy all too often and transgress into territory that is completely inappropriate for them, apparently misunderstanding the limits and scope of psychology itself.

For the psychologist, everything is psychological. For the philosopher, everything is philosophical. Truth lies between these two extremes.

Same here, I also believe strongly in objective truth and logic. I'm an INTP too and I agree that that description was bs.

 

[KevinR]

Your Type is
INTJ
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging
Strength of the preferences %
100 38 88 67

You are:

* very expressed introvert
* moderately expressed intuitive personality
* very expressed thinking personality
* distinctively expressed judging personality

Seems a lot of us on here are, thats good I guess

/edit: Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Ulysses S. Grant, Frideriche Nietsche, Niels Bohr, Peter the Great, Stephen Hawking, John Maynard Keynes, Lise Meitner", Ayn Rand and Sir Isaac Newton are examples of Rational Masterminds. <-- I'm ok with that

 

[bobmurph]

Entj

 

[PauliticsPolitics]

another INTJ here - amazing!

 

[PauliticsPolitics]

Suggested careers for INTJ:

Natural Science
Natural Science Education
Information System Specialist
Computer Programming
Social Service
Lawyer (corporative)
Librarian

This explains our Google and Microsoft donations as well as why we win the internet! We need to get more of those corporate lawyers on board.

 

[ggibson1]

I have taken this test 2 times with a 10 year ...

I have taken this test 2 times with a 10 year stretch inbetween... I came up almost exactly the same both times.

I have given this test to many of my co-workers before they had any clue what it was about. I think these tests are very revealing however for anyone that reads the details about these tests knows that every human provides a slight variation or shade of grey within the results of the tests.

INTP

http://GeraldGibson.Net

 

[Heather in WI]

Let's further *assume* that INTx types could learn how to "speak other languages," and use that to influence those other types who were both far more common in the GenPop, and either:
(1) malleable and dumb enough to fall for catch-phrases and sound bites, or
(2) somewhat inclined towards freedom, but not as "hard core" as we INTx's.

What are the implications for our future political action? For our future "educational" activity?

I think this is a great point! We need some of those awesome video makers (Avaroth? Eliberty?) to come up with a couple of short (4 min?) videos which explain Ron Paul's positions in ways they can understand. NOT water down his positions .... but explain them the way you would to your 10 year old.

 

[Michael Ingram]

it's the INTJ internet spammers...

 

[Ogren]

Same here, I also believe strongly in objective truth and logic. I'm an INTP too and I agree that that description was bs.

Hmm maybe theres a pattern here. Could most objectivists be INTPs ? I certainly am both.

 

[ClockwiseSpark]

Intj

 

[FortWorth38]

What are Your Thoughts???

ENFJ
Warm, empathetic, responsive, and responsible. Highly attuned to the emotions, needs, and motivations of others. Find potential in everyone, want to help others fulfill their potential. May act as catalysts for individual and group growth. Loyal, responsive to praise and criticism. Sociable, facilitate others in a group, and provide inspiring leadership.​

So I am 1 of 6 ENFJ's..hhhuuummmm Can Any one Guess My Career???

ENFJs are the benevolent 'pedagogues' of humanity. They have tremendous charisma by which many are drawn into their nurturant tutelage and/or grand schemes. Many ENFJs have tremendous power to manipulate others with their phenomenal interpersonal skills and unique salesmanship. But it's usually not meant as manipulation -- ENFJs generally believe in their dreams, and see themselves as helpers and enablers, which they usually are.

ENFJs are global learners. They see the big picture. The ENFJs focus is expansive. Some can juggle an amazing number of responsibilities or projects simultaneously. Many ENFJs have tremendous entrepreneurial ability.

Possible Career Paths for the ENFJ:

* Facilitator
* Consultant
* Psychologist
* Social Worker / Counselor
* Teacher
* Clergy
* Sales Representative
* Human Resources
* Manager
* Events Coordinator
* Sales Representative
* Politicians / Diplomats
* Writers

 

[ionlyknowy]

It's not surprising that the predominant personality type for this message board is an INTJ.

I think that INTJ's are just the message board types... Check out this other message board with the same poll

http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/prelaw/index.php/topic,101502.0.html


We (INTJ's) just like doing the whole message board thing... it has something to do with our thirst for the truth and knowledge and our introversion.

 

[Brown Sapper]

They said I was a ENTJ field marshall. I guess thats why I'm in the military