The Myers-Briggs Test

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FLETCH2

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:19 PM

I suspect that's true. At the time I was tested the company I worked for had done a limited release of a new product. My job consisted of firefighting problems found in the field and then trying to integrate any solutions into the product ahead of the final release, so in effect I was both INTJ'ing the crisis management and INTP'ing a better design.

I don't think it surprising that as a group we are a lot alike, internet societies and fan groups tend to be self selecting. I do wonder if most online scifi fandoms have the same kinds of people or if there is something about Firefly that appeals to INTJ/P-ers in particular?

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DECAF

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:14 AM

Myers-Briggs did a good thing in making type theory easily accessible, but their stuff is, for the most part, scratching the surface of research in the field. A better analysis comes from Jung's translated works (though I don't subscribe to his collective unconcious theories).

I will definately agree with the effect of someone's frame of mind. Like when kids are raised to be a certain way that runs against their nature.

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I'm happy doing what I'm doing - counting molecules and atoms and seeing what it means.

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JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 4:33 PM

Conspiracy?

So there was a time your personality was different


Mine changed a bit during lockdowns, it might have been changing for a while each week, maybe scorning mocking our clownish world, a little resentful, more disbelief, Low Mood maybe
I imagine booze or alcohol will not help mood


Events around you can impact your personality


As for special holy people mentioned

Dalai Lama apologises for asking boy to ‘suck my tongue’ in video

https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/National/dalai-lama-apologis
es-for-asking-boy-to-suck-my-tongue-in-video-202304111147

BOTH Fox and CNN defend his pedo weirdness

One view which I have not changed
I always suspected super worshiped religion type people as creepy and odd

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 7:05 PM

Are you asking me, personally, if my personality was different in 2007 than it was now.

I should say so, yes.

Find me one person who is the same as they were at 28 as they are at 43.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 8:17 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Are you asking me, personally, if my personality was different in 2007 than it was now.

I should say so, yes.

Find me one person who is the same as they were at 28 as they are at 43.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.

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Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of "definiteness", of self-confidence. This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in the specialized knowledge systems that most people of this type start building at an early age. When it comes to their own areas of expertise -- and INTJs can have several -- they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know.

People of this type are perfectionists, with a seemingly endless capacity for improving upon anything that takes their interest. What prevents them from becoming chronically bogged down in this pursuit of perfection is the pragmatism so characteristic of the type: INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "Does it work?" to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing them from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake.

INTJs are known as the "Systems Builders" of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability. Whatever system this type happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism and disregard for authority may come into play, as INTJs can be unsparing of both themselves and the others on the project. Anyone considered to be "slacking," including superiors, will lose their respect -- and will generally be made aware of this; INTJs have also been known to take it upon themselves to implement critical decisions without consulting their supervisors or co-workers. On the other hand, they do tend to be scrupulous and even-handed about recognizing the individual contributions that have gone into a project, and have a gift for seizing opportunities which others might not even notice.

In the broadest terms, what INTJs "do" tends to be what they "know". Typical INTJ career choices are in the sciences and engineering, but they can be found wherever a combination of intellect and incisiveness are required (e.g., law, some areas of academia). People of this type can rise to management positions when they are willing to invest time in marketing their abilities as well as enhancing them, and (whether for the sake of ambition or the desire for privacy) many also find it useful to learn to simulate some degree of surface conformism in order to mask their inherent unconventionality.

Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ's Achilles heel. While they are capable of caring deeply for others (usually a select few), and are willing to spend a great deal of time and effort on a relationship, the knowledge and self-confidence that make them so successful in other areas can suddenly abandon or mislead them in interpersonal situations.
Personality Types: INTJ

This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals; f

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