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The discussion revolves around participants sharing their results from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality test, with a notable concentration of INTJ and INTP types among the respondents. Many users express curiosity about the validity of the test, especially given the high number of INTJs, which are said to comprise only about 1% of the population. Participants discuss their personality traits, with INTJs being characterized as independent, analytical, and perfectionist, while INTPs are described as theoretical and introspective. There is a shared sentiment that the test results resonate with their self-perceptions, although some express skepticism about the test's ability to capture the complexity of human personality. The conversation also touches on the social dynamics of the forum, suggesting that many members are introverted and drawn to intellectual pursuits, which may explain the prevalence of certain personality types. Overall, the thread highlights both the enjoyment of personality testing and the contemplation of its implications on identity and social behavior.
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What did everyone get?

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Me:
eNTp: "Inventor type"

# slightly expressed extrovert
# moderately expressed intuitive personality
# slightly expressed thinking personality
# moderately expressed perceiving personality

Though the first time I did it, I got classed as a Champion idealist... (eNFp) Probably from the stuff I picked about everything in the world being relative, and no inherent value to conventionalism.
 
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Do you still beat your wife?

Not exactly the types of questions I want to give yes/no answers to.
 
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INTP

It's interesting it says that Socrates, Decartes, Newton, and Einstein had this type
 
INTP

The first time I did the test was last year in ethics lessons in school and got INTP.

Edit: I got INTP also when I did it again just now.

High I,T
Low N,P
 
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The Portrait of the Mastermind (iNTj)

slightly expressed introvert
slightly expressed intuitive personality
slightly expressed thinking personality
slightly expressed judging personality

"They are rather rare, comprising no more than, say, one percent of the population."

Hey, I'm a one-percenter!
Definition: Many years ago, the AMA stated that 99% of motorcyclists are law abiding people and only 1% are causing trouble. Those riders who felt they were in that 1% assumed the name One Percenters and started wearing patches denoting themselves as One Percenters.

That tears it, I'm buying a motorcycle for xmas.
 
I am a iNTj

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

Famous INTJs
Fictional:

Cassius (Julius Caesar)
Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)
Gandalf the Grey (J. R. R. Tolkein's Middle Earth books)
Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' nemesis
Ensign Ro (Star Trek--the Next Generation)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Hamlet)
George Smiley, John le Carre's master spy
Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs)
 
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Myers-Briggs

For more information about this test, you can google or yahoo "Myers-Briggs". This test is pretty famous
 
INTJ- for me and (shudder) a number of democrats.
 
We may have 50% of the 1% group right here.
 
  • #10
I've taken the Meyers-Briggs before.

INTP

High I, High T, Low N, Low P.

We'll have a WHOLE bunch of *NT*'s here, with the majority being INT*.
 
  • #11
INTJ here as well.

Cheers.
 
  • #12
INTJ here too.
 
  • #13
INTJ here too.. that's a lot of INTJ's.. if it's only the top 1 percent, I'm starting to wonder about the validity of the test.. hehe
 
  • #14
Mastermind (iNTj)

slightly expressed introvert
moderately expressed intuitive personality
slightly expressed thinking personality
moderately expressed judging personality

It is in their abilities that Masterminds differ from the other Rationals, while in most of their attitudes they are just like the others. However there is one attitude that sets them apart from other Rationals: they tend to be much more self-confident than the rest, having, for obscure reasons, developed a very strong will. They are rather rare, comprising no more than, say, one percent of the population. Being very judicious, decisions come naturally to them; indeed, they can hardly rest until they have things settled, decided, and set. They are the people who are able to formulate coherent and comprehensive contingency plans, hence contingency organizers or "entailers."

INTJs 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 the INTJ from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake.
It all seems to make sense, but I wonder if all the descriptions of the other types would too? :P
 
  • #15
Originally posted by Zantra
INTJ here too.. that's a lot of INTJ's.. if it's only the top 1 percent, I'm starting to wonder about the validity of the test.. hehe
Well, it would make sense, since it says in the test result:

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).
The high occurance of this type in this forum would confirm the validity of the test
 
  • #16
Every time I take one of these I come up INTJ. Guess I'm typed.

Monique, it's possioble that people who are not only interested in science but stick with it are self selected to be INTJ's. (Bad expression, I mean that INTJ's will be drawn to activities like PF).
 
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  • #17
Mine was:

slightly expressed introvert
moderately expressed intuitive personality
moderately expressed feeling personality
moderately expressed judging personality

Some of the questions depend on what situation I am in, so I could have answered yes and no. A fun test!
 
  • #18
Current tally then:

INTJ: 8
selfAdjoint
Monique
Zantra
steersman
redrogue
GENIERE
Boulderhead
iansmith

INTP: 2
einsteinian77
KL Kam

INFJ: 1
Thallium

ENTP: 1
FZ+
 
  • #19
I do physics and my whole class was personality typed, NT is the physics type (generally).
 
  • #20
I did the Myers-Brigg before and got moderate results and on seeing that many people here got moderates to low i thought i would get the same again. Instead i got
I high
N high
T v high, actually 100%
P moderate

This difference is partly, in my opinion, due to my recent shift towards a great love for all that is theoretical and maybe why my poker is getting worse.
 
  • #21
Add another one ot INTJ...

>distinctively expressed introvert
>moderately expressed intuitive personality
>distinctively expressed thinking personality
>slightly expressed judging personality
 
  • #22
Yet another INTJ

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

seems like a lotta 1%ers here!

-Ty
 
  • #23
Originally posted by twizted1
seems like a lotta 1%ers here!

-Ty
That means we are all special!
 
  • #24
Originally posted by Monique
That means we are all special!

I don't know about yall...but I ALREADY knew that! I've always known i was special! hehe...and I'm not narcisistic at all :wink:

-Ty
 
  • #25
:smile: hi everyone I am new here, I am a INTP! too
like most people


distinctively expressed introvert

very expressed intuitive personality

moderately expressed thinking personality

slightly expressed perceiving personality


their right about me not being much of a thinker (i daydream a lot)
 
  • #26
actually not like most people
 
  • #27
so then you are special too! :wink:
 
  • #28
Hey I'm an INTJ Too ...

That makes nine.
 
  • #29


Originally posted by amp
That makes nine.

not much of an observer, are you? i counted 11.
 
  • #30
I just recounted, I got twelve...

in some of the posts the type wasn't included{I'm not referring to the repeat posts}. Are there other typing sites?
 
  • #31
I think INTP is a fancy way telling me that I'm lazy and care only about things I have an interest in.
 
  • #32
sorry, i still get 11

there's FZ+'s list of 8 + you,me and twizted1. I even rechecked FZ+'s list.
I hate this. Hand over those path integrals and cross sections. Basic maths is not my strongest point.
 
  • #33
INTJ:11
 
  • #34
I got eSTp, i feel so wishy washy and unscience like!

slightly expressed extrovert
moderately expressed sensing personality
moderately expressed thinking personality
slightly expressed perceiving personality

lol, looks like i should be doing sociology instead of physics...
 
  • #35
ISTP (Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving)

I guess that makes me a unique personality at Physics Forums.

Of course I don't agree with everything in my descript, but for the most part it seems to match with what I perceive of myself, and I liked what it said.

I kinda like the idea of being different. Of course I always thought I was/am.
 
  • #36
And all this time I thought I was an INFP, I was wrong. After taking the test for the third time...

INTJ
IntrovertediNtuitiveThinkingJudging
*very expressed introvert
*distinctively expressed intuitive personality
*slightly expressed thinking personality
*slightly expressed judging personality

And a perfectionist :smile:
 
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  • #37
Greetings and Salutations

Wwow. I find it quite facinating to see how many people here got the same results.
I'm brand new around these parts..figured a thread about personality types was as good a place as any to introduce myself.
I'm abit intimidated by this place cause well..*deep breath* I never even took high school physics. I bet you may be wondering why I'm here then?
hmm. I am interested in getting the perspectives of people quite different from me. I am a seeker of knowledge and I see that there are a lot of people here seeking such things as well and I figure there must be things I can learn from folks around here.

Okay.. I'm not an INTJ or even an INTP but rather this~

*slightly expressed introvert
*moderately expressed iNtuitive personality
*moderately expressed Feeling personality
*slightly expressed perceiving personality

I find this quite interesting because I took this test about 10 years ago, I think it was.. and got the same results. Must be something to it. The INFP also only makes up 1% of the population..so unusual types of characters must be drawn to this place.
Some of the other INFPs have included Homer, Shakespeare, Mary, Mother of Jesus and E.T.
Interesting group..
 
  • #38
This is great. I guess I'm in good company :)

I too am an INTJ.
 
  • #39
Chalk up another INTJ.

Introverted-22 Intuitive-44 Thinking-33 Judging-33
 
  • #40
INTJ

Introverted: 44% Intuitive: 67% Thinking: 78% Judging: 11%

moderately expressed introvert
distinctively expressed intuitive personality
very expressed thinking personality
slightly expressed judging personality
 
  • #41
INTJ
slight mod mod mod(11 56 33 44)
 
  • #42
I wonder how they determined that less than 1% of the population is INTJ?

I was thinking:
A.) Introspective means that we would tend to know ourselves pretty well.
B.) Being Intuitive we have a firm grasp on the human physche and condition.
C.) Being Thinkers (as opposed to Feelers) we are not drawn to personality tests and emotional guages.
D.) We question the validity of any of these questionnaire type quizzes designed for the masses and Freudian blanket analyses.
E.) Rejecting of (sometimes having downright disdain for) social norms and often viewing ourselves as the only true indivdualists, we often reject judgement and have very distinct judgements of others.

Talking all these reasons (and then some) and combining that with our Pragmatist view, most INTJs would simply not bother wasting out time with such silly quizzes and not take them.
That could throw off the numbers.
 
  • #43
Originally posted by one_raven
I wonder how they determined that less than 1% of the population is INTJ?

I was thinking:
A.) Introspective means that we would tend to know ourselves pretty well.
B.) Being Intuitive we have a firm grasp on the human physche and condition.
C.) Being Thinkers (as opposed to Feelers) we are not drawn to personality tests and emotional guages.
D.) We question the validity of any of these questionnaire type quizzes designed for the masses and Freudian blanket analyses.
E.) Rejecting of (sometimes having downright disdain for) social norms and often viewing ourselves as the only true indivdualists, we often reject judgement and have very distinct judgements of others.

Talking all these reasons (and then some) and combining that with our Pragmatist view, most INTJs would simply not bother wasting out time with such silly quizzes and not take them.
That could throw off the numbers.

Good point

Interestingly enough, I took it again to see how significant the Judging aspect of my INTJ result was, and I got INTP. It was low in both cases, and in "real" tests in the past I have been both INTJ and INTP.

A friend of mine just took it, and he was also an INTJ.
 
  • #44
I took it four times, trying to avoid remembering answers. I had
INTJ twice
INFJ once
INTP once

the J and P were always 1%
The T's and F were always below 9%

The N was always at least 67%
Sometimes distinctively intuitive, sometimes strongly intuitive.
I was always in the 20's.

So, I'd say I am an iN**

Njorl
 
  • #45
WE ARE INTJ YOUR TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL SKILLS ARE FUTILE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATE. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
 
  • #46
Originally posted by Njorl
I took it four times, trying to avoid remembering answers. I had
INTJ twice
INFJ once
INTP once

the J and P were always 1%
The T's and F were always below 9%

The N was always at least 67%
Sometimes distinctively intuitive, sometimes strongly intuitive.
I was always in the 20's.

So, I'd say I am an iN**

Njorl
..it is the same test.. how can you answer the same question with different answers and expect the test to be valid..

I agree though, there should've been an indifferent button.
 
  • #47
INFP

Introverted 89
Intuitive 56
Feeling 11
Perceiving 44

very expressed introvert

moderately expressed intuitive personality

slightly expressed feeling personality

moderately expressed perceiving personality


Took it twice, both times got about the same. I guess that's me. I always knew I was an introvert.
 
  • #48
2 reasons why we see a higher percentage of INTJ 1%ers here.

1. The obvious: Physics forums are a stomping ground for the NT rationalist.

2. INTJs are independent and strong-willed, yet the 1% statistic confirms something their intuition always suspected. This validates the INTJ, knowing he/she is special, and he/she will use their auxillery thinking trait to back up the findings of the test rather than refute them.

hmm... this sounds like mystic babble, sorry.
 
  • #49
WHO WANTS A BIG HUG??



sorry.. thought I'd try another rating on for size..hmmph.. I'll keep what's behind door #1
 
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  • #50
I am an INTJ. One percent? I always did consider myself to be somewhat of a freak.
 

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