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The discussion revolves around participants sharing their results from the Myers-Briggs personality test, specifically focusing on the types they received and their interpretations. The scope includes personal reflections on personality types, comparisons of results, and some light-hearted commentary on the implications of being classified within certain types.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants report their results, with several identifying as INTJ, INTP, and a few as other types like eNTp and eSTp.
  • One participant humorously notes the rarity of INTJs, claiming they are part of the "one percent" of the population.
  • Another participant expresses skepticism about the validity of the test due to the high number of INTJs in the forum.
  • Some participants discuss the implications of their personality types, with references to famous individuals who share their types.
  • A participant mentions that their results may vary based on situational factors, indicating a potential inconsistency in responses.
  • There is a playful exchange about the number of INTJs, with participants recounting and debating the tally of different personality types present in the thread.
  • One participant reflects on the notion that being classified as INTP might imply a lack of motivation unless interested in a subject.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share their results and experiences with the Myers-Briggs test, but there is no consensus on the validity of the test or the implications of the results. Multiple competing views remain regarding the significance of the high number of INTJs and the nature of personality typing.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the consistency of their results, suggesting that situational factors may influence their answers. There is also a discussion about the potential self-selection of INTJs within the forum, which may affect the representation of personality types.

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Individuals interested in personality psychology, those who have taken the Myers-Briggs test, or members of communities focused on personality types may find this discussion engaging.

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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.
 
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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
 
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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 occurrence 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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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
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  • #19
I do physics and my whole class was personality typed, NT is the physics type (generally).
 
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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?
 

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