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INTP PERSONALITY
Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends on your
frame of reference.
Albert Einstein
The INTP personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the
population, which is denitely a good thing for them, as there's nothing they'd be
more unhappy about than being "common". INTPs pride themselves on their
inventiveness and creativity, their unique perspective and vigorous intellect. Usually
known as the philosopher, the architect, or the dreamy professor, INTPs have been
responsible for many scientic discoveries throughout history.
INTPs are known for their brilliant theories and unrelenting logic - in fact, they
are considered the most logically precise of all the personality types.
They love patterns, and spotting discrepancies between statements could almost be
described as a hobby, making it a bad idea to lie to an INTP. This makes it ironic that
INTPs' word should always be taken with a grain of salt - it's not that they are
dishonest, but people with the INTP personality type tend to share thoughts that are
not fully developed, using others as a sounding board for ideas and theories in a
debate against themselves rather than as actual conversation partners.
When INTPs are particularly excited, the conversation can border on incoherence as
they try to explain the daisy-chain of logical conclusions that led to the formation of
their latest idea. Oftentimes, INTPs will opt to simply move on from a topic before it's
ever understood what they were trying to say, rather than try to lay things out in
plain terms.
The reverse can also be true when people explain their thought processes to INTPs in
terms of subjectivity and feeling. Imagine an immensely complicated clockwork,
taking in every fact and idea possible, processing them with a heavy dose of creative
reasoning and returning the most logically sound results available - this is how the
INTP mind works, and this type has little tolerance for an emotional monkey-wrench
jamming their machines.
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emotional support in them. People with the INTP personality type would much rather
make a series of logical suggestions for how to resolve the underlying issue, a
perspective that is not always welcomed by their Feeling (F) companions. This will
likely extend to most social conventions and goals as well, like planning dinners and
getting married, as INTPs are far more concerned with originality and ecient
results.
The one thing that really holds INTPs back is their restless and pervasive fear of
failure. INTP personalities are so prone to reassessing their own thoughts and
theories, worrying that they've missed some critical piece of the puzzle, that they can
stagnate, lost in an intangible world where their thoughts are never truly applied.
Overcoming this self-doubt stands as the greatest challenge INTPs are likely to face,
but the intellectual gifts - big and small - bestowed on the world when they do makes
it worth the ght.
Famous INTPs:
Socrates Rene Descartes Blaise Pascal Isaac Newton Carl Jung Albert Einstein James Madison
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Elliott Lamond
Finally, people that make sense
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Paula Vaughn Owner, CEO, and Founder at Avid People LLC 113 followers
Well that, just about, explains everything. Now, I need to know more. Is this an inherited trait or is it due to some event in
childhood? #INTP is now the new flavor word of the month for me
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Tim Gonzalez
Susan Miller Mast I'm told that your "type" can change over time but not much based on your personal
interactions. But I've always hovered between INTP or INTJ myself.
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COMMENTS
Hazel 0
Oct 31, 2014 03:22:18
When I read this description for me, my rst thought was, "My goodness...
there's more people like this!?" Ahaha!
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Reece 0
Oct 29, 2014 23:58:46
I dont understand i took this test twice and i came up as INTP but i don't feel
like one yeh i hate being perceived as common but i dont particularly care
much for punctuation or grammar if you dont know what im writing im just
going to think your stupid simple as im not that cold when it comes to
conversation and i dont tell white lies to not hurt somones feelings merely to
avoid the drama that comes with it i realize i make friends easy but they never
really go deep at least till recently where i have made an effort because ive
decided friends are most likely important in life. ive recently started changing
the way i act since before i was laid back mostly due to lack of motivation the
things i generally think about are out of reach at this moment of time so i
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quickly move from one hobby to another as i get bored once i become good
at something. in the end what im looking for is a clear denition of what i am
ive yet to meet someone like my self and to be honest i want it would be jokes
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Jing 0
Oct 29, 2014 21:43:12
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Jake 0
Oct 29, 2014 12:13:18
I entirely disagree with the assertion that "there's nothing they'd be more
unhappy about than being 'common'." Commonality has no qualitative value.
Assuming that the typical INTP believes an INTP personality to be a good
thing, I can see no reason why they would wish it to be limited to 3% of the
population (which is a questionable statistic, to be sure). Given the statement
that "INTPs are quite relaxed and friendly when they are with people they
know, or who share their interests," it would seem as though an abundance
of INTPs would be a cause of joy.
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MT 0
Oct 29, 2014 09:15:22
This is pretty accurate, but I don't agree with the "their friends won't nd a
bedrock of emotional support in them" part.
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Parenthood (/intp-parents)
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