by Joe Butt
Profile: INTP
Revision: 3.2
Date of Revision: 6 Aug 2010
INTPs are pensive, analytical folks. They may venture so deeply into thought as to seem detached, and often actually are oblivious to the world around them.
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Precise about their descriptions, INTPs will often correct others (or be sorely tempted to) if the shade of meaning is a bit off. While annoying to the less concise, this fine discrimination ability gives INTPs so inclined a natural advantage as, for example, grammarians and linguists.
do find myself correcting others too much, yes. at times its funny cos i don't even know if im correct myself.
But nah, i got this without that grammarian and linguists deal. got shortchanged somewhere
INTPs are relatively easy-going and amenable to almost anything until their principles are violated, about which they may become outspoken and inflexible.
Ah so true its q scary. dont know why.
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They prefer to return, however, to a reserved albeit benign ambiance, not wishing to make spectacles of themselves.
Yet at times, i make a spectacle of myself, not wishing to reserve ambiance and return to beign.
A major concern for INTPs is the haunting sense of impending failure.
Got me.
They spend considerable time second-guessing themselves.
Yet again.
The open-endedness (from Perceiving) conjoined with the need for competence (NT) is expressed in a sense that one's conclusion may well be met by an equally plausible alternative solution, and that, after all, one may very well have overlooked some critical bit of data.
An INTP arguing a point may very well be trying to convince himself as much as his opposition. In this way INTPs are markedly different from INTJs, who are much more confident in their competence and willing to act on their convictions.
Why does it sound that I have bi-polar disorder, and they are just being nice about it.
Mathematics is a system where many INTPs love to play,
I have to STOP you right there. No maths, no.
similarly languages, computer systems--potentially any complex system. INTPs thrive on systems. Understanding, exploring, mastering, and manipulating systems can overtake the INTP's conscious thought. This fascination for logical wholes and their inner workings is often expressed in a detachment from the environment, a concentration where time is forgotten and extraneous stimuli are held at bay. Accomplishing a task or goal with this knowledge is secondary.
INTPs and Logic -- One of the tipoffs that a person is an INTP is her obsession with logical correctness.
lol. "it doesnt make sense! what nonsense, it doesnt make sense"sounds familiar?
Errors are not often due to poor logic -- apparent faux pas in reasoning are usually a result of overlooking details or of incorrect context.
woo hoo. cant deny this really
Games NTs seem to especially enjoy include Risk, Bridge, Stratego, Chess, Go, and word games of all sorts. (I have an ENTP friend that loves Boggle and its variations. We've been known to sit in public places and pick a word off a menu or mayonnaise jar to see who can make the most words from its letters on a napkin in two minutes.) The INTP mailing list has enjoyed a round of Metaphore, virtual volleyball, and a few 'finish the series' brain teasers.
I HATE BOARD GAMES!!! wait. is Ban Luck a board game?
For Architects, the world exists primarily to be analyzed, understood, explained - and re-designed. External reality in itself is unimportant, little more than raw material to be organized into structural models. What is important for Architects is that they grasp fundamental principles and natural laws, and that their designs are elegant, that is, efficient and coherent.
Architects are rare.. wait wait WAIT! PAuse. woo hoo. Please say that again
Architects are rare wait, you mean rate like a GEM? doesnt hurt to hear it again
Architects are rare - maybe one percent of the population - and show the greatest precision in thought and speech of all the types. They tend to see distinctions and inconsistencies instantaneously, and can detect contradictions no matter when or where they were made. It is difficult for an Architect to listen to nonsense, even in a casual conversation, without pointing out the speaker's error.
And in any serious discussion or debate Architects are devastating, their skill in framing arguments giving them an enormous advantage.
whoa, some power tool we have here.
Architects regard all discussions as a search for understanding, and believe their function is to eliminate inconsistencies, which can make communication with them an uncomfortable experience for many.
Ruthless pragmatists about ideas, and insatiably curious, Architects are driven to find the most efficient means to their ends, and they will learn in any manner and degree they can. They will listen to amateurs if their ideas are useful, and will ignore the experts if theirs are not. kekekekkeke guilty... Authority derived from office, credential, or celebrity does not impress them. Flashback! Architects are interested only in what make sense, and thus only statements that are consistent and coherent carry any weight with them.
Architects often seem difficult to know. They are inclined to be shy except with close friends, and their reserve is difficult to penetrate. Able to concentrate better than any other type, they prefer to work quietly at their computers or drafting tables, and often alone. Architects also become obsessed with analysis, and this can seem to shut others out. Once caught up in a thought process, Architects close off and persevere until they comprehend the issue in all its complexity.
Architects prize intelligence, and with their grand desire to grasp the structure of the universe, they can seem arrogant and may show impatience with others who have less ability, or who are less driven
Yes. simply cant stand them
According to Keirsey, based on behavioral characteristics, notable Architects might include Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin and Thomas Jefferson.[3
Albert darling.. looks like we have so much more in common than that eyesore we call a desk.
