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1 The Secret Lives of INTPs by Anna Moss 2 Dedicated to Amy. First published in 2012 Oddly Developed Types © Copyright Anna Moss This book shall be considered to enter st the public domain on January 1 , 2018. (You can quote from this book if you like. Be my guest. You don't need to ask.) The material contained in this book is set out in good faith for general guidance and no liability can be accepted for loss or expense incurred as a result of relying in particular circumstances on statements made in the book. 3 Table of Contents A Dark Confession............................................................................................................................11 Cautions about Research; Citation Notes..........................................................................................11 Notes for Type Junkies......................................................................................................................11 A Better Alternative...........................................................................................................................13 Example: An NTIP............................................................................................................................14 Example: A TNPI..............................................................................................................................14 Non-Preferred Functions...................................................................................................................15 Strong Preference(s)..........................................................................................................................15 Conclusion.........................................................................................................................................15 1. General................................................................................................................................................16 The Universe Within.........................................................................................................................16 Weird Sense of Humor......................................................................................................................17 Argumentation...................................................................................................................................18 Politics...............................................................................................................................................21 Religion.............................................................................................................................................22 Spiritual Life................................................................................................................................22 Church..........................................................................................................................................23 An INTP Church Culture..............................................................................................................23 Cults..................................................................................................................................................24 The Lazy Rationals?..........................................................................................................................25 Useful Inventions..............................................................................................................................26 Fake Social Skills..............................................................................................................................26 A Nice Little Chat.............................................................................................................................27 The Death Glare................................................................................................................................28 Systems Design.................................................................................................................................29 Practice Makes Perfect......................................................................................................................30 The 16PF...........................................................................................................................................30 Leisure Habits...................................................................................................................................31 Reading.........................................................................................................................................31 Games...........................................................................................................................................31 Customer Loyalty..............................................................................................................................32 INTP Writing Style............................................................................................................................33 Pitfalls...........................................................................................................................................33 Editing..........................................................................................................................................34 INTP Holiday Spirit - Or Lack Thereof............................................................................................34 An INTP Christmas Tale..............................................................................................................35 Cats....................................................................................................................................................35 Were INTPs Burned as Witches?.................................................................................................36 Cats and Liberty...........................................................................................................................36 Cats and Egypt..............................................................................................................................36 Truth and Lies...................................................................................................................................37 Stress.................................................................................................................................................38 Coping Mechanisms/Responses to Stress....................................................................................38 Smoking............................................................................................................................................39 4 Drugs and Alcohol.............................................................................................................................39 Quitting.............................................................................................................................................40 How Many INTPs are There?...........................................................................................................40 Percentages by Sex.......................................................................................................................41 Percentages and Mistyping...........................................................................................................41 How do INTPs Mistype?..............................................................................................................41 INTPs - A Rough Population Estimate.........................................................................................41 I Want to Meet Other INTPs!.......................................................................................................42 2. How to Tell INTPs Apart From INTJs................................................................................................43 Judging vs. Perceiving (General).................................................................................................44 Various..........................................................................................................................................45 Stress, Sickness, Bad Habits.........................................................................................................45 Jobs...............................................................................................................................................45 Values...........................................................................................................................................46 School...........................................................................................................................................46 Recreation.....................................................................................................................................46 Religion........................................................................................................................................46 Areas That Are Too Similar to be Used as Diagnostic Criteria....................................................46 I Still Don’t Know My Type.............................................................................................................47 3. INTP Clothing and Hygiene................................................................................................................48 INTP Fashion Statements..................................................................................................................48 Albert Einstein..............................................................................................................................48 Thomas Jefferson.........................................................................................................................48 James Madison.............................................................................................................................49 Albert Speer..................................................................................................................................49 The Author....................................................................................................................................50 Clothing, Hooray...............................................................................................................................50 The Smell..........................................................................................................................................50 Hot Beauty Secrets for Female INTPs..............................................................................................51 Prudishness........................................................................................................................................51 4. INTPs in Love.....................................................................................................................................52 Problems with Studying Type and Love...........................................................................................52 INTP Matches: Research and Theory...............................................................................................52 What Do INTPs Want in a Relationship?..........................................................................................55 INTP/Idealist – “The Soulmate”.......................................................................................................56 Most Important Values.................................................................................................................56 Least Important Values.................................................................................................................56 Average Weight (1 – 7) Placed on Each Most Important Idealist Value......................................57 INTP/Rational – “The Mindmate”....................................................................................................57 Most Important Values.................................................................................................................58 Least Important Values.................................................................................................................58 Average Weight (1 – 7) Placed on Each Most Important Rational Value....................................58 The INTP – INTP Pairing.............................................................................................................59 INTP/Artisan – “The Playmate”.......................................................................................................60 Most Important Values.................................................................................................................60 Least Important Values.................................................................................................................60 Average Weight (1 – 7) Placed on Each Most Important Artisan Value......................................61 5 INTP/Guardian – “The Helpmate”....................................................................................................61 Most Important Values.................................................................................................................62 Least Important Values.................................................................................................................63 Average Weight (1 – 7) Placed on Each Most Important Guardian Value...................................63 What Do People Love About INTPs?...............................................................................................63 INTP Courtship Behaviors................................................................................................................64 INTP Marriage, Marital Satisfaction, and Divorce...........................................................................66 Those 3 Little Words.........................................................................................................................67 Giving Emotional Support................................................................................................................68 Fighting For Principles......................................................................................................................69 Children.............................................................................................................................................71 Housework........................................................................................................................................71 Contracting........................................................................................................................................72 Hypermindfulness.............................................................................................................................74 Recommendations.............................................................................................................................76 5. INTP Identifications............................................................................................................................77 Historical INTPs................................................................................................................................77 Fictional INTPs.................................................................................................................................77 Advantages of the “Mirror of Fiction”.........................................................................................78 Problems with the Mirror of Fiction............................................................................................78 Notes on Type Identifications...........................................................................................................78 Process..........................................................................................................................................79 6. Walter Bailey – Hero Busboy..............................................................................................................81 Story..................................................................................................................................................82 Analysis.............................................................................................................................................83 Discussion.........................................................................................................................................84 Application........................................................................................................................................85 Conclusion.........................................................................................................................................86 7. INTPs in Charge..................................................................................................................................88 Why INTPs Do Not Seek Command................................................................................................88 The Preferred INTP Role..................................................................................................................89 Characteristics of INTP Leaders.......................................................................................................90 8. Aramis - A Swashbuckling Schemer...................................................................................................92 Analysis.............................................................................................................................................95 An Honorable Plot.............................................................................................................................96 An INTP Who Specialized in Intrigue..............................................................................................96 How Aramis Joined the Musketeers..................................................................................................98 Those Half-Finished Projects............................................................................................................99 Friendship........................................................................................................................................100 The Secret Emperor.........................................................................................................................101 Those Exact Words..........................................................................................................................102 Grief response.................................................................................................................................102 The Abbe Faria and Aramis.............................................................................................................103 Where it All Went Wrong................................................................................................................103 9. Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States.....................................................................105 The Effect of a “Soft T” on the INTP Personality..........................................................................107 The INTP Renaissance Man............................................................................................................108 6 What Would You Save From Your Burning House?.......................................................................108 Farming...........................................................................................................................................108 Marriage..........................................................................................................................................109 Relationship................................................................................................................................110 Founding Documents......................................................................................................................112 An INTP President..........................................................................................................................112 10. James Madison - 4th President of the United States.......................................................................114 General............................................................................................................................................115 Marriage..........................................................................................................................................116 Dolley Madison..........................................................................................................................116 Somber vs. Playful..........................................................................................................................118 Old Age...........................................................................................................................................118 An INTP President – Part II............................................................................................................118 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................120 11. Albert Speer – Nazi Minister of Armaments...................................................................................121 Building the Chancellery: A Perceiver Approach...........................................................................125 The Empire Builders.......................................................................................................................126 Moral Questions..............................................................................................................................127 Slavery and the Holocaust...............................................................................................................128 The Nuremberg Trial.......................................................................................................................131 12. INTPs in Prison...............................................................................................................................133 Hardships of Prison and INTP Responses.......................................................................................133 Harrelson - A Unique Perspective on Life in Prison.......................................................................133 INTP Complaints About Prison.......................................................................................................135 Do INTPs Go To Jail a Lot?............................................................................................................136 Escape.............................................................................................................................................136 The Count of Monte Cristo—A Brief Portrait of an INTP in Prison..............................................136 The Count of Monte Cristo—An INTP Escape Plan......................................................................137 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................144 13. INTPs at Work.................................................................................................................................146 INTP Careers...................................................................................................................................146 Working Conditions Amenable to INTPs........................................................................................147 Interviewing Issues..........................................................................................................................147 Scenario 1...................................................................................................................................147 Scenario 2...................................................................................................................................147 Job Satisfaction...............................................................................................................................148 Work Related Miscellanea..............................................................................................................150 E-mail.........................................................................................................................................150 Showing up on time....................................................................................................................150 Obeying the dress code...............................................................................................................150 There is No INTP in Team.........................................................................................................150 Following the Rules, Bureaucracy, and Other Silly Notions.....................................................150 Burnout.......................................................................................................................................151 Attention to detail.......................................................................................................................151 Increasing Efficiency..................................................................................................................152 How to Select Your Next Summer Job............................................................................................153 Assembly Line Job.....................................................................................................................154 7 No Brainer..................................................................................................................................154 Customer Service Jobs...............................................................................................................154 Miscellaneous Occupational Notes.................................................................................................155 INTPs in Medicine.....................................................................................................................155 INTPs in the Library..................................................................................................................155 14. INTPs and the Intellect...................................................................................................................156 I.Q. Testing and Type......................................................................................................................156 Artisan Tactical Intelligence............................................................................................................157 Idealist Diplomatic Intelligence......................................................................................................158 Guardian Logistical Intelligence.....................................................................................................158 Rational Strategic Intelligence........................................................................................................159 The Value of I.Q. Tests, Continued.................................................................................................159 Giftedness........................................................................................................................................160 Discussion..................................................................................................................................161 INTP Geniuses................................................................................................................................161 Child A - IQ 187 - 191 (As tested by the Stanford-Binet, 1920s version).................................161 Discussion..................................................................................................................................162 Child F - I.Q. Unmeasurable (Tested by the Stanford-Binet, 1920s version)............................163 Discussion..................................................................................................................................165 15. INTP Parenting Style......................................................................................................................168 General............................................................................................................................................168 Discipline........................................................................................................................................169 Pygmalion Projects..........................................................................................................................169 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................170 16. INTP Children.................................................................................................................................171 Early Learners.................................................................................................................................171 Play..................................................................................................................................................171 Games.........................................................................................................................................171 Designing as a Form of Play......................................................................................................171 Engineering................................................................................................................................172 Logical Play................................................................................................................................172 The Design of Play.....................................................................................................................173 Art...............................................................................................................................................173 Thoughts and Fears.........................................................................................................................174 Fitting In..........................................................................................................................................174 Curiosity Killed the INTP...............................................................................................................174 Whyyyy?.........................................................................................................................................174 Blunt Statements of Truth...............................................................................................................175 Lack of Role Models.......................................................................................................................176 17. INTPs in the School System...........................................................................................................177 The Elementary School Experience................................................................................................177 The High School Experience..........................................................................................................178 What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate.....................................................................178 Busywork—And Other Scholastic Activities.............................................................................179 School Will Socialize You..........................................................................................................180 The University Experience..............................................................................................................180 GPA Per Major...........................................................................................................................180 8 Other Notes on Course/Major Preferences.....................................................................................181 Languages...................................................................................................................................181 Engineering................................................................................................................................182 Scholarships....................................................................................................................................182 National Merit Finalists..............................................................................................................182 Judging Teachers, Perceiving INTPs..............................................................................................183 What About Unsuccessful Perceiving Students?........................................................................185 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................186 18. INTPs in the Military......................................................................................................................187 NP vs. SJ (Again)............................................................................................................................187 Autonomy vs. Control.....................................................................................................................187 Privacy.............................................................................................................................................188 Other Drawbacks.............................................................................................................................188 PTSD...............................................................................................................................................188 Positives..........................................................................................................................................189 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................189 19. INTP Environments.........................................................................................................................190 “North to the Future”......................................................................................................................191 An INTP Family..............................................................................................................................192 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................193 20. Intipiland - Ethnography of an Insular Utopia................................................................................194 A Brief Geology Lesson..................................................................................................................194 Climate............................................................................................................................................194 Lifestyle...........................................................................................................................................195 Speech and Body Language............................................................................................................195 Language.........................................................................................................................................195 Sports...............................................................................................................................................196 Architecture.....................................................................................................................................197 Government.....................................................................................................................................197 History.............................................................................................................................................198 1st Occupation, 180 BC to 340 BC - "The Evil Time"..............................................................198 2nd Occupation, 616 to 956 AD - "The Oppression".................................................................199 3rd Occupation, 1220 to 1256 AD - "The Tyranny”..................................................................201 Prehistory...................................................................................................................................201 Childrearing.....................................................................................................................................202 Industry...........................................................................................................................................202 Holidays..........................................................................................................................................202 Final Words.....................................................................................................................................202 21. INTPs As a Minority.......................................................................................................................203 Female INTPs..................................................................................................................................203 Male INTPs.....................................................................................................................................204 A Fieldtrip Through the Wonderful Land of Cultural Bias.............................................................206 22. INTPs and Psychology....................................................................................................................208 Childhood “Problems”....................................................................................................................208 The Crummy Life Scales................................................................................................................210 The Big Five (NEO-PI-R)..........................................................................................................210 Positive and Negative Affectivity with the PANAS Scales........................................................211 9 Coolidge Axis II Inventory (CATI)............................................................................................212 23. INTPs and ADD..............................................................................................................................215 ADHD and NPs...............................................................................................................................217 How to Diagnose any INTP with ADD...........................................................................................217 Disorganization..........................................................................................................................218 Forgetfulness..............................................................................................................................219 Easily Distracted.........................................................................................................................219 Losing Important Items..............................................................................................................221 Not Listening When Addressed..................................................................................................221 Has Difficulty Staying Focused on Tasks or Play......................................................................221 Does Not Follow Instructions or Finish Tasks...........................................................................223 Doesn't Pay Close Attention to Details or Makes Careless Mistakes........................................223 Avoids/Dislikes Activities That Require Prolonged Mental Effort (I.e. Homework)................223 Discussion.......................................................................................................................................225 Can We Prove the Existence of ADD?............................................................................................226 Why INTPs Tune Out......................................................................................................................226 How to Daydream Without Suffering For It...................................................................................228 Techniques..................................................................................................................................229 Bird-Dogging.............................................................................................................................229 How to Avoid Being Asked Pop Questions................................................................................230 24. INTPs and Asperger's Syndrome....................................................................................................232 ASD and the Big Five.....................................................................................................................232 Type and/or Disorder?.....................................................................................................................233 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................234 25. Frankenstein....................................................................................................................................235 Summary.........................................................................................................................................236 Commentary....................................................................................................................................238 Count Dracula - INTP?...................................................................................................................239 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................242 26. INTPs in the Future.........................................................................................................................243 Rise of the Introverts.......................................................................................................................243 Accelerating Change.......................................................................................................................243 Computers.......................................................................................................................................243 The Internet.....................................................................................................................................243 Education.........................................................................................................................................244 For the Good of All Mankind..........................................................................................................245 Cloning............................................................................................................................................246 Robots.............................................................................................................................................246 Appendix: Type Bigots, the Scourge of the MBTI Community............................................................248 7 Ways To Combat Type Bigotry....................................................................................................250 10

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1 The Secret Lives of INTPs by Anna Moss 2 Dedicated to Amy. First published in 2012 Oddly Developed Types © Copyright Anna Moss This book shall be considered to enter st the public domain on January 1 , 2018. (You can quote from this book if you like. Be my guest. You don't need to ask.) The material contained in this book is set out in good faith for general guidance and no liability can be accepted for loss or expense incurred as a result of relying in particular circumstances on statements made in the book. 3 Table of Contents A Dark Confession............................................................................................................................11 Cautions about Research; Citation Notes..........................................................................................11 Notes for Type Junkies......................................................................................................................11 A Better Alternative...........................................................................................................................13 Example: An NTIP............................................................................................................................14 Example: A TNPI..............................................................................................................................14 Non-Preferred Functions...................................................................................................................15 Strong Preference(s)..........................................................................................................................15 Conclusion.........................................................................................................................................15 1. General................................................................................................................................................16 The Universe Within.........................................................................................................................16 Weird Sense of Humor......................................................................................................................17 Argumentation...................................................................................................................................18 Politics...............................................................................................................................................21 Religion.............................................................................................................................................22 Spiritual Life................................................................................................................................22 Church..........................................................................................................................................23 An INTP Church Culture..............................................................................................................23 Cults..................................................................................................................................................24 The Lazy Rationals?..........................................................................................................................25 Useful Inventions..............................................................................................................................26 Fake Social Skills..............................................................................................................................26 A Nice Little Chat.............................................................................................................................27 The Death Glare................................................................................................................................28 Systems Design.................................................................................................................................29 Practice Makes Perfect......................................................................................................................30 The 16PF...........................................................................................................................................30 Leisure Habits...................................................................................................................................31 Reading.........................................................................................................................................31 Games...........................................................................................................................................31 Customer Loyalty..............................................................................................................................32 INTP Writing Style............................................................................................................................33 Pitfalls...........................................................................................................................................33 Editing..........................................................................................................................................34 INTP Holiday Spirit - Or Lack Thereof............................................................................................34 An INTP Christmas Tale..............................................................................................................35 Cats....................................................................................................................................................35 Were INTPs Burned as Witches?.................................................................................................36 Cats and Liberty...........................................................................................................................36 Cats and Egypt..............................................................................................................................36 Truth and Lies...................................................................................................................................37 Stress.................................................................................................................................................38 Coping Mechanisms/Responses to Stress....................................................................................38 Smoking............................................................................................................................................39 4 Drugs and Alcohol.............................................................................................................................39 Quitting.............................................................................................................................................40 How Many INTPs are There?...........................................................................................................40 Percentages by Sex.......................................................................................................................41 Percentages and Mistyping...........................................................................................................41 How do INTPs Mistype?..............................................................................................................41 INTPs - A Rough Population Estimate.........................................................................................41 I Want to Meet Other INTPs!.......................................................................................................42 2. How to Tell INTPs Apart From INTJs................................................................................................43 Judging vs. Perceiving (General).................................................................................................44 Various..........................................................................................................................................45 Stress, Sickness, Bad Habits.........................................................................................................45 Jobs...............................................................................................................................................45 Values...........................................................................................................................................46 School...........................................................................................................................................46 Recreation.....................................................................................................................................46 Religion........................................................................................................................................46 Areas That Are Too Similar to be Used as Diagnostic Criteria....................................................46 I Still Don’t Know My Type.............................................................................................................47 3. INTP Clothing and Hygiene................................................................................................................48 INTP Fashion Statements..................................................................................................................48 Albert Einstein..............................................................................................................................48 Thomas Jefferson.........................................................................................................................48 James Madison.............................................................................................................................49 Albert Speer..................................................................................................................................49 The Author....................................................................................................................................50 Clothing, Hooray...............................................................................................................................50 The Smell..........................................................................................................................................50 Hot Beauty Secrets for Female INTPs..............................................................................................51 Prudishness........................................................................................................................................51 4. INTPs in Love.....................................................................................................................................52 Problems with Studying Type and Love...........................................................................................52 INTP Matches: Research and Theory...............................................................................................52 What Do INTPs Want in a Relationship?..........................................................................................55 INTP/Idealist – “The Soulmate”.......................................................................................................56 Most Important Values.................................................................................................................56 Least Important Values.................................................................................................................56 Average Weight (1 – 7) Placed on Each Most Important Idealist Value......................................57 INTP/Rational – “The Mindmate”....................................................................................................57 Most Important Values.................................................................................................................58 Least Important Values.................................................................................................................58 Average Weight (1 – 7) Placed on Each Most Important Rational Value....................................58 The INTP – INTP Pairing.............................................................................................................59 INTP/Artisan – “The Playmate”.......................................................................................................60 Most Important Values.................................................................................................................60 Least Important Values.................................................................................................................60 Average Weight (1 – 7) Placed on Each Most Important Artisan Value......................................61 5 INTP/Guardian – “The Helpmate”....................................................................................................61 Most Important Values.................................................................................................................62 Least Important Values.................................................................................................................63 Average Weight (1 – 7) Placed on Each Most Important Guardian Value...................................63 What Do People Love About INTPs?...............................................................................................63 INTP Courtship Behaviors................................................................................................................64 INTP Marriage, Marital Satisfaction, and Divorce...........................................................................66 Those 3 Little Words.........................................................................................................................67 Giving Emotional Support................................................................................................................68 Fighting For Principles......................................................................................................................69 Children.............................................................................................................................................71 Housework........................................................................................................................................71 Contracting........................................................................................................................................72 Hypermindfulness.............................................................................................................................74 Recommendations.............................................................................................................................76 5. INTP Identifications............................................................................................................................77 Historical INTPs................................................................................................................................77 Fictional INTPs.................................................................................................................................77 Advantages of the “Mirror of Fiction”.........................................................................................78 Problems with the Mirror of Fiction............................................................................................78 Notes on Type Identifications...........................................................................................................78 Process..........................................................................................................................................79 6. Walter Bailey – Hero Busboy..............................................................................................................81 Story..................................................................................................................................................82 Analysis.............................................................................................................................................83 Discussion.........................................................................................................................................84 Application........................................................................................................................................85 Conclusion.........................................................................................................................................86 7. INTPs in Charge..................................................................................................................................88 Why INTPs Do Not Seek Command................................................................................................88 The Preferred INTP Role..................................................................................................................89 Characteristics of INTP Leaders.......................................................................................................90 8. Aramis - A Swashbuckling Schemer...................................................................................................92 Analysis.............................................................................................................................................95 An Honorable Plot.............................................................................................................................96 An INTP Who Specialized in Intrigue..............................................................................................96 How Aramis Joined the Musketeers..................................................................................................98 Those Half-Finished Projects............................................................................................................99 Friendship........................................................................................................................................100 The Secret Emperor.........................................................................................................................101 Those Exact Words..........................................................................................................................102 Grief response.................................................................................................................................102 The Abbe Faria and Aramis.............................................................................................................103 Where it All Went Wrong................................................................................................................103 9. Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States.....................................................................105 The Effect of a “Soft T” on the INTP Personality..........................................................................107 The INTP Renaissance Man............................................................................................................108 6 What Would You Save From Your Burning House?.......................................................................108 Farming...........................................................................................................................................108 Marriage..........................................................................................................................................109 Relationship................................................................................................................................110 Founding Documents......................................................................................................................112 An INTP President..........................................................................................................................112 10. James Madison - 4th President of the United States.......................................................................114 General............................................................................................................................................115 Marriage..........................................................................................................................................116 Dolley Madison..........................................................................................................................116 Somber vs. Playful..........................................................................................................................118 Old Age...........................................................................................................................................118 An INTP President – Part II............................................................................................................118 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................120 11. Albert Speer – Nazi Minister of Armaments...................................................................................121 Building the Chancellery: A Perceiver Approach...........................................................................125 The Empire Builders.......................................................................................................................126 Moral Questions..............................................................................................................................127 Slavery and the Holocaust...............................................................................................................128 The Nuremberg Trial.......................................................................................................................131 12. INTPs in Prison...............................................................................................................................133 Hardships of Prison and INTP Responses.......................................................................................133 Harrelson - A Unique Perspective on Life in Prison.......................................................................133 INTP Complaints About Prison.......................................................................................................135 Do INTPs Go To Jail a Lot?............................................................................................................136 Escape.............................................................................................................................................136 The Count of Monte Cristo—A Brief Portrait of an INTP in Prison..............................................136 The Count of Monte Cristo—An INTP Escape Plan......................................................................137 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................144 13. INTPs at Work.................................................................................................................................146 INTP Careers...................................................................................................................................146 Working Conditions Amenable to INTPs........................................................................................147 Interviewing Issues..........................................................................................................................147 Scenario 1...................................................................................................................................147 Scenario 2...................................................................................................................................147 Job Satisfaction...............................................................................................................................148 Work Related Miscellanea..............................................................................................................150 E-mail.........................................................................................................................................150 Showing up on time....................................................................................................................150 Obeying the dress code...............................................................................................................150 There is No INTP in Team.........................................................................................................150 Following the Rules, Bureaucracy, and Other Silly Notions.....................................................150 Burnout.......................................................................................................................................151 Attention to detail.......................................................................................................................151 Increasing Efficiency..................................................................................................................152 How to Select Your Next Summer Job............................................................................................153 Assembly Line Job.....................................................................................................................154 7 No Brainer..................................................................................................................................154 Customer Service Jobs...............................................................................................................154 Miscellaneous Occupational Notes.................................................................................................155 INTPs in Medicine.....................................................................................................................155 INTPs in the Library..................................................................................................................155 14. INTPs and the Intellect...................................................................................................................156 I.Q. Testing and Type......................................................................................................................156 Artisan Tactical Intelligence............................................................................................................157 Idealist Diplomatic Intelligence......................................................................................................158 Guardian Logistical Intelligence.....................................................................................................158 Rational Strategic Intelligence........................................................................................................159 The Value of I.Q. Tests, Continued.................................................................................................159 Giftedness........................................................................................................................................160 Discussion..................................................................................................................................161 INTP Geniuses................................................................................................................................161 Child A - IQ 187 - 191 (As tested by the Stanford-Binet, 1920s version).................................161 Discussion..................................................................................................................................162 Child F - I.Q. Unmeasurable (Tested by the Stanford-Binet, 1920s version)............................163 Discussion..................................................................................................................................165 15. INTP Parenting Style......................................................................................................................168 General............................................................................................................................................168 Discipline........................................................................................................................................169 Pygmalion Projects..........................................................................................................................169 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................170 16. INTP Children.................................................................................................................................171 Early Learners.................................................................................................................................171 Play..................................................................................................................................................171 Games.........................................................................................................................................171 Designing as a Form of Play......................................................................................................171 Engineering................................................................................................................................172 Logical Play................................................................................................................................172 The Design of Play.....................................................................................................................173 Art...............................................................................................................................................173 Thoughts and Fears.........................................................................................................................174 Fitting In..........................................................................................................................................174 Curiosity Killed the INTP...............................................................................................................174 Whyyyy?.........................................................................................................................................174 Blunt Statements of Truth...............................................................................................................175 Lack of Role Models.......................................................................................................................176 17. INTPs in the School System...........................................................................................................177 The Elementary School Experience................................................................................................177 The High School Experience..........................................................................................................178 What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate.....................................................................178 Busywork—And Other Scholastic Activities.............................................................................179 School Will Socialize You..........................................................................................................180 The University Experience..............................................................................................................180 GPA Per Major...........................................................................................................................180 8 Other Notes on Course/Major Preferences.....................................................................................181 Languages...................................................................................................................................181 Engineering................................................................................................................................182 Scholarships....................................................................................................................................182 National Merit Finalists..............................................................................................................182 Judging Teachers, Perceiving INTPs..............................................................................................183 What About Unsuccessful Perceiving Students?........................................................................185 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................186 18. INTPs in the Military......................................................................................................................187 NP vs. SJ (Again)............................................................................................................................187 Autonomy vs. Control.....................................................................................................................187 Privacy.............................................................................................................................................188 Other Drawbacks.............................................................................................................................188 PTSD...............................................................................................................................................188 Positives..........................................................................................................................................189 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................189 19. INTP Environments.........................................................................................................................190 “North to the Future”......................................................................................................................191 An INTP Family..............................................................................................................................192 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................193 20. Intipiland - Ethnography of an Insular Utopia................................................................................194 A Brief Geology Lesson..................................................................................................................194 Climate............................................................................................................................................194 Lifestyle...........................................................................................................................................195 Speech and Body Language............................................................................................................195 Language.........................................................................................................................................195 Sports...............................................................................................................................................196 Architecture.....................................................................................................................................197 Government.....................................................................................................................................197 History.............................................................................................................................................198 1st Occupation, 180 BC to 340 BC - "The Evil Time"..............................................................198 2nd Occupation, 616 to 956 AD - "The Oppression".................................................................199 3rd Occupation, 1220 to 1256 AD - "The Tyranny”..................................................................201 Prehistory...................................................................................................................................201 Childrearing.....................................................................................................................................202 Industry...........................................................................................................................................202 Holidays..........................................................................................................................................202 Final Words.....................................................................................................................................202 21. INTPs As a Minority.......................................................................................................................203 Female INTPs..................................................................................................................................203 Male INTPs.....................................................................................................................................204 A Fieldtrip Through the Wonderful Land of Cultural Bias.............................................................206 22. INTPs and Psychology....................................................................................................................208 Childhood “Problems”....................................................................................................................208 The Crummy Life Scales................................................................................................................210 The Big Five (NEO-PI-R)..........................................................................................................210 Positive and Negative Affectivity with the PANAS Scales........................................................211 9 Coolidge Axis II Inventory (CATI)............................................................................................212 23. INTPs and ADD..............................................................................................................................215 ADHD and NPs...............................................................................................................................217 How to Diagnose any INTP with ADD...........................................................................................217 Disorganization..........................................................................................................................218 Forgetfulness..............................................................................................................................219 Easily Distracted.........................................................................................................................219 Losing Important Items..............................................................................................................221 Not Listening When Addressed..................................................................................................221 Has Difficulty Staying Focused on Tasks or Play......................................................................221 Does Not Follow Instructions or Finish Tasks...........................................................................223 Doesn't Pay Close Attention to Details or Makes Careless Mistakes........................................223 Avoids/Dislikes Activities That Require Prolonged Mental Effort (I.e. Homework)................223 Discussion.......................................................................................................................................225 Can We Prove the Existence of ADD?............................................................................................226 Why INTPs Tune Out......................................................................................................................226 How to Daydream Without Suffering For It...................................................................................228 Techniques..................................................................................................................................229 Bird-Dogging.............................................................................................................................229 How to Avoid Being Asked Pop Questions................................................................................230 24. INTPs and Asperger's Syndrome....................................................................................................232 ASD and the Big Five.....................................................................................................................232 Type and/or Disorder?.....................................................................................................................233 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................234 25. Frankenstein....................................................................................................................................235 Summary.........................................................................................................................................236 Commentary....................................................................................................................................238 Count Dracula - INTP?...................................................................................................................239 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................242 26. INTPs in the Future.........................................................................................................................243 Rise of the Introverts.......................................................................................................................243 Accelerating Change.......................................................................................................................243 Computers.......................................................................................................................................243 The Internet.....................................................................................................................................243 Education.........................................................................................................................................244 For the Good of All Mankind..........................................................................................................245 Cloning............................................................................................................................................246 Robots.............................................................................................................................................246 Appendix: Type Bigots, the Scourge of the MBTI Community............................................................248 7 Ways To Combat Type Bigotry....................................................................................................250 10

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