phoneutria wrote:i wouldnt have guessed mags as INTX either
just cuz you're not the type to be hanging out in the math threads
or relentlessly arguing the logic of some point
that is usually the give away for those types
like our boy andy here
totes intj
i used to get intp in my 20s
now i get intj
been hardened by life n all
Tests say that I'm sort of an INTJ but not totally an INTJ. I am actually sitting in between INTJ and INFJ while being a bit closer to INFJ.
Are you aware of Jung's cognitive functions? There are four of them -- sensing, intuiting, thinking and feeling -- and each one of them can either be extraverted or introverted.
Consider extraverted and introverted thinking.
Extraverted thinking (Te) is exemplified by the process of figuring out how to get from point A to point B given a model of the universe. People who are predominantly extraverted in their thinking are "model users" e.g. engineers. (They are chess players. The rules of chess constitute the model they work with unquestionably. It's a box within which they think, rarely daring to think outside of it.)
Introverted thinking (Ti) is exemplified by the process of coming up with a set of rules that describe how the universe works or how the universe should work. People who are predominantly introverted in their thinking are "model designers" e.g. theorists. (They are chess designers. They are the ones who invent boxes for other people to think within. They are often seen as impractical and unfocused as they have little to no interest in using boxes -- even their own.)
You might notice that when describing Jung's personality model I am using my own terms. This is because what I'm actually doing is comparing my own personality model against Jung's. Notice how I came up with my own model of personality? That alone should tell you that I am more of a theorist than I am an engineer. And that fits INFJ story much better than it does INTJ story (since INTJs use extraverted thinking.) But assuming that my dominant function is introverted thinking, that actually makes me an INTP. That wouldn't be surprising given that philosophy is the most introverted kind of study there is.