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Originally Posted by kelric
Yikes. Not trying to be rude, Athenian, but this strikes me as just a bit of a stereotypical generalization, and a shortsighted one at that. Now I obviously don't know MySavior or his ISFJ acquaintances, and I'm sure he's a smart guy, but smarts don't really have much to do with type. Now I would believe that INTP's and ISFJ's can get on each others' nerves (my Mom is an ISFJ, so I know), and might naturally grate on each other and misinterpret each others' words and actions, but to simply pigeonhole all ISFJ's (or anyone else, based on type of anything else, for that matter) into such a nasty stereotype is counterproductive (at best). It seems to me that MySavior likes ISFJ's, but just has some trouble relating to them. To which the answer is, try to see things from their point of view, and understand that you may be misinterpreting what they say and do as much as they may misinterpret you (there are two of you involved, after all). It may just take some more effort.
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I'm not trying to apply anything to ISFJ's specifically, I'm saying that that could be what's going on, based on his description and the functional order. I don't know whether it is or isn't. I think there are just as many ISFJ's who would accept being less intelligent than an INTP more gracefully than the person in question did. Like I said, I believed (although I could have misinterpreted) that this person was still immature and competitive.
Also, I think that type is related to intelligence to some degree. For instance, I'm an INFJ. That means I'm dumber than all the NT's (which I understand and accept), as smart or slightly smarter than most other NF types, can be smarter or dumber than an SJ depending on their age, skill set, and subject. I am smarter than SP's excluding ISTP's, who are sometimes slighter smarter or dumber.