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Originally Posted by Shimpei
+1: arrogance
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These references are common, and I've seen the NT behavior conceived of as arrogance, and the response to it. What's strange is that my concept of arrogance is profoundly different and has nothing to do with INTness. I do get they can express very direct, even harshly, with frustration, as though the person they are talking to is an 'idiot'. The difference is that INTs are unlikely to behave that way unless they have invested a great deal into arriving at their conclusion. When the other person rejects it on a whim, the result is frustration, but justifiably so imo. If it's true that I'm wrong, or careless and someone tells me without cushioning it, it isn't arrogance. If someone assumes they know what I know simply because they like the way that assumption feels, that is arrogance. To me arrogance is cheap, invested in social dominance for the sake of it, a sham, an overestimation of self for gratuitous reasons, inflated entitlement and a complete disregard for others and for what is true.
For example Beethoven (who was absolutely an INT) said "There will be thousands of princes, but one Beethoven." That isn't arrogance because it is the truth.