Why Fs are smarter than Ts

[Blackmail!]

Originally Posted by Haphazard

This shall be a proper gentleman's duel. I choose Blackmail! as my second. We shall meet at high noon tomorrow...

+ "A proper gentleman's duel?" via YouTube

(Scene from Barry Lyndon)

Well, anyway. Intelligence is such an ill-defined concept that it would be impossible to say that Ts are smarter than Fs or vice-versa. People have been trying to argue this sort of thing forever, and we can keep going until the cows come home.

If it's any indication, I believe the Ts started it, however the Fs are the ones who keep retaliating and won't let it die.

Maybe that's part of a game that keeps us all entertained?

[Martian Manifesto]

Originally Posted by DigitalMethod

No, I didn't think that. I was kidding. Haha, you see? Sigh.

I know. I was kidding too. (double sigh). I'm telling you, eventually we will get this right.

[Jack Flak]

Props for Barry Lyndon scene. Good show, man.

[locke]

Originally Posted by Martian Manifesto

an INFP contributes...as it should be...as it should be...good effort...we thank you

Originally Posted by disregard

What the fuck is this shit?

Why is disregard being disregarded? I'm thinking your statement needs a little more explanation too.

[Silently Honest]

[Jack Flak]

[Sytpg]

Relax people. If the claim is that preposterous (reading too much into MBTI is unhealthy to begin with, imo) then there is no need to be upset about it.

[Aerithria]

Originally Posted by Martian Manifesto

...think about it, it's the social complexities that causes our most evolved bran functions to evolve...

And here I thought it was because of the muffins.
</crappy joke>

So, just because you're an F means that you automatically understand social complexities? I'd actually attribute that more to the S functions, as they're more likely to be aware of what given actions or statements mean in a regular day-to-day conversation. Let's face it, day dreaming and archetypal connections will only get you so far.

And as people have already mentionned, intelligence can't be mesured, at least not well enough for comparison. Especially since most people have a completely different idea of what defines 'intelligence'.

[animenagai]

eh, it's just a theory. don't think the guy is meant to offend. we can go through this kind of stuff like adults. maybe this will put an end to the T > F threads.

[SquirrelTao]

F doesn't just equate to social interaction. It gets channeled in various ways depending on type. Some Fs would rather write than talk to people. Some would rather focus on something artsy fartsy. Also, I've read that INTJs can have very good intuition about people, even if they don't get this intuition through focusing on other peoples' emotions.