Richard Feynman: Ideal NT?

Usehername · 06-08-2007, 11:02 PM

Has anyone else read his books? Anyone else familiar with him?

I really like this guy. Let's talk about him.

Uberfuhrer · 06-08-2007, 11:33 PM

He was an ENTP and a Nobel Prize winning physicist as well as amateur painter and bongo player.

According to Wikipedia, he also had a meager 125 IQ. That seems a little low for a genius such as him.

Goes to show you that an IQ is about as meaningless as [insert witty analogy here].

He also died at the age of 69 -- more meaningful than any IQ score!

rivercrow · 06-09-2007, 12:42 AM

He's excellent. I wrote a poem on INTPC somewhere about Far Rockaway.

meanlittlechimp · 06-09-2007, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Uberfuhrer

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According to Wikipedia, he also had a meager 125 IQ. That seems a little low for a genius such as him.

Goes to show you that an IQ is about as meaningless as [insert witty analogy here].

He also died at the age of 69 -- more meaningful than any IQ score!

I have a theory that IQ tests (very slightly) handicaps right brain thinkers (ENFPs, ENTPs, INFJ, INTJs etc) - because of their non linear or global thinking styles. I always found that some of the things I answered wrong as a child is because I imagined different interpretations instead of the more obvious meaning of some of the questions. I think ISTPs, INTPs, ENTJs, ESTJs are slightly inflated according to the standard IQ measurements.

Because of my weaker verbal ability (being right brained) - you guys might need some clarification on what I'm rambling about..

Logical Creativity or "Non Linear Logic" - INTP Central

Usehername · 06-09-2007, 05:56 AM

I read somewhere that IQ tests basically test one's abstract thinking, aka "NT-ness".

Which means XNTX should have the upper hand.

What makes you think INTJs are right brained? the abstractness? I've always seen myself as more left-brained... just not Linear Left brained.

Uberfuhrer · 06-09-2007, 04:22 PM

Yes, typically they do test ability for abstract thinking, but from a common sense perspective.

A dominant N would more likely go with what is less obvious.

I think the INTP is probably the best when it comes to IQ scores because of their adeptness for analytic abstract logic.

06-08-2007, 11:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Usehername Pwning Life Since 1986 Join Date: May 2007 Type: INTJ Location: XC ski and fort-building heaven Posts: 1,975	Richard Feynman: Ideal NT? Has anyone else read his books? Anyone else familiar with him? I really like this guy. Let's talk about him. __________________ You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods. C.S. Lewis

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Uberfuhrer Full Circle Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 8,534	He was an ENTP and a Nobel Prize winning physicist as well as amateur painter and bongo player. According to Wikipedia, he also had a meager 125 IQ. That seems a little low for a genius such as him. Goes to show you that an IQ is about as meaningless as [insert witty analogy here]. He also died at the age of 69 -- more meaningful than any IQ score! __________________ "Place quotes in your signature to appear profound." --Uberfuhrer

06-09-2007, 12:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
rivercrow shoshaku jushaku Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INTP Location: Where ever I can annoy management Posts: 1,551	He's excellent. I wrote a poem on INTPC somewhere about Far Rockaway. __________________ Who rises in the morning, looks in the mirror and says, "I think I will do something stupid today?" -- James Hollis If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein Whaling is illegal in Oklahoma.

06-09-2007, 05:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
Usehername Pwning Life Since 1986 Join Date: May 2007 Type: INTJ Location: XC ski and fort-building heaven Posts: 1,975	I read somewhere that IQ tests basically test one's abstract thinking, aka "NT-ness". Which means XNTX should have the upper hand. What makes you think INTJs are right brained? the abstractness? I've always seen myself as more left-brained... just not Linear Left brained. __________________ You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods. C.S. Lewis

06-09-2007, 04:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
Uberfuhrer Full Circle Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 8,534	Yes, typically they do test ability for abstract thinking, but from a common sense perspective. A dominant N would more likely go with what is less obvious. I think the INTP is probably the best when it comes to IQ scores because of their adeptness for analytic abstract logic. __________________ "Place quotes in your signature to appear profound." --Uberfuhrer

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