[NF] What would it be like if NF's were the majority?

[Eileen]

Not all NFs are good people who have visions for a peaceful and happy world--or if they are, not all of those visions match YOUR vision of a peaceful and happy world. I'd say that Fe and Fi probably lead more to violence and manipulation than any other cognitive function. Hitler has been purported to be INFJ or INFP on more than one occasion.

 

[Mondo]

I'm a little cynical about this NF world.
I think the majority would be conned by ESTP's who take over the world.
They have so much charm and charisma and know how to make people laugh- hell, even I find a lot of ESTP's funny- ranging from Peter Griffin to George Carlin.
The SJ's would shake their heads and moan.. "Don't you know to trust NOTHING that is new!!!"
The NT's will instead be called "Button Pushers" because it will be considered socially acceptable to cry at a moment's notice and the NT will easily know how to make an NF cry.
The SP's will create a 'live for the moment' movement and will invent drugs along with NT's. The SJ's will wonder what world is better to live with- the politically correct, walking on eggshell world of the NF or the drug infested world of the SP's and NT's. The STJ's will turn to drugs and the SFJ's will help create order with the NF's.

 

[nolla]

I am sure that the mental cases are mostly NF. But im not sure if it is because they are nuts, or because they don't feel like they belong in this world order. Anyways, the latter would mean that a world designed by NF would get the rest of the types into a life-long therapy session. That could be just what is needed, though...

Well. Probly the nf couldn't decide what to do with the world once they had it, so they'd give it away.

 

[JivinJeffJones]

Unchecked by sufficient XSTJ predation, INFPs would quickly spawn beyond sustainable numbers. Many would die, and then disease would sweep the survivors. Doom! Gloom!

 

[SquirrelTao]

Why does everyone focus on our emotions? and doesn't EVERYONE have emotions to an extent? don't we just USE ours for something?
we have other qualities that could be useful to society.

Not only that, but in MBTI, "feeling" is not synonymous with "emotion". Feeling is a style of decisionmaking.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Those who prefer Feeling tend to come to decisions by associating or empathizing with the situation, looking at it 'from the inside' and weighing the situation to achieve, on balance, the greatest harmony, consensus and fit, considering the needs of the people involved. Those who prefer Thinking tend to decide things from a more detached standpoint, measuring the decision by what seems reasonable, logical, causal, consistent and matching a given set of rules."

 

[Angry Ayrab]

Like you guys said, NF's are so different. Only thing that drives me nuts is that the NT's always stop by to inform us that we are emotional train wrecks.

I wouldn't say that I am an overly thenthative perthon, just that I try to treat people a thertain way and thee things from their perthpective. thats all.

 

[alcea rosea]

^ I agree.

 

[Gabe]

They could say that your inferior abilities in analyzing problems cia logical means would result in you failing to produce a cohesive or productive society, in a myriad of specific ways that could be explained in detail. They could also say that the world as we know it would not have advanced beyoned mysticism as much as the real one has.

I don't really believe those things are true, but I am telling you that there is plenty of material with which to insult you.

That being said, I'd like to raise a complaint because you people are apparently stealing cuddling from me, as if I, as a non-NF, do not appreciate cuddling.

I suppose people take a bluff like that seriously because you self-identify as an NT.

And what the fuck makes you think that we're unaware that there's 'plenty of material' with which to insult? That means absolutely nothing.

Now please, explain yourself *in detail*.

I'm not going to try to imagine what you're saying, because your post has NO explaination. As far as I'm concerned, there's no intrinsic quality of a feeling preference that makes it unable to produce a cohesive (*Patriotism* is an artifact of both feeling attitudes anyways) or productive society.

On the general topic of what a catylist-dominated society would look like, I think we should look at real potential problems instead of that recycled, MBTI-based, Lack-of-thinking-preference-is-bad bullshit.

so if you supposed NTs want some real material, I suspect that Mao Zedong was an ENFJ.

We can also speculate on what a non-partitioned India would be like.

And recognize that both Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu were probably catylists.

 

[SquirrelTao]

What ever happened to the insight that the hippies had in the sixties that logic couldn't necessarily be trusted, because it had led to the Vietnam War, the Corporate world of the "man in the gray flannel suit", the bomb and many other disasters?

 

[Little Linguist]

Oh good lord...

 

[ngannacvy]

If NF's were the majority, I think the world would be a very advance, complex and definitely intense place filled with morals and values. And their will defintitly be end less possibility since these people are the one’s which see’s all the possibilities in life waiting to be realized.

ADVANCE

It’ll be very advance because of the INFJ's special ability to know things intuitively, without being able to pinpoint why,they are usually right about things, and they usually know it too. Yes they have a psychic nature. That’s going to be very useful.

Another reason it’ll be advance is because of INFP’s determination for their project or job which they're interested in, it usually becomes a "cause" for them. Although they are not detail-oriented individuals, they will cover every possible detail with determination and vigor when working for their "cause" since they’re interested in personal growth and development. And they want to help others with it to, not only will they be interested in psychology, but anything else that a person may be interested in also, which makes the possibility seems endless.

ENFPs have an unusually broad range of skills and talents. They are good at most things which interest them (a lot of things interest them, they’re enthusiastic about everything, it’s probably very rare that something won’t interest them). Project-oriented, they may go through several different careers during their lifetime but ENFPs are also charming, ingenuous, risk-taking, sensitive, people-oriented individuals with capabilities ranging across a broad spectrum. They have many gifts which they will use to fulfill themselves and those near them, if they are able to remain centered and master the ability of following through.

And In general, ENFJs are charming, warm, gracious, creative and diverse individuals with richly developed insights into what makes other people tick. This special ability to see growth potential in others combined with a genuine drive to help people makes the ENFJ a truly valued individual. They understand and care about people, and have a special talent for bringing out the best in others. Usually ENFJs exude a lot of self-confidence, and have a great amount of ability to do many different things.
They are generally bright, full of potential, energetic and fast-paced, and
ENFJs like for things to be well-organized so the world will be infrastructure especially since ENFJ tend to be leaders.

And since they’re mostly NF’s the world will be highly complex because of their ability to see all the possibility in life, and which makes the world seem almost boundless.
And it’ll definitely be an intense day of age to live in because of their romantic ideals and how they all seem to yearn for romance which will possibly cause these heroic looking characters to start to change in to more villainous type character, especially since The ENFP will leave most of the types heart broken, because of his/her’s ability of always seeing "what could be", rather than being satisfied with "what is." This means that they’ll be in a lot of relationships, and often leave their partner heart broken. Which will result in villainous characters like INFP who will dictate the world with their CAUSE to make others miserable like them because misery like’s company, and they’ll definitely dictate the word if they don’t learn to forgive yet because they “will cover every possible detail with determination and vigor when working for their "cause".

And if it’s the ENFJ That the Great “Champion” leaves heart broken then The ENFJ will most likely feel lost like how most of them NF do under stress. And the ENFJ who has not found their place in the world yet is likely to be extremely sensitive to criticism, and to have the tendency to worry excessively after the break up and feel guilty. They are also likely to be very manipulative and controlling with others. And they’ll be better then the INFP at controlling the world because of their richly developed insights into what makes other people tick.

And if A INFJ’s heart gets broken by the champion then will it’ll be too scary to comprehend since they are psychic.

I’m brining this up because NF’s are the very souls of kindness so this is what could happen if you break their heart which will break their spirit or souls and result in the greatest villains of all time because this is an intense day of age. And most likely ENFP are the one’s who will break the other idealist hearts not the other way around. Because of their adventurous sprit and of always seeing “what could be” rather than “what is”.

But then of coarse it probably won’t be that intense in a world of NF that’s just my imagination(it sounds like a action/drama comic book), really there will be more people who want to do good and help support others if NF were the majority so It’ll be a very good place filled with good values, morals, and kindhearted people who actually care to help improve the world and everyone in it, because they’re so focused on personal growth and development which will cause a lot of us to be smarter, and more caring.

(if it’s a world mainly filled with NF’s it’ll definitely be a world filled with values)

For most of this stuff I just copied and paste off of the websites that describe the types.

 

[Desert Flower]

Unchecked by sufficient XSTJ predation, INFPs would quickly spawn beyond sustainable numbers. Many would die, and then disease would sweep the survivors. Doom! Gloom!

^^^
Lolz. I going to go with this also.

I don't know NF world would be either really bad or really good. NFs tend to be extremist.

 

[dnivera]

They probably wouldn't think about garbage collection systems, public sanitation, other infrastructure type things..

 

[The_Liquid_Laser]

If the world was dominated by NF's (say about 40%), then I think many governments would become more socialist, but it would be the kind of socialism that works fairly well like in Sweden (probably a bit less functional than that though). A person's standard of living derived from economics and technology would be a bit behind our current world, because these would become secondary goals instead of primary ones.

On the other hand war, poverty and social injustices would be mostly eliminated. People would also be a lot happier in their families and other relationships. Overall in the NF world I think people would be happier even though they wouldn't have as much.

Ironically the types that would be the least content would be many of the NF's themselves. Intuition combined with feeling wants to enact social change, but because of the NF dominance there wouldn't be as much positive social change left to enact. This would leave many NF's feeling lost and not knowing their place in the world. Some would mostly develop values that are different just for the sake of being different, while a few NF's would feel fulfilled appreciating their abundant life comes from the sacrifices of those that came before them. Overall the SF's would be the happiest in NF world, since they would be the ones that would fully experience the semi-utopia that has been created.

 

[ngannacvy]

They probably wouldn't think about garbage collection systems, public sanitation, other infrastructure type things..

Actually they would, as an INFP, I think that they tend to go into health care facility's if not into things like art, because of them naturally wanting to help out people. And one thing that you learn in health care facilities is to prevent the illness/ disease by keeping yourself and your surroundings clean and sanitary.

and ENFJ are natural neat freaks and perfectionist so they'll probably take care of the details of public sanitation in their vision to make the world their ideal world.

 

[booyalab]

The less extreme NFs would probably fulfill the logistical/rational roles out of necessity. Competitive sports would cease to exist.
edit: except maybe gymnastics, but everyone gets to be a winner in their own unique way.

 

[colmena]

If the world was dominated by NF's (say about 40%), then I think many governments would become more socialist, but it would be the kind of socialism that works fairly well like in Sweden (probably a bit less functional than that though). A person's standard of living derived from economics and technology would be a bit behind our current world, because these would become secondary goals instead of primary ones.

On the other hand war, poverty and social injustices would be mostly eliminated. People would also be a lot happier in their families and other relationships. Overall in the NF world I think people would be happier even though they wouldn't have as much.

Ironically the types that would be the least content would be many of the NF's themselves. Intuition combined with feeling wants to enact social change, but because of the NF dominance there wouldn't be as much positive social change left to enact. This would leave many NF's feeling lost and not knowing their place in the world. Some would mostly develop values that are different just for the sake of being different, while a few NF's would feel fulfilled appreciating their abundant life comes from the sacrifices of those that came before them. Overall the SF's would be the happiest in NF world, since they would be the ones that would fully experience the semi-utopia that has been created.

Food for thought. Although I think the activist disillusionment could be thwarted by creativity, art, and all the lovely thinking stuff that some Ts would have themselves believe Fs can't do. It's probably what I'd be doing when I don't have my head in socialist ideals.

 

[ajblaise]

-In gym class, instead of playing dodgeball kids would practice yoga while listening to Enya.

-PETA would gain enough strength to form The PETA Political Party and will win several statewide elections throughout the US. In those areas, bears will eventually replace humans.

-A human will marry a carpenter ant. The ant will slowly move away and eventually divorce the human.

-For those that can't afford a bidet, people will be forced to wipe themselves with a leaf, and then will have to hold a short informal burial for what they did to the maple leaf.

 

[mlittrell]

utter chaos

 

[Nonsensical]

In a way..we are all NFs, aren't we..?