The reason I brought this subject up is that I read all of these descriptions about how INFJs are complex and deep and prone to creativity and usually are highly successful in academia. This sounds like high intelligence to me. Yet, people are often surprised when they find out how "smart" I am or that I am a "deep" thinker. I wonder if the auxiliary Fe disguises INFJ intelligence to point that people don't believe it when they see it.
For example, I had a friend say to me one time, "You don't look or act smart, but you are."
"What?!" I asked her, "What do you think a smart person looks like anyway?"
All she could tell me was that smart people weren't so "graceful." I thought that was absurd, but she had a stereo-type of intelligence and I apparently, despite my IQ, level of education, multiple languages and varying creative abilities, didn't fit it.
So, now I'm just thinking off the cuff, so to speak. If INFJ's primary function is Ni, a dominance they share only with INTJs, and this Ni is considered responsible for great intelligence [or is it?], then why could the Fe+Ti function not equal a very analytical brain that not only can convince people of how much they know but how much they care as well? I know you've heard the old saying, "People [for the most part] don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." If experience has taught me anything it is that people, in general, are far more willing to listen to my theories if they know the theories have a practical application that will somehow improve their lives.
According to
INFJ - Psychology Wiki [which happens to be just one random site I got from googling]
AND
A site called NF Musicians lists INFJ's among the
The Genius of INFJ The iNtuitive Musician musical geniuses.
I know this is only the scantest of resources, nor am I making a claim. However, I am asking, "Is there a sufficient basis to link creative genius with INFJs?" [I'm not saying there's not for other types, either. So, if you're not an INFJ I'm not saying you're not intelligent or creative. I'm just focusing on this one type at the moment.]
A few years ago, during the pursuit of my master's degree, I researched IQ tests and one of the things I found is that IQ tests cannot measure creativity. One source discussed the possibility that a person with an IQ of 120 who also possessed an uncanny ability in art, music, language or any of the other fields that IQ tests can't normally measure was every bit the genius, and sometimes more so, than those who possessed higher IQ scores. If we take intelligence to be more than the ability to solve logic-based puzzles, then could it not be possible that INFJs
[INFPs, too, but that's another discussion] are, indeed, as bright as any of their "thinking" counterparts, given that they are from the same background with the same amount of education? However, I digressed from my original idea, which is this. While it has been said that INFJs are the most NT of the NFs, could it not be that Fe+Ti equips INFJs both in the world of people and academia? Does having a warm disposition negate one's intellectual capacity? [Even as I write this, I'm thinking of a brilliant ENFP who is as warm as she can be, and comes across as goofy beyond belief, yet, she is truly brilliant.]
Haha..is it the Ti that even makes me ask such questions in the first place? Is it the inner ISTP acting up again? [she's a sneak, slips in when I'm not watching.]
I look forward to hearing your ideas on this posts and thank you for sharing.