Sounds like eugenics to me.
The discussion of worth vs. intelligence? Oh, you're a J... of course you'd have to immediately draw conclusions and seek action from a friendly discussion about correlations. ;-D
So ESTJ, how much do you think the worth of your type is affected by the intelligence of your type? Remember to consider worth as I have framed it in my OP (Not that I consider that to be the ultimate worth, but in order to have a coherent discussion the topic must be clearly defined).
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I don't understand the purpose of this thread.
Maybe that means I'm a unintelligent NT, and hence totally worthless?
Who knows?
Purpose? To amuse me and anyone else who wishes to post here.
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Could be worth less. Intelligence is one of the INTPs key assets. It would be like having a lazy ISTJ... what good is that going to do anyone?
But at the same time, for every 4 ISTJs there are in the population, there is only 1 INTP. So even a below average intelligence INTP might be worth more. Supply and demand.
So you're judging the worth of a nature resource by its scarcity? Perhaps, if there were a sufficient demand for what INTPs offered.
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Have you actually encountered one of these? That's like saying a weak person who spends all day working out.
I've taken a few philosophy courses, and observed INTPs who were really into the subject (like lifetime passion status). I found that there ideas were a bit convoluted, but then again, I could have been the convoluted one. Either way, there is at least one stupid/misguided INTP out there... ;-D
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I've met plenty of bright NT's who are fairly worthless when it comes to contributing to society. I believe that EQ is more often the limiting factor for NT's rather than IQ. A lot of NT's carry themselves like they're better than everyone else, and that really limits their ability to contribute to society.
I could see EQ being a factor, but this is a discussion about the entire populations of each of the particular types, and how intelligence vs. worth would be represented on a graph. For the purposes of this discussion we would take all members of each type population without regard to any other factors. If I were going to attempt a scientific study, I would probably attempt to eliminate other major contributing factors from my data-pool, but this is purely conjecture.
Let me ask you this question: EQ being equal among a population of NTs, what would their intelligence vs. worth graph look like?