Some things really bother me:
- In all the demographic data on MBTI, why are ENFPs so vastly overrepresentated compared to the other seven intuitives?
- In the sparse data concerning type and IQ, why do ENFPs have a lower average IQ than the other seven intuitives?
- Whenever I see an eminent ENP typed, he/she is almost always ENTP. Why?
- What role can an ENFP fill better than other intuitive types a posteriori?
I worry alot about this. Have I drawn the short straw in life?
Being an N doesnt make you a genius in the "traditional" sense of "genius". I dont know of many people who would put Peter Griffin, Kelso (70s show), or wonka at the top of their list for nuclear physics researcher. There are however different, more non traditional, types of intelligence. This is the kind of intelligence ENFPs have. Its the kind where even if they have dropped out of school, have no direction in life and are not psudo-intellectual in the slightest, you still end up thinking "ya he's pretty smart...always concocting out-there schemes and such". (this is the kind of reasoning you have to fall into when you try to judge types based on accomplishments and stereotyped abilities...how do you like it???
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ENFPs are almost like super imaginative SPs. In that sense, they are like "genius" SPs.
But look where this leads us: in order to make yourself feel good, you are having to put down the abilities of another type. This is ultimately fruitless, elitist and misguided.
The "real" problem I see behind your post is that you secretly think that Ns are better than Ss, and your upset because your the "worst of the best".
Type is simply the way you orient your processing and judging to the world, categorized into maybe 16 ways. There is nothing inherently better or worse about any type.
I would bet that most N's have a lot more S friends than they realize. Instead of typing every person you like as "he must at least be XNXX", type using interaction styles/temperament and I'm 100% positive that every N on this board enjoys and admires plenty of S people.
Finally, why are there so many famous INXX's? Because accomplishing great things in this life require undying fervor, almost insane commitment, and often many long hours of lonely research, doubt and analysis. This is something that INXX's are more geared towards for obvious reasons. This doesnt make their type as a whole better though. For every Einstein, there are 1000's of psudo-intellectual INTPs doing "original research" that will never amount to crap.
PS: I wouldnt get bent out of shape comparing ENXXs to eachother. They all do best what they want to do best. Simply put, most ENFPs wont WANT to achieve the same things as an ENFJ (vice versa). The ENFP can accomplish nothing of value in the eyes of other, and yet still "win at life" if they get to do what they want to do. Isnt that all that matters?