Elfboy
Certified Sausage Smoker
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2008
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- MBTI Type
- ENFP
- Enneagram
- 5w4
- Instinctual Variant
- sx/sp
Elfboy has clearly never seen an INFP on a mission, to protect others or an ideal, that they will do anything to make the other pay...we do exist! lol
I also find it funny/stupid that people always seem to talk as if they have so much experience with INFP's, despite the fact that they (we) are not common at all, and rarely draw attention to ourselves. I only have ever known a small handful, but everyone (through the use of stereotypes!) imagines that their anecdotal evidence constitutes a universal archetype. I know an INFP with a high IQ, therefore they can have high IQ's. I know a stupid INFP, therefore they can't...; etc, etc, etc, ad infinitum.
(But in the end, I don't really care what type JoA was)
I know at least 5 INFPs but, more importantly, I know about function theory and the inferior function is is the Achilles heel of a type. Joan of Arc was not inferior Te. inferior Te types don't wage battle campaigns, own much more experienced or powerful men in debates because, at the age of 17, they completely lack that kind of control over their inferior function
in fact, this exchange has been a good example of Te Inferior vs Te Tertiary. fact is, there are not an unlimited number of ways in which the INFP personality can express itself. types, especially at the tender age of 17, are limited by their weaker functions (even for an ENFP, Joan had bizarrely strong Te for someone her age). inner functions (cognitive functions, enneagram type etc) display themselves in ways that are often observable and recognizable. just because one relates internally more to a description of one type does not mean they are.