Aesthete
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- Oct 6, 2012
- Messages
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- MBTI Type
- INFP
- Enneagram
- 1w2
- Instinctual Variant
- sp/sx
Whether a person has a high IQ depends partly on their genetic dispositions and on their level of commitment to cultivating their intellectual faculties. The supposition that INFPs can't have a high IQ postulates that the INFP temperament precludes the individual from having the proper genes or displaying an adequate level of commitment to cultivation of intellectual abilities that lead to the achievement of a high IQ. Although one may argue that the tendency to be in affinity with emotions is a hindrance, it is only a slight hindrance. An emotionally-charged person is entirely capable of learning how to detach from sentiments and how to systematically build intellectual competence: being a Thinking types does not make one intelligent, it only gives one a natural tendency to detach. Hence, both Feelers and Thinkers who strive to become intelligent must systematically work on enhancing their cognitive faculties and both are very much capable of doing so. Furthermore, INFPs may have a variety of non-typological genetic dispositions that empower them to excel at abstract thinking, for example, they may be gifted with a photographic memory, exceptionally fast information processing abilities and so on.
I have one point to disagree on: one need not necessarily be detached to be "intelligent" or have a high IQ. IQ also measures, to some extent, creativity - unless I'm mistaken, and "intelligence" is a very vague form. Beethoven was certainly passionate, but also considered intelligent.