alright, let's get scholastic for a minute here... down & dirty to solve this once & for all
- Merriam-webster:
crazy - 1 : full of cracks or flaws : unsound [-- "unsoundness" generally recalling defect, functional deficiency in thought & behavior-- seems overall more characteristc of INFP]
b : crooked, askew [-- hmmmm.... could be either, as both types are commonly perceived eccentric-- though perhaps the visual element in these descriptors points more toward INTP who tend to be more visibly odd]
2 a : mad, insane <yelling like a crazy man> [-- I include the example of usage because it contains an expressive aspect-- i.e. mad & insane are figured as qualities in expression, which may be inward in origin but only manifest in the outer, pointing to intensity &/or emotionality of communication style-- again broadly INFP]
b (1) : impractical (2) : erratic [-- again either]
c : being out of the ordinary : unusual [-- again either]
3a : distracted with desire or excitement [-- seems unavoidably INFP-- both types may often be distracted but the element of desire is invariably more evident in the INFP impulse which leads thereto]
b : absurdly fond : infatuated [-- hmmm... 'fondness' seems to contain a human element, a dimension of interpersonal amiability, while infatuation implies a longing for connection or even absorption into an other, again pointing to INFP]
c : passionately preoccupied : obsessed [-- stereotypically passion is a quality of Feeling, but preoccupation & obsession can equally embody matters of the intellect, adventures of mental activity of whatever sort-- again either type is applicable]
& that's the end of it.... what to conclude? Numerically speaking the denotative focus is more toward INFP, so perhaps INFPs are indeed "more crazy", but both types are well-represented in the definition-- though this does not necessarily coincide with the psychological category-- of craziness. So, let it never be said that INTPs, as far as being crazy goes, are "off the hook."
*closes thread*.