meowington
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update:
I've changed my mind after reading this article on similarities between INTPs & INFJs.
INFJ vs INTP | Psyphics
Seems like Einstein was an INTP after all.
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Einstein was not the typical INTP people make him out to be. Let alone quintessential. Anything but quintessential in fact.
1. He was remarkably idealistic + poetic + passionate + dreamy for an INTP :
To give just a few examples of thousands :
Oh, how I wish that somewhere
there existed an island
for those who are wise
and of goodwill! . .
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
2. He did not put that much value on cold logic :
Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.â€
3. He used plenty of very well developed Fe, which proves nothing except that this undeniably happens to be the inferior function of an INTP :
He used the royal "we" all the time for instance.
Another (arguably) example of Fe :
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
4. He showed signs of inferior Se :
In the tv-series "Genius" there's a scene at episode 1 where he visits the doctor and keeps insisting there's something physically wrong with him, coining eczema. The scene obviously serves to point out the obsessive side about his physical wellbeing. Hypochondria is typical for inferior Se or Ni-Dom if you will (INTJ/INFJ).
5. He (almost exclusively!) spoke in metaphors :
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.
Sure, there are many examples that demonstrate Ti in Einstein. But his Ti wasn't necessarily his dominant function. I'm fairly certain that his dominant function was Ni.
This infamous quote comes to mind : The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
And no, he did not mean Ne, but Ni.
His function stack was Ni-Fe-Ti-Se : He was imho very likely an INFJ (his insatiable lust for knowledge/mystery/discovery/science stems from his desire to serve humanity) , and he was definitely NOT an archetypical INTP.
on a sidenote : My own great grandfather taught Einstein's daughter Margot sculpturing. Einstein came over to dinner once with his daughter. At the end of the evening he asked my great grandfather's 18 yr old son "do you want a souvenir ?" (arguably Fe) and wrote him a small note. I don't recall exactly (could look it up. my father has a copy.) but it was again something that stressed the importance of art (see point 1).
I rest my case. Bring it on.
I've changed my mind after reading this article on similarities between INTPs & INFJs.
INFJ vs INTP | Psyphics
Seems like Einstein was an INTP after all.
-------
Einstein was not the typical INTP people make him out to be. Let alone quintessential. Anything but quintessential in fact.
1. He was remarkably idealistic + poetic + passionate + dreamy for an INTP :
To give just a few examples of thousands :
Oh, how I wish that somewhere
there existed an island
for those who are wise
and of goodwill! . .
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
2. He did not put that much value on cold logic :
Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.â€
3. He used plenty of very well developed Fe, which proves nothing except that this undeniably happens to be the inferior function of an INTP :
He used the royal "we" all the time for instance.
Another (arguably) example of Fe :
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
4. He showed signs of inferior Se :
In the tv-series "Genius" there's a scene at episode 1 where he visits the doctor and keeps insisting there's something physically wrong with him, coining eczema. The scene obviously serves to point out the obsessive side about his physical wellbeing. Hypochondria is typical for inferior Se or Ni-Dom if you will (INTJ/INFJ).
5. He (almost exclusively!) spoke in metaphors :
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.
Sure, there are many examples that demonstrate Ti in Einstein. But his Ti wasn't necessarily his dominant function. I'm fairly certain that his dominant function was Ni.
This infamous quote comes to mind : The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
And no, he did not mean Ne, but Ni.
His function stack was Ni-Fe-Ti-Se : He was imho very likely an INFJ (his insatiable lust for knowledge/mystery/discovery/science stems from his desire to serve humanity) , and he was definitely NOT an archetypical INTP.
on a sidenote : My own great grandfather taught Einstein's daughter Margot sculpturing. Einstein came over to dinner once with his daughter. At the end of the evening he asked my great grandfather's 18 yr old son "do you want a souvenir ?" (arguably Fe) and wrote him a small note. I don't recall exactly (could look it up. my father has a copy.) but it was again something that stressed the importance of art (see point 1).
I rest my case. Bring it on.
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INTP to the bone.
Can you blame me ? 
Inferior Fe anyone ?
