[NT] Why are we (INTJ/INTP) so rare?

[Haphazard]

I vaguely recall seeing a population distribution of MBTI in Australia or somewhere that had INTJs as like 10% of the population.

I don't know what to make of that vague memory. It seemed like a legit stat.

I suppose it naturally follows that most of the current Australian's predecessors were criminals...

 

[BlackOp]

I suppose it naturally follows that most of the current Australian's predecessors were criminals...

Are you a criminal if you never get caught...."the best thieves arent in prison".

 

[Kasper]

I vaguely recall seeing a population distribution of MBTI in Australia or somewhere that had INTJs as like 10% of the population.

I don't know what to make of that vague memory. It seemed like a legit stat.

Whoa, well where the eff are they? I mean if there was a considerable amount wouldn't we be better represented in an environment like this... or are we?

Where's me Aussie INTJs at? :hi:

I suppose it naturally follows that most of the current Australian's predecessors were criminals...

*Ignores taunt* I don't see how 'INTJ' or 'convict' is genetic :rolli:

 

[Aerithria]

I suspect there's a lot more of us than we realize, it's just that we're well spread out. I have a feeling that ESxx types wouldn't mind spending a lot of time with people who function similarily, whereas if you stuck a bunch of INTx people in the same room we'd get bored of the redundancy. However, I doubt that natural selection is sophisticated enough to spread us out like that, so I'm just going to fall back on the whole 'God hates us' argument and be done with it.

 

[Haphazard]

*Ignores taunt* I don't see how 'INTJ' or 'convict' is genetic :rolli:

Hum. The OP seems to think that a lot of things are genetic, so it was more a taunt at him than at anyone else...

And God doesn't hate us... God just has skewed priorities.

 

[Kasper]

Ya, I'm not too sure about the concept of setting up an INT breeding program to spawn little INTlets

 

[Owl]

This is a slight derail, but I recently read a Newsweek article about men who regularly sold their semen in the early days of artificial insemination. Some of these guys have dozens of children they don't know and can't find. In terms of evolutionary biology, this is better than winning the lottery... twice. If genetic dissemination were like target shooting, then selling sperm would be akin to using a shotgun.

edit: oh, and I bet these guys were NTs. Just a guess.

 

[Ilah]

On heredity.

Neither of my parents were INTJ or INTP. Do most of you have at least one parent of your type?

 

[colmena]

I wonder if the unconscious/evolutionary drive of INTs is to create and propagate more of them?

 

[Kasper]

On heredity.

Neither of my parents were INTJ or INTP. Do most of you have at least one parent of your type?

Not me, the closest in my family is an ENFJ brother, parents are both sensors.

 

[Lexlike]

On heredity.

Neither of my parents were INTJ or INTP. Do most of you have at least one parent of your type?

I have many ISFx types on the mother family side (she is isfj) and my father seems to be EXTP, but his father seemed to be a INTx, was a great geometrician, but a lousy father etc.- never was succesfull in his job or studies...

 

[INA]

On heredity.

Neither of my parents were INTJ or INTP. Do most of you have at least one parent of your type?

Not even close.

 

[Maabus1999]

Enjoy being rare I say.

 

[Gabe]

Answer:

because INTJs/INTPs (gasp!) aren't actually so rare?

Funny how some people can score off the charts on "questioning" but they never question this idea of type rarity.

 

[Haphazard]

Answer:

because INTJs/INTPs (gasp!) aren't actually so rare?

Funny how some people can score off the charts on "questioning" but they never question this idea of type rarity.

Fun fact: INTx types only appear rare because they spend most of their time shut in and never actually see each other.

 

[sassafrassquatch]

Fun fact: INTx types only appear rare because they spend most of their time shut in and never actually see each other.

THIS.

 

[Wolf]

On heredity.

Neither of my parents were INTJ or INTP. Do most of you have at least one parent of your type?

Same here.

But my grandfathers were both almost certainly INTX (INTJ and INTP), and both rather successful in their own ways (including financially). Their children did not fare as well, though - one in five were relatively-successful, one-in-ten was some kind of NT. There was no pattern or association there, though (the INTJ had an INTP son).

Interestingly, quite a few of their grandchildren are NTs and NFs.

 

[Usehername]

I vaguely recall seeing a population distribution of MBTI in Australia or somewhere that had INTJs as like 10% of the population.

Answer:

because INTJs/INTPs (gasp!) aren't actually so rare?

Funny how some people can score off the charts on "questioning" but they never question this idea of type rarity.

1/16th < 10% = not rare questioning.

 

[Enyo]

For an old-time joke-they just have trouble getting laid. They are not ornstar:
Personality is somewhat hereditary in nature..

Heh. I'd never had a problem with getting laid. Men wanting to sleep with me was easy to attain. (Having boobs probably helped with that.)

Men being able to put up with me for more than six months? Now *that* was a bit harder to find.

 

[Jack Flak]

Heh. I'd never had a problem with getting laid. Men wanting to sleep with me was easy to attain. (Having boobs probably helped with that.)

All females have that covered if they're acceptable looking. All they have to do is stand in a public place and wait.