JivinJeffJones
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How about Ralph Wiggum and Millhouse? ENFP and INFP, respectively.
I dunno why people think Millhouse is an INFP.
How about Ralph Wiggum and Millhouse? ENFP and INFP, respectively.
What I and my few NF friends run into is not so much that we lack intelligence, but we think weird. Things that are really obvious to us seem profound and deep to many people, but things that are obvious to most people can take us a very long time to figure out and in the meantime, we are stepping off a cliff over and over.
You nailed it for me. I was just about to post something to this effect, but you said it much better. I often feel stupid because it takes me years to figure out things that other people seem to discover at age 7.
You nailed it for me. I was just about to post something to this effect, but you said it much better. I often feel stupid because it takes me years to figure out things that other people seem to discover at age 7.
Now it's been brought up... why are so many threads about intelligence? Does that say something about Western culture, or something else? There aren't many threads about what affects and predicts happiness or morality, but lots about issues surrounding cognition. I don't mind, I'm interested in that too, I'm just curious.
Probably truth in that, but then why is the same thing not seen around Introversion? Both I and N are often seen as predicting intelligence, introversion even outside of MBTI theory, and Introverts and Ns are both seen as more often alienated by society, introverts probably more so. There's an Introvert majority here by far. Yet most of the discussion about intelligence focuses on N. So I think there must be more to it. Would an ISxx dominated board focus on intelligence in the same way? If it's just about stereotypes and numbers, you'd expect so. I don't know if that would be the case or not but I suspect not because here N is brought up more than I, even though there are more Sensors than Extraverts (I think...)It's a cornerstone of Ns, unfortunately. The most common stereotype is that N = smart. With a dominance of Ns on the board, the tendency is to grab these kinds of topics.
(You can even chart how much IQ is talked about before and after I eventually posted the backing of the N= smart bit. Everyone is biased and it's the only reason why that topic comes up so often.)
You'd likely see a similar effect if there was a dominance of Js (ie: work ability) or something similar that has a very defined advantage.
You nailed it for me. I was just about to post something to this effect, but you said it much better. I often feel stupid because it takes me years to figure out things that other people seem to discover at age 7.
If she didn't notice the arrow on the ticket in all that time, I would think she is an N.My room mate recently tested as INFJ but I suspect she's more ISFJ. She doesn't seem to have common sense, if were basing intelligent on common sense. Then she's a moron. Then again I thin after the tenth time of trying you should be able to use the pass to get on the train (she couldn't insert the right way, she had every way but the correct way.) I finally pointed out that arrows actaully mean something. Then she told me how she got on the train going to wrong way and ended up in the suburbs, I mean it takes about an hour any line to get to the suburbs, and they announce it every stop this is a "northbound redline train to howard"
Also very into fashion, and tends to believe what other's tell her. Hell she wears heels to walk around chicago then complains how her feet hurt. And when you're like then don't wear heels, she's like well then I won't look good and everyone will notice. I'm like no one will care. Or very few people.
Or maybe I'm mis typed as an ISFP if so disregard this post.
My room mate recently tested as INFJ but I suspect she's more ISFJ. She doesn't seem to have common sense, if were basing intelligent on common sense. Then she's a moron. Then again I thin after the tenth time of trying you should be able to use the pass to get on the train (she couldn't insert the right way, she had every way but the correct way.) I finally pointed out that arrows actaully mean something. Then she told me how she got on the train going to wrong way and ended up in the suburbs, I mean it takes about an hour any line to get to the suburbs, and they announce it every stop this is a "northbound redline train to howard"
Also very into fashion, and tends to believe what other's tell her. Hell she wears heels to walk around chicago then complains how her feet hurt. And when you're like then don't wear heels, she's like well then I won't look good and everyone will notice. I'm like no one will care. Or very few people.
Or maybe I'm mis typed as an ISFP if so disregard this post.