When faced with an academic or intellectual task, why is it so common to shrug off the prospect as "pretentious?" Don't you enjoy working with knowledge, information, and speculation?
Do you believe there might be certain types that are more likely to dismiss a topic as "pretentious" than others? I've seen this mindset from mostly Se-Ti types, especially ESTPs; Ti-types I've noted to be most critical of experimental ideas where the immediate purpose is not practical or apparent, while Se-types have tended to dislike hypothesis and speculation in the place of decisive, productive action.
Oddly, I've known ESFPs to be relatively open to experimental or novel exploits that sometimes overlap with the "Academic" realm, possibly as a result of Fi putting faith in any prospect that claims to take itself seriously, and dispite the apparent lack of a desire for "mental masturbation" usually associated with Ne.
ISTPs I haven't known to be as guilty of this as the ESTPs; I've seen ISTPs involved in hobbies involving high-level thinking, and I have seen them dabble in much more obscure areas, bringing great amounts of background knowledge and technical expertise to the table.
It doesn't have to be type-related for the purpose of this thread, and I'm not in any way claiming to be some sort of "intellectual" here, but I'm curious as to what you think.
Do you believe there might be certain types that are more likely to dismiss a topic as "pretentious" than others? I've seen this mindset from mostly Se-Ti types, especially ESTPs; Ti-types I've noted to be most critical of experimental ideas where the immediate purpose is not practical or apparent, while Se-types have tended to dislike hypothesis and speculation in the place of decisive, productive action.
Oddly, I've known ESFPs to be relatively open to experimental or novel exploits that sometimes overlap with the "Academic" realm, possibly as a result of Fi putting faith in any prospect that claims to take itself seriously, and dispite the apparent lack of a desire for "mental masturbation" usually associated with Ne.
ISTPs I haven't known to be as guilty of this as the ESTPs; I've seen ISTPs involved in hobbies involving high-level thinking, and I have seen them dabble in much more obscure areas, bringing great amounts of background knowledge and technical expertise to the table.
It doesn't have to be type-related for the purpose of this thread, and I'm not in any way claiming to be some sort of "intellectual" here, but I'm curious as to what you think.