OK, so this is my first real post on the boards, so be as gentle as NTs can be. I have been typed out as an INTP, so I just wanted to toss out my own personal experience: I think most everybody is right. Like another person said earlier, one of the traits NPs tend to carry is the ability to balance a paradoxical position in their head without, y'know, EXPLODING. I can simultaneously feel like:
-A natural aristocrat. I get the sensation, sometimes warranted, of being a cut above everyone in the room intellectually and spiritually.
- A deeply flawed being. I can see quite clearly the darkside and downside of my character, the places where I am NOT as competent or strong as others; indeed, I often remind myself that, as great as I may be, someone out there is better in some way.
- An iceberg. Is there a chill in here? Oh wait, it's just me.
- A roiling sea of emotion. Again, the introspective analysis comes in and I realize that I'm no more immune to passionate feelings that anyone else. No one is ever a special case.
- A cynic. Snark? Snark? We're all stocked up here! People are people, both good and bad, so Utopia is a pointless endeavour.
- An idealist. Yet, somehow, perfection isn't the point. Humanity has been growing into itself over thousands of years, and there's reason to hope that we'll continue to do so.
- A misanthrope. Everybody always wants to drive into my personal space and park there for hours! Go. The. H***. Away!
- A people person. The human animal is the single most complex, fascinating creature on this planet, and I can't get enough of learning more about them! How can I not love a mystery that consistently, and often consciously, reinvents itself each day? And sometimes they want me to help!
I'm sure there are a lot more contradictions, but I do feel like I could fall in every category mentioned depending on the day I've been having. Pretty much like everyone else, I suppose.