'I went to a highly regarded Catholic high school with a lot of snobby rich kids. 70% white in a neighborhood that was only 40% white.   Very big sports school, lots of school spirit, lots of...|||Honestly, I might be a little bit on the spectrum, but really, I chalk it up to INTP quirkiness. :)|||Hated high school so much, I dropped out/tested out and got into college early.   I was a loner in high school. My grades were ok, but I didn't really apply myself.|||I have an original thought...  Personality type and disorders have little to do with each other!|||Chancellor Palpatine wouldn't have existed (wait a sec...)|||Yes, absolutely.|||INTJs are scary to this INTP..I wouldn't want to piss an INTJ off.|||Wow, you're smart.  How do you know these things?  Your problem is you think too much.|||Meh...having some anxiety around the opposite sex isn't that weird IMO. A lot of people get nervous/uncomfortable in those situations.  We INTPs have a wicked sense of humor, just break the ice...|||Sometimes, I can act ENTP (Ne-Ti) for a bit. But this isn't very often...  Any of you have this experience ever?|||No, I think I wasn't clear. Philosophy is the 'love of wisdom and the practice of that. Those personal opinions that those great minds had were not philosophical in of themselves.  People who say,...|||Not you specifically, although I find it curious that you disparage Philosophy when many of the greatest Scientists were Philosophers as well (and Mathematicians too).  These things do not exist in...|||This thread really reveals the arrogance of guys (and yes, they are mostly guys) who see  hard science as being the only way to know anything.|||I ask this question, because I and many other INTPs seem to have a lack of confidence when it comes to dealing with the outside world.  Perhaps this is because our extroverted function is a...|||Well, my favorite comedians are (or were) George Carlin and Bill Hicks....|||That's actually closer to what I meant, reading/learning. :P|||Whatever you do, make sure there's a lot of research involved.|||I laugh at the notion that one type is necessarily a 'better lover than another.|||So I've been trying to guess my older brother's personality type. I'm pretty certain he's either an ESTP or an ESFP (Se Dominant).  Here are some traits of his:  -Charming -Outgoing -Practical...|||INTPs are fashion conscious?      Har dee har harr.|||Fair enough, it was just in my own words.|||When I realized that my personality is unique to me, just as it is with everybody else.|||A person whose temperament is driven by analyzing, synthesizing, and judging abstract ideas and details observed in the outside world. Less-developed in terms of  inner feelings and external sense...|||Much of the United States of America counts as a world without INTPs.  I mean, in many areas that might as well not exist.|||Here are some that I never want to hear again.  You are over-thinking the situation.  You seem cold and distant.  How do you know all those things? I don't understand.   Any more you...|||INTP's don't do, they think.|||Ne can be extremely useful in social situations, and it can pleasantly surprise people. Underneath the cold aloofness of the INTP is one of the most interesting and fascinating personalities....|||Withdrawing into isolation is, by definition, lonely. What are some techniques that you use to get outside of yourself?   I think being involved in a club at school, a neighborhood group, joining a...|||Amen. Something everybody-not just us INTPs-need to ALWAYS keep in mind, for our own sake. :D|||I have a small handful of close friends and a somewhat larger circle of acquaintances.  I think most people are like that, to one extent or another.|||I don't think that's necessarily a bad habit. Just be wary of the context of the situation.   If it's over a long dinner period, that's a better shot of having a deep conversation than if it's a...|||Find people who share your interests.   INTPs may be introverts, but we can act like the most obnoxiously social extraverts if there's a topic that arouses our intellectual sense of fascination.|||Ask about what THEY'RE interested in. Most people are interested in SOMETHING, and people generally like to talk about themselves.  If this doesn't work, they weren't worth your time anyway.|||Agreed with the OP entirely.  Congrats, you're smart. Now, get back to work.|||I live in an area (SF Bay Area in California) which I suspect has more N types than most areas.   That being said, yes to the OP's question.|||I know it sounds trite, but it's true...positive thoughts really help.   It's one thing to have a bad situation, but instead of saying, Why did this happen to me? and beating yourself up over...|||Funny, smart, confident, respectful, positive in their outlook.|||I'm somewhat religious, but in a very skeptical way, if that makes sense. I'm constantly questioning faith and have a lot of internal conflicts between faith and reason. I guess you can say, I...|||My favorite number is over 9000|||I'm fairly stubborn about personal values, but I'm not really outspoken about them per se.|||The only conclusion I can draw from this thread:  it must suck to have SJ parents.|||I get giddy and do a little dance.|||I know our type is fairly uncommon among the general population, but it is more common for males than it is for females.  Does this have to do with gender roles and socialization? It seems to me...|||I meant ISTPs for one of those INTJs. Whoops.|||I'm a middle child myself.|||I was invisible during high school. Not bullied, mind you. Invisible. I really didn't talk much to people, though I wasn't exactly in a good state of mind at that time. But it made me really...|||Are we, the esteemed INTPs, the geekiest type? Or is it the INTJs , ISTJs, or INTJs?   My definition of geeky: Someone who obsesses over some sort of specialized knowledge, has any degree of social...|||Books, writing, talked to that one person who kinda understood you.|||High school? That place with 2000 people thrown together who have little in common with each other, other than living in the same general area and being the same age? That place where everything is a...|||That's one of the most common observations people who really know me  make about me-You think too much.  It helps to do something to take your mind off your depression.'