'If you're interested in people's thoughts, then you're interested in the person, because the person=the thoughts. Descartes I think therefore I am is applicable here. Even when digging through...|||Everyone's actually weird, normal is a fallacy anyway. I think what makes others interpret something as crazy is lack of context. If one could look into another mind and see all the chains of...|||I have a whole face-washing and mouth-cleaning routine before bed. I usually read before going to sleep, but I can't sleep if a book is out in the open, even worse if it's on my bed. As such, books...|||According to some researchers in Cambridge, personality influences your music taste. Link here: Music taste linked to personality traits by Cambridge psychologists | The Independent  A few years...|||My scores are:  Liberty 75% Care 72.2% Fairness 36.1% Authority 19.4% Purity 19.4% Loyalty 8.3%  Your strongest moral foundation is Liberty.|||The second bite of a falafel wrap. The first bite doesn't have enough filling, but the second has a perfect balance of vegetable, pickle, and sauce.   When a project gets finished faster than...|||No, this was at an age before school. I didn't really have male relatives around to disprove this theory.|||When I was really young, I used to think everyone in the world was female except for my dad.|||Great idea.   Depending on your lifestyle situation, you could just close the door to your bedroom. If you don't have your own bedroom, sometimes I hang out on the floor of my bathroom (I keep it...|||https://www.couchsurfing.com/places/north-america/united-states/los-angeles Maybe this website?|||How much stuff do you have? You said you had pets, so are you good with animals? My strategy for income and avoiding lack of shelter is to pet-sit or house-sit for anyone in the vicinity. This could...|||Question: What's your favourite spice?  Welcome to PerC. :proud:|||642985 How come no one's mentioned gravy?|||I don't think mine is very stereotypical for INTP, but I do like to be prepared:  -Microfibre cloths -Tissues -Pencils and pens -Gum -Floss -A few toothbrushes -Mouthwash -Ibuprofen|||INTP's tend to be honest (if not it's usually because truth is fluid and changes when presented with more information).  I don't think he'd necessarily say those things and regret it, but maybe wish...|||Preferably with no pain, and not too drawn out.   Drugged sounds pretty good, or hypothermia, or both. After the initial burning of the skin, you're supposed to go numb. It sounds peaceful, and...|||55- robot. I disagree with the criteria for this evaluation. :rolleyes:|||I. How can one be normal?   Normal people truly do not exist, and normalcy is just a social construct. Though the main idea of what is normal may be fairly well-known within a culture, not...|||1. Blood transfusion. Save the patient or respect the families religious beliefs and effectively let her die? Save the patient. Don't tell the family what's been done. If they find out, I could...|||Hello! If you can, it would probably be beneficial to see a real therapist, but here are my thoughts anyway:  Childhood events can create a lasting impression on a person that often persist...|||Any black tea with a splash of milk. Especially Irish Breakfast Tea, or Canadian Breakfast Tea if I can find it, sometimes I swear I can taste some maple...|||It would help if perhaps you described why you want to know these things. Is there someone you are trying to type, or are you trying to type yourself?   It's difficult to type someone without a set...|||Okay, I'm going to answer your question with experience and my current understanding of personality typing from the cognitive function standpoint. (Ti can be useful for personality typing by the way,...|||Te (Extroverted Thinking) (45%)  your valuation of / adherence to logic of external systems / hierarchies / methods  Ti (Introverted Thinking) (100%)  your valuation of / adherence to your own...|||Mibble  I tend to like silly or dark humour, so some of my favourites are Family Guy, Archer (unrelated to my username), Dinner for Schmucks (this was so goofy but still hilarious), the IT crowd,...|||Mibble If you have Netflix (or know someone who does), may I suggest watching John Mulaney The Comeback Kid, I just finished it today and you might like it. I often watch animated ones too.|||Mibble What's your favourite comedy as of late?|||That's hilarious!|||Well this was interesting... I'll bold what I find true as well... Personality Match Like Vladimir Putin, you always keep your cool, even under circumstances that would cause others to break out a...|||Strategically... Off to one side with easy access to the door, and close enough up front that I can see and hear the instructor without shifting around.|||Welcome! I'm no expert but I think I have a pretty good grasp of the cognitive functions so I'll try to help. Typing via the dichotomies of MBTI, (like E vs I and T vs F) can give a very different...|||I think data as a spirit animal is referring to the character 'Data' on Star Trek.  He was an android.  It fits INTP stereotypes pretty well.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYoXonws4I|||Hello krumkake!  Perhaps that could be suitable nickname? I like your avatar, very appealing.  Welcome to the forum! I was a bit uncertain about my type when I first joined and a helpful person on...|||From my initial observations you seem like a potential IxTJ, but it'd be great if you could fill out a typing questionnaire to make it easier for others to type you.  However, you ultimately know...|||I cant play the piano Makes me think you were forced into piano lessons and failed terribly.  Or, your lifelong ambition is to master that instrument, but you aren't optimistic about it.|||An intuitive is around sensors when... you accidentally end up teaching someone about one/several of your recent ideas/theories, they get it after a few re-wordings, and then they point out a...|||My ISFJ mum does this to me and others on occasion.  She is not narcissistic or sociopathic in the least.  When she tries to say what me or another NT is feeling, she is almost always wrong, but for...|||What are the things that you take very seriously ? (That you aren't joking about, important for you) Like Fumetsu said, I take assigned tasks seriously, if I'm going to bother to do something, I'm...|||This is a fascinating thread, I'm really enjoying reading everyone's unique responses.  For me, I think of my mind as an office.  Not just any office, but a constantly running sort of information...|||Good one! I think that thread explains it well.|||Perhaps the combination of Fe and Si can cause emotions to recirculate longer than in other types. I am very close to an ISFJ, and she can be so cheerful and goofy and helpful, but she has always...|||MBTI only improved people for me.  In reading about the different cognitive functions and types, I find it easier to assess others strengths and weaknesses so that I can communicate and work with...|||That's nice. It's good to hear a success story for once.|||Yeah, I'm not sure about the accuracy of these things.  I was more like the INTJ description: The one who gets straight Ax92s and it seems like they donx92t even have to try. They probably are forced...|||I love learning languages, I'm on my fourth language studied formally (Italian).   Mastering multiple languages is very different from learning them though, officially I can only 'speak' two...|||I used to think Sherlock was an INTJ, because of his long-term planning and what appeared to be an abundance of Te, among other reasons, but after thorough analysis, I agree with the OP saying he's...|||I hardly ever even use a recipe anymore, since I cook for myself the majority of the time and I know what flavours I like.  Usually, I load up on visual ideas on a website like pinterest, or I...|||Agnostic pantheist/pagan.   Fairly accurate, I didn't even know this was a thing before now since I have never really delved into religious research, but now I actually know what to say when asked...|||Green shake and a croissant with jam...and of course, a cuppa.|||When stressed or depressed, people tend to act unlike their type.   There are many different theories to explain this such as shadow type (temporarily seeming like the opposite of your type), and...'