'I once tried an onion sandwich--just bread and sliced onion--under the assumption that it was something people actually eat, rather than something the creators of the Onion did because they had no...|||I've recently been writing a blog (link here) about topics related to future studies--for example, the singularity, though I will probably argue against this at some point--though, more broadly it is...|||This chart is actually useless, because they don't teach people how to actually do statistics-- this annoys me to no end. This chart provides average salaries but not the standard deviation! There's...|||I always feel the need to clarify this when people start talking about phobias. Actual phobias cause severe anxiety. Here is a personal example-- I suffered from acrophobia when I was younger. I...|||Everyone would always be arguing-- however, most people would just take weird positions to see where things went, so there wouldn't really be much enmity. Also, not much would get done, but there...|||I think one of the reasons that people say that art is subjective, is because art can't be given a definition that creates a strict wall between art and non-art. Part of this may be the modern...|||I consider myself mostly amoral, but I'm still mostly opposed to the use of violence. More for the second reason-- there are usually more beneficial (for both parties) methods to resolving conflicts...|||If we're not limited to the three traditional starters, I'd go for Abra-- hard to train, but very worth it.  In game, I'd go for Bulbasaur, because the first two gyms are weak to grass-types, but...|||I think there is more to it than that. To be a philosopher, like being a scientist, means contributing to an academic discipline. A degree is just proof that you've completed a given university's...|||Personally, I don't think type has much to do with it-- all academic fields require one thing: effort. In science, you need to do experimentation, and a lot of it. In philosophy, you have to do a lot...|||I'm not sure I'd want to be any anime character-- most of them have really tragic back stories.  That being said, I'm going to go with Izaya Orihara.|||Steven Pinker wrote:    The thing is, that the concept of a singularity implies that our collective creative abilities don't have some kind of carrying capacity. Only so many humans can exist in...|||A friend once made an interesting statement: If you think about it, everything that has happened up until now is necessary. Would the same conditions have existed that contributed to your...|||Why don't we put this into practice? Actually put some teams together and play kriegspiel. Personally, my money would be on INTP/ENTJ.|||The brain is no longer believed to be an immutable organ that just stops changing after a certain point. In my opinion, this type of therapy is a really good idea, given how over-medicated we are.|||If that's the case, this way of collecting data has some methodological issues (e.g. maybe there's something about Aries that makes them more likely to self-report). At the same time, everyone talks...|||I think people are too quick to equate introversion with social anxiety-- there are probably quite a few social INTPs out there.|||I once told a friend that MBTI is the thinking person's horoscope. MBTI is less mystic about itself, but conformity to the standards of a particular type is found in both.  On that note, I came...|||I enjoy meeting with friends for various reasons-- even in moderately sized groups. However, too much of it starts to put me in a bad mood. I'd say about 25% of my time is spent in a social...|||This would actually make an interesting longitudinal study. My hypothesis would be that INTPs acquire most of their characteristics as they grow up-- particularly in adolescence.|||Your dominant function is Te, which suggests ExTJ. Now, your tied between Ni and Si, so it seems a bit difficult to guess between ENTJ or ESTJ. However, in this case you also seem to prefer Ne to Se,...|||I'm kind of surprised the article didn't mention the Jefferson bible. How interesting you might think it is, is up to you. But, Jefferson took a copy of his Bible, and cut out (literally) all of the...|||Might I draw your attention to this; it's a book by Isaac ben Abraham entitled Faith Strengthened. Though it's quite old, it provides a fairly compelling (biblical) argument against the idea that the...|||One way of looking at it is that at one point, Christians were a small minority-- but they were still right, despite the great plurality of people who disagreed with them.  On a more...|||2.5 billion people can be wrong. 2.5 billion people are be wrong-- as a matter of fact, 7 billion people are wrong, in some sense. From our limited perspective, we only have a limited understanding...|||I've heard various descriptions like this before-- however, this sounds exactly like thinking with ones emotions. That is, you say it's something that is felt, that can't be explained. I find this...|||Technically, you're not supposed to cite encyclopedias in academic papers. It's not so much the validity of the article, but the fact that you should be using primary (e.g. historical documents) or...|||You sound a bit like an ENFJ. I'm not the best at this, but it seems like you use Fe which puts you in ExFJ territory (or possible IxFJ).|||I think these things are associated with childhood, only because adults take themselves too seriously. Picasso said: Every child is born an artist, the problem is to remain one once they grow up....|||A better question would be when did I start. Jokes aside, I've never been particularly childlike. However, I stopped acting anything like a kid when I was around 12, after moving to a new city. At...|||ESFJ-- it's the reverse of my current type, and I think it would be interesting to make such a drastic change.|||I suppose this is worth a try; mine is jayhill84.|||I wouldn't limit things to maturity in Fe-- you will become more mature in every respect. One tends to get better at making all kinds of decisions. In my case at least, I tend to look back on myself...|||Same. Getting angry is usually counterproductive; it's better to just keep a level head, and hope that they take the hint.|||What about the way we inspire creativity? Creative activities are those that bring about something new, and it seems that the only reason we do so is out of some internal desire to just do something...|||I would try to create something that would deinstitutionalize education-- there are some necessary aspects of schools that need to be kept, but a lot that need to be discarded. First (and foremost)...|||So, I've looked around for other opinions on Gandalf's type, but I'm still unconvinced. So, I want to see what others type Gandalf as, but I also want to know the reasons why you give that type. In...|||Given that he's essentially an animated version of Robin Williams (who is also ENFP), that seems about right.|||Technically, this doesn't answer the question, as you've left it ambiguous-- one could be an agnostic atheist or an agnostic theist.  To answer the actual question, I consider myself a non-atheist.|||Because then there would only be one book, and J.K. Rowling wouldn't have made billions of dollars.|||Sounds like someone is trying to curry favor... and doing quite a good job at it.|||I feel that this is a huge problem for wizards-- in fact if you think about it, the wizarding society is pretty much on the verge of ruin. First of all, they have no exposure to modern academics. I'm...|||People have private aspects of their lives and public aspects of their lives. Discussing how a person acts in public isn't gossip, because they are sharing that information with others. Plus, you...|||I think of gossip as talking about a person's private business, that you are not involved in yourself. There are some aspects of a person's life that are more public. So for example, saying something...|||I'm interested in hearing others' opinion of gossip. Do you think gossip is ever a worthwhile activity? And what is your opinion of gossipers? Do you yourself engage in gossip?|||What's wrong with trying to think critically about something that is a very important part of life? Some people never ask this question-- are they bright and perceptive for not doing so?    As...|||There is a page at Oddly Developed Types (sorry can't provide a link yet...) that explains about how type dynamics may not be the best way to go about MBTI-- for my part, I think that one can still...|||It is also possible that, if you are INTP, you just don't have a strong preference for P over J (likewise for INTJ)-- I find, in myself at least, that because I don't have such a strong preference (P...|||In general, I'm interested in anything people can have an opinion on: philosophy (itself a broad category), literature, etc. But also sciences, mathematics, and languages-- also, I like learning...|||Hello everyone-- obviously I'm new here (as I'm posting here) and am an averred INTP (per the topic). A few years ago, I discovered MBTI and other psychometrics, and thought the idea was pretty...'