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I know there have been some of these before, but please, I'm fairly new here. Myers-Briggs personality types? If a poll had 16 options, I'd use that.

I myself am an INTJ, which corresponds to Mastermind Rational on the Kiersey thing.

How're we supposed to know?

INTP. x

How're we supposed to know?

Well, by taking the test, of course. Most cost money, but my teacher back in undergrad managed to find one that is free. I don't recall the website, sadly. But I do remember my results. If you find the link, I might take it again just in case its changed, but it probably hasn't.

Here's one:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

ISTJ, after I took this test (http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp)

Results confirmed, still an INTJ.

INTJ. Also, given that there are only 8 variables, you can employ a poll with 10 options using multiple selection.

INFP.

Have been every time I take the test.

See, I'd do that, but that would involve doing work, and simply I think its easier if you just post the answer. But thank you anyway for suggesting a solution to my problem. And we share temperaments. :D

I got INTJ, though I prefer this test (http://similarminds.com/embj.html), as it has degrees to which you agree or disagree with a statement, rather than just a yes or a no.

Your type is: ISTP


ISTP - "Engineer". Values freedom of action and following interests and impulses. Independent, concise in speech, master of tools. 5.4% of total population.

INTJ.

In other words, all of the positives and none of the negatives.

I got INTJ, though I prefer this test (http://similarminds.com/embj.html), as it has degrees to which you agree or disagree with a statement, rather than just a yes or a no.

I don't much like some of the questions on that test. Since when is being "realistic" and "conceptual" mutually exclusive? Or "practical" and "abstract"? The abstract is practical.

INTJ. Also, given that there are only 8 variables, you can employ a poll with 10 options using multiple selection.

Wow.

Your math skills are utterly horrendous.

There are four positions, with two possibilities in either position. Therefore, there are 2^4=16 possible combinations.

Wow.

Your math skills are utterly horrendous.

There are four positions, with two possibilities in either position. Therefore, there are 2^4=16 possible combinations.

Yes, and those 16 possibilities can be easily represented on a multiple-choice poll in which the user can select one of the two variables provided for each sub-group. Doing so would only required 8 poll choices, so a 10-choice poll can easily accommodate this.

Oh, and think before you speak next time.

Wow.

Your math skills are utterly horrendous.

There are four positions, with two possibilities in either position. Therefore, there are 2^4=16 possible combinations.
Perhaps we can have a poll like this:
Option 1: I
Option 2: E
Option 3: S
Option 4: N
Option 5: F
Option 6: T
Option 7: P
Option 8: J
but allowing multiple answers to be selected...

INFJ. Counselor Idealist.

Yes, and those 16 possibilities can be easily represented on a multiple-choice poll in which the user can select one of the two variables provided for each sub-group. Doing so would only required 8 poll choices, so a 10-choice poll can easily accommodate this.

That is not what you said in your original post.

The wording of your original post clearly indicated a complete absence of mathematical faculty.


Oh, and think before you speak next time.

How dare you tell your betters what to do, you snot-nosed little punk! Learn your place!

That is not what you said in your original post.

The wording of your original post clearly indicated a complete absence of mathematical faculty.

I will disregard your self-embarrassing ad hominem attack and focus on the above statement. Let us consider my original post, replicated below in its entirety:

"INTJ. Also, given that there are only 8 variables, you can employ a poll with 10 options using multiple selection."

One who has adequate reading comprehension skills should be easily able to decipher its meaning. First, I stated that there are only 8 variables. This is factually true; furthermore, each of these variables have only one of two boolean states. From that, I concluded that it is possible to represent the data with the tools we are given (namely, a 10-option poll) using multiple selection. This is also factually true. Don't worry though -- I am used to people leveling unwarranted accusations against me, and thus do not blame you for your narrow-mindedness.

Have to agree with F&G on this one, that's how I understood it earlier, hence my post...

...but guys, quit fighting. :(

Your Type is:
INTP
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving
89 25 1 44

Aka The Architect (http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=5&c=architect), which puts me among such peers as Einstein and Darwin. Not bad :D. Although it looks like "thinking" was right on the balance point, so I was almost INFP, a Healer (http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=3&c=healer).

After taking dozens of different tests, I always get the same base result though different strengths of preferences:


Your Type is
ENTP
Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving

89 100 88 44

http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=5&c=inventor

I'm an "inventor", but more interested on social systems(AKA politics) than technical stuff.

PS: It's said that INTP is the typical profile of the geek stereotype, while INTJ(Bill Gates) come close and ENTP is a little farther because extroversion goes away from the typical caricature image of a geek.

Yes, and those 16 possibilities can be easily represented on a multiple-choice poll in which the user can select one of the two variables provided for each sub-group. Doing so would only required 8 poll choices, so a 10-choice poll can easily accommodate this.

That wouldn't work very well at all as it wouldn't account for small differences between people within the same personality type. Only through asking many questions for each axis can you "even out" those differences and get a clear picture.

I am INTJ according to www.similarminds.com (http://www.similarminds.com), but that's a free internet quiz. I'm not sure what I am in a "real" one, probably something similar.

INFP- What a surprise... just what I got last time,and the time before. Also sounds about right in the description...

""Questor". High capacity for caring. Emotional face to the world. High sense of honour derived from internal values. 4.4% of total population."

Oh, also healer (http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=3&c=healer)
Sweet, Di and Orwell!

I got INFJ, but it was pretty close between F and T.

I'm one of those crazy people who absolutely fails this test by being something different every time...
From INTJ to ESFP.
I'm just confused.

ENTJ

look it up, yes, that's me, yes, it's all true, yes, people IRL are scared of me.

INTJ.

I art hungry for thine knowledge!

I art hungry for thine knowledge!*rattles brain box for a bit*

...

As the range of a signed two-complement 8-bit integer goes from -128 to +127 and numbers outside that range have to be represented using a larger number of bytes, using the SUB instruction with a value of -128 to perform addition yields smaller code than using ADD with a value of 128, and vice versa, for x86 assembly.

*re-rattles brain box*

...

The GNU C library has a function named memfrob allowing you to frobnicate data.

There's a remarkable proportion of INTJs here given that they're supposed to only make up about 1% of the population. Maybe the NSG forum naturally attracts them, or maybe people just see themselves in an idealised fashion. I'm supposedly one too, but I'm going to do another test or two.

ISTP
I'm not clear on what this means.

INTP, "Rational Architect"
I've taken the test 10 times and always get the same thing.

ENTP, apparently I'm an inventor, hmm.

here's my thread on this from a while back http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=531103

I know there have been some of these before, but please, I'm fairly new here. Myers-Briggs personality types? If a poll had 16 options, I'd use that.

I myself am an INTJ, which corresponds to Mastermind Rational on the Kiersey thing.
I took a few of these tests a long time ago. I'm an INTJ Mastermind Rational as well.

Put 'er there, pal! *Shakes hands with fellow Mastermind Rational; they form Mastermind partnership to take over world; get into argument over what works and doesn't work; mutually destroy world; figure, hm, that didn't work; move to different worlds and never speak to each other again*

:cool:

I'm an INXP. The binary test above pitched me with INTP, but I'll frequently get INFP as well.

The thing is, there's often an assertion that thinking is "Rational" where feeling is "Irrational". My decision making process is entirely rational; it is theoretically possible for someone who knew my feelings and understanding at any given point to mechanically predict what choice I would take. It's just that this rational process factors in both my emotional state of mind and the prior knowledge I posess to arrive at a conclusion. Thus, to me, the choice between "thinking" and "feeling" is irrelevant, because either in isolation of the other is incomplete.

There are four positions, with two possibilities in either position.

You sound like my last girlfriend.

There are way too many INTJ's on here for our own good.

By this count, we have 7 INTJ's here. Good God.

*rattles brain box for a bit*

...

As the range of a signed two-complement 8-bit integer goes from -128 to +127 and numbers outside that range have to be represented using a larger number of bytes, using the SUB instruction with a value of -128 to perform addition yields smaller code than using ADD with a value of 128, and vice versa, for x86 assembly.

*re-rattles brain box*

...

The GNU C library has a function named memfrob allowing you to frobnicate data.

That rattler actually sounds logical. I mean, I wouldn't quite know how to program anything with just that information alone, but I understand what that does. But "frobnicate data"? If I knew what the hell frobnicate means, I'd have no problem understanding the entire post, rather than just most of it. :p

I have a desire to learn C/C++, though I spend more than enough resources teaching myself to play, read, and write music. It's pretty taxing when you do it at such an accelerated rate (I probably should've started three years ago).

ISTP.


According to Myers-Briggs, ISTPs excel at analyzing situations to reach the heart of a problem so that they can swiftly implement a functional repair, making them ideally suited to the field of engineering. Naturally quiet people, they are interested in understanding how systems operate, focusing on efficient operation and structure. They are open to new information and approaches. But contrary to their seemingly detached natures, ISTPs are often capable of humorously insightful observations about the world around them, and can be closet "daredevils" who gravitate toward fast-moving and/or risky hobbies

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISTP_%28personality_type%29 )

The whole "daredevils" but isn't an accurate description of me at all, actually.

But, of course, these tests rely on subjective self-assessment. As such, I wonder whether the results aren't so much what we are but rather what we want to be. For example, has anyone actually answered a statement like "I tend to make decisions based on logic and facts" with "Disagree" or "Inaccurate?"

There's a remarkable proportion of INTJs here given that they're supposed to only make up about 1% of the population. Maybe the NSG forum naturally attracts them, or maybe people just see themselves in an idealised fashion.

Considering these tests are self-assessments, I'd say that's pretty much a given.

ISTP.
For example, has anyone actually answered a statement like "I tend to make decisions based on logic and facts" with "Disagree" or "Inaccurate?"

*raises hand and looks around nervously*

*raises hand and looks around nervously*

I answered (the option that I assumed was equivalent to) "maybe/I don't know." Because I don't.

What I do know is that I want other people to think I'm logical, which is exactly why I cannot answer "agree" or "accurate," as allowing my self-interested narcissism to answer for me would be highly illogical.

I answered (the option that I assumed was equivalent to) "maybe/I don't know." Because I don't.

What I do know is that I want other people to think I'm logical, which is exactly why I cannot answer "agree" or "accurate," as allowing my self-interested narcissism to answer for me would be highly illogical.

I'm just sometimes very illogical.
On those days it's best to ignore me - I don't even know what I mean then.
But then what if you really do make decisions based on logic and know it? Does the test account for people's natural tendency to lie & go all squiffy or does it ignore our pathological lying completely and assume what we say is truth?

Does the test account for people's natural tendency to lie & go all squiffy or does it ignore our pathological lying completely and assume what we say is truth?

It can't assume what we say is truth exactly because what we say may not be truth. Even if it is.

INFP (http://www.personalitypage.com/INFP.html) after taking the test

i used to be ISFP (http://www.personalitypage.com/ISFP.html)



so i'm either an "artist" or an "idealist", which kinda suits me as i'm a bit of both (both creative & very sensory, as well as an idealist and perfectionist with strong personal values and empathy)

My results:
Your Type is
INFJ
Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
44 50 6 78


I'm surprised that the "j" is so strong, the others look about right.

Still an INTJ

Estp.

INFP

All 95+

I myself am an INTJ, which corresponds to Mastermind Rational on the Kiersey thing.

Mastermind Rational, aka nerd. Join the club... Yay, nerdage!

me: Myers-Briggs INTJ, 44-75-62-22

I am an INFJ.

I am a pretty social introvert, though, and I was close on the P-J axis as well.

I have a great comical listing of the profiles, but the link is on my home computer and I am currently at work. If I remember, I will post the link in about four hours.

But "frobnicate data"? If I knew what the hell frobnicate means, I'd have no problem understanding the entire post, rather than just most of it. :phttp://computing-dictionary.tfd.com/Frobnicate
http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Trivial-Encryption.html

While a somewhat interesting curiosity, not very useful knowledge, I'm afraid.

any ESTJ's out there? just reading the profile (http://www.personalitypage.com/ESTJ.html) becuase they're the opposite to me...

Previously I was INTJ, but the N was rather close to 50%. On the SimilarMinds website I got ISTJ, with the S at 60%. Reading the descriptions on wiki, I suppose I'm a mix of the two.