I have a feeling that many on the list will be INTPs, and I am one as well.
Here is the profile of the Architechs, or INTPs:
Portrait of the Architect (INTP)
All Rationals (NTs) share the following core characteristics:
Rationals tend to be pragmatic, skeptical, self-contained, and focused on
problem-solving and systems analysis.
Rationals pride themselves on being ingenious, independent, and strong
willed.
Rationals make reasonable mates, individualizing parents, and strategic
leaders.
Rationals are even-tempered, they trust logic, yearn for achievement, seek
knowledge, prize technology, and dream of understanding how the world works.
Architects need not be thought of as only interested in drawing blueprints
for
buildings or roads or bridges. They are the master designers of all kinds of
theoretical systems, including school curricula, corporate strategies, and
new
technologies. For Architects, the world exists primarily to be analyzed,
understood, explained—and re-designed. External reality in itself is
unimportant, little more than raw material to be organized into structural
models. What is important for Architects is that they grasp fundamental
principles and natural laws, and that their designs are elegant, that is,
efficient and coherent.
Architects are rare—maybe one percent of the population—and show the
greatest
precision in thought and speech of all the types. They tend to see
distinctions
and inconsistencies instantaneously, and can detect contradictions no matter
when or where they were made. It is difficult for an Architect to listen to
nonsense, even in a casual conversation, without pointing out the speaker’s
error. And in any serious discussion or debate Architects are devastating,
their
skill in framing arguments giving them an enormous advantage. Architects
regard
all discussions as a search for understanding, and believe their function is
to
eliminate inconsistencies, which can make communication with them an
uncomfortable experience for many. Ruthless pragmatists about ideas, and
insatiably curious, Architects are driven to find the most efficient means
to
their ends, and they will learn in any manner and degree they can. They will
listen to amateurs if their ideas are useful, and will ignore the experts if
theirs are not. Authority derived from office, credential, or celebrity does
not
impress them. Architects are interested only in what make sense, and thus
only
statements that are consistent and coherent carry any weight with them.
Architects often seem difficult to know. They are inclined to be shy except
with
close friends, and their reserve is difficult to penetrate. Able to
concentrate
better than any other type, they prefer to work quietly at their computers
or
drafting tables, and often alone. Architects also become obsessed with
analysis,
and this can seem to shut others out. Once caught up in a thought process,
Architects close off and persevere until they comprehend the issue in all
its
complexity. Architects prize intelligence, and with their grand desire to
grasp
the structure of the universe, they can seem arrogant and may show
impatience
with others who have less ability, or who are less driven.
>From: "Stephen Miller" <stephen_l_miller@hotmail.com>
>
>I remember that now. I turned out to be an INTP.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Elizaphanian" <Elizaphanian@btinternet.com>
>To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
>Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 2:40 AM
>Subject: Re: MD A few small questions
>
>
> > > 3. What is meant by the acronyms NT, NF, and INTP in the following:
> >
> > They are based on Myers-Briggs personality profiling, which puts people
>into
> > various categories (based on Jung, based in turn on astrological lore,
>but
> > don't say that too loudly ;) )
> >
> > Going from memory (in other words, check if you want the *real* story),
>you
> > get classed on where you fall on four binary divisions:
> > Introvert or Extrovert (I or E)
> > Intuitive or Sensation (N or S)
> > Feeling or Thinking (F or T)
> > Judging or Perceiving (J or P).
> >
> > Just out of interest, I end up as INTJ, although I had a score of 1 on
>the
> > T, which means that I'm on the edge between Feeling and Thinking.
>Reassuring
> > for a priest :)
> >
> > Sam
> >
> >
> >
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