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i consistently get INTP whenever i’ve taken the Meyers-Briggs but i’m bad at math….
You shouldn’t make this be a doubt in your typing. I’m an INTJ and I, too, am bad at math, but I’m really good at languages, coding and accounting, in turn. Just because you type INTP, doesn’t automatically mean you have to be good at anything. Undoubtedly you’re good at something else that requires logical thinking, without you even realising it does. Not all INTPs are good at math as a rule - it’s just that usually, most are. But that doesn’t make you less of a capable person, and that certainly doesn’t make you less of an INTP.
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From what I’ve seen and read of him, he definitely has that Ti (Introverted Thinking) going for him, but the fact that it’s so easy for him to believe that his ex-wife whom he constantly sees is actually a ghost and the fact that he seems to be rather materialistic doesn’t sit well for me to say N-type.
The NT temperament generally question everything and are therefore less likely to believe in ghosts, ufos, God and such other things than other temperaments (less likely meaning that there are those who contradict this rule, of course), plus they view their minds are their most valuable possession, and everything in the outside world doesn’t matter or matters a lot less to them.
This brings me to the conclusion to think of him more as an ISTP or an ESTP, but in all honesty, I’ll have to watch the series a bit closer to be able to properly analyse his character, and since it’s only a few episodes in, this isn’t yet possible, as we’re only just being introduced to the character of Dr. Holt.
interaction style: behind-the-scenes
The theme is getting the best result possible. People of this style focus on understanding and working with the process to create a positive outcome. They see value in many contributions and consult outside inputs to make an informed decision. They aim to integrate various information sources and accommodate differing points of view. They approach others with a quiet, calm style that may not show their strong convictions. Producing, sustaining, defining, and clarifying are all ways they support a group’s process. They typically have more patience than most with the time it takes to gain support through consensus for a project or to refine the result.
theme style: designer theorizer
Becoming an expert. Seeing new patterns and elegant connections. Talent for design and redesign. Crossing the artificial boundaries of thought. Activate the imagination. Clarifying and defining. Making discoveries. Reflect on the process of thinking itself. Detach to analyze. Struggle with attending to the physical world.
what it’s like to be me?
I want to know the truth and get down to the bottom of things. It’s an internal life, living in the head, theorizing constantly about how things work.
I can link many thoughts and shoot off in multiple directions at once in an attempt to clarify and explain things really well or to try to represent the fullness of who I am and all the different things I can do and can’t do. I like to design—not just implementation but the stuff before that. There is a goal, a theme, and I start from that and work through the specifics one by one, keeping the whole thing integrated as I go, until I come up with “the elegant solution.” Often when I talk to people they only get from me a few steps—one, thirteen, a hundred. That’s all that gets verbalized, and what’s very clear to me either I’ve forgotten or find unnecessary to say out loud, which can come across as confusing at times.
I am very knowledge and big picture oriented. I want to bring everything that can be known into understanding a problem or situation. I enjoy working with those who think like I do but verbalize better. We can end up leaping forward rapidly and building off of ideas, asking questions with an answer in mind but wanting to verify things and learn more. If I am knowledgeable in that area, I always have something to add, to help better understand the idea and add something new. Although sometimes, even when I know we agree, people feel like I am trying to challenge them, which is frustrating because I am just doing it out of excitement. I try to understand all the variables and possible influences and then apply as broad a range of information as I can bring to the problem, to impact why the problem exists. I am interested in developing new skills and trying new ideas with those skills, and I am a good team member, and yet sometimes a little group work can go a long way. Most of all, I love to learn.
Central for me is honesty and integrity, especially intellectual integrity. If it’s not an honest approach to the issue at hand or to the relationship or organization, then it becomes an illusion—it only appears to have substance. I respect people who are genuine, honest, and open and doing what they are good at and what they enjoy and are up front about what is important to them…
I can be seen as too unfeeling, too quick to start into work with not enough basis laid out for the day, and I’m not much for the personal amenities or socializing. Yet it is important that others are aware they are important to me. It’s not the first thing, but it’s in my awareness. I tend to try solving personal problems all by myself. Then sometimes I wind up without accurate information from others or about how it will affect others. I believe there must be an answer or a solution if I can just figure it out.
The typical INTP is a logical, abstract thinker whose intellect is ideally suited to understanding pure mathematics, linguistics, formal logic theory, and other pursuits unsuited to making a real living. The INTP can often understand even the most subtle nuances of lattice quantum chromodynamics, but cannot perform more concrete tasks such as dressing himself, operating a motor vehicle, or opening a door. An INTP may be able to tell you how to construct a nuclear reactor from a coconut and two pieces of string, but may be completely incapable of fixing a hole in a boat. The INTP is really only suited to two careers: college professor and game show contestant. Of these career choices, only one offers the financial rewards which allows him to suport himself; for that reason, INTPs often take the other path, and become tenured academics. RECREATION: Surprisingly, INTPs are often the hit of the party—not for their sometimes annoying habit of turning every discussion into a debate about semantics nor for their fascinating stories about Pierre de Fermat’s habit of writing things in the margins of his books, but for the fact that they often show up with their pants on backwards and that if you put a Post-It note reading “Kick Me” on an INTP’s back, he won’t notice it no matter how many people kick him. That kind of entertainment never gets old. COMPATIBILITY: INTPs make ideal companions to INTJs, as neither of them notices they’re in a relationship. Famous INTPs include Pierre de Fermat and almost everyone who knows what Pierre de Fermat wrote in the margins of his book.
