Gullibility

[Ocofan]

Hi guys,
Long time thread stalker, (almost) first time posting. I am usually a very gullible person but was wondering if it was a trait shared by most INTPs. I usually find myself disinterested in many things so when something bizarre or unusual pops up in a conversation I will usually believe the person to be telling the truth (or not expecting them to lie about some trivial fact). It usually catches me off guard, as other people partaking in the conversation will realise the invalid statement, but my radar doesn't go off like theirs I guess, and then I get bizzare looks from people like "Did you seriously believe that?". Does anyone else regularly experience this or know of a way to avoid it?
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[Sigma Octantis]

gullibility isnt a trait that an INTP or an INTJ possess.

well, come to think of it, i used to be gullible when i was younger until the time comes that i stopped being gullible.

i guess you're still under development.

i suggest, when someones talking to you or telling you something, really analyze or think twice whether what theyre saying is sarcastic or a complete lie.


i got introuble with that once when i was training for the CIA... I was so amazed by whats happening to the point i believed everything theyre saying...

 

[Darby]

Depends, if it is something given off as fact I wouldn't necessarily say I "believe" it, as much as I add it to the collection of things I store in my head as a potential fact. I treat it as true when thinking about things, but not necessarily when acting on things.

Since there has been a new post, I will edit this to accommodate, rather than double post.

I used to be very gullible, and I can think of one instance off the top of my head that occurred when I was 4-5 that I'm still ashamed of, because it was quite honestly retarded.

But anyhow, I don't consider myself gullible anymore, I simply take in the information and store it in a place outside of fact, but outside of lies also, in a sort of mental purgatory, where I try it on, see if it fits, and whether it meshes or fails when encountering tested statements. If no direct opposition is there, then it remains in purgatory till it is tested and seen to fit with other external sources that I don't hold in my current framework.

 

[pernoctator]

I am usually a very gullible person but was wondering if it was a trait shared by most INTPs.

Not me.

But it is a P trait to remain open to more possibilities longer.

It usually catches me off guard, as other people partaking in the conversation will realise the invalid statement, but my radar doesn't go off like theirs I guess ...

Could it be the others are picking up on non-verbal hints at sarcasm while your mind is too focused on analysing just the words?

 

[Ocofan]

Could it be the others are picking up on non-verbal hints at sarcasm while your mind is too focused on analysing just the words?

That does sound quite possible, as I usually don't pick up on the sarcasm.

 

[Dapper Dan]

I guess you could call it gullibility.
Usually when someone "tricks" me, it's just them blatantly lying about something that I have no way of knowing and me taking their word for it.

 

[EditorOne]

Hi guys,
Long time thread stalker, (almost) first time posting. I am usually a very gullible person but was wondering if it was a trait shared by most INTPs. I usually find myself disinterested in many things so when something bizarre or unusual pops up in a conversation I will usually believe the person to be telling the truth (or not expecting them to lie about some trivial fact). It usually catches me off guard, as other people partaking in the conversation will realise the invalid statement, but my radar doesn't go off like theirs I guess, and then I get bizzare looks from people like "Did you seriously believe that?". Does anyone else regularly experience this or know of a way to avoid it?
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It dwindles with experience. It's possibly one occasional manifestation of the nonjudgment thing; your mind is willing to accept that anything might be possible, plus you're probably not somebody who routinely strings people along for the pleasure it apparently brings, so it's outside your box.
In my case, as a long-time newspaper reporter, my necessary professional assumption was always that whoever I was talking to could be uninformed, quietly malicious, advancing an agenda, or was just a braying emotional extrovert who didn't actually hear the question properly. So I got a lot of experience very quickly in looking for facts to back up assertions.

 

[Hadoblado]

Gullibility is no sin, the real sin is the falsities uttered under the guise of wit.

 

[pjoa09]

I guess you could call it gullibility.
Usually when someone "tricks" me, it's just them blatantly lying about something that I have no way of knowing and me taking their word for it.

This.

All the fucking time.

 

[Polaris]

i got introuble with that once when i was training for the CIA... I was so amazed by whats happening to the point i believed everything theyre saying...

Harhar.....nice try...