INTJ and INTP, psychopaths?

[WALKYRIA]

Have you guys heard about this? lol

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/sci...scientist-who-discovered-he-was-a-psychopath/

Read the blog: Scientist discovers he is a psychopath... well adjusted Psychopath.
I lolled.

“I’m obnoxiously competitive. I won’t let my grandchildren win games. I’m kind of an asshole, and I do jerky things that piss people off,” he says. “But while I’m aggressive, but my aggression is sublimated. I’d rather beat someone in an argument than beat them up. "I’ve never killed anybody, or raped anyone,” he says. “So the first thing I thought was that maybe my hypothesis was wrong, and that these brain areas are not reflective of psychopathy or murderous behavior.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I12H7khht7o

 

[Brontosaurie]

what's this to do with INTx?

 

[WALKYRIA]

nothing... I started all this because of impulsivity. Can someone delete this now.

 

[Brontosaurie]

it's an interesting clip though!

 

[Turniphead]

Definitely an interesting watch.

Him finding out about how others view him in his sixties... makes me appreciate MBTI as a tool for self analysis a little more.

 

[r4ch3l]

I think NTs can have sociopathic tendencies, especially the NTJs. Sometimes I envy it, because it can be a really influential and positive trait to have if it's not out of control and harnessed for constructive things. My INTJ friend out on it and he put it this way:

"We have to invent a reality in which we are kings of the universe just to deal with getting out of bed each morning." That sort of makes sense.

Would be interesting to do a study on "type" and brain activity.

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

Would be interesting to do a study on "type" and brain activity.

There is a lecture in the google talk series on this.

 

[DelusiveNinja]

Is he (the speaker) an ENTP?

 

[DrGregoryHouse]

Yes.

 

[WALKYRIA]

Is he (the speaker) an ENTP?

He speaks the same way and conveys the same energy as Neil De grasse Tyson, thus yes... ENTP the dude !
Anyways, who cares about the title of the treads huhu... the video is cool, so you should be cool and comment.
So, does that mean NT are psychopaths?

"We have to invent a reality in which we are kings of the universe just to deal with getting out of bed each morning." That sort of makes sense.

Hey sis Rachel, it's weird because I think the same way... I'm an INTP though. Why bother live in a world in which you are not the total center? they call it Ego-centrism? is that a bad thing when it's done in a polished, non rude, sophisticated way? I believe INTPs are as egocentric as INTJs; difference is that we are more flexible/ manipulative...( inferior Fe--coupled with paranoid Ti-- secretly cares for other's opinions !).

 

[ZenRaiden]

Well the universe is going to collapse one day or go cold so whats the point. Ego centrism is not so bad I think.

 

[Moocow]

Well the universe is going to collapse one day or go cold so whats the point.

What about if it didn't?

 

[WALKYRIA]

Someone ever call ya(INTPs) hypocrite? Seems like I sometimes come off as such...
One day I like you, we have a great talk, and the next day I might not even notice you.... INTJ might possibly not have this problem.

 

[Moocow]

Someone ever call ya(INTPs) hypocrite? Seems like I sometimes come off as such...
One day I like you, we have a great talk, and the next day I might not even notice you.... INTJ might possibly not have this problem.

that's not what a hypocrite is.

 

[ZenRaiden]

What about if it didn't?

Then o shit. Bad prediction.

 

[Brontosaurie]

that's not what a hypocrite is.

oh come on

 

[TBerg]

Psychopathy is a more profound departure from human norms than we NTs could understand. Ubermenschen are not the same thing as psychopaths. Ubermenschen wills are capable of cognitive-emotive empathy that could prompt them toward greater heights of existence.