Perspectives on INTP

['slinger]

I just started reading about the INTP stuff today, so this may or may not be related. But one of the nicest things anyone ever said to me is that I "leave the smallest footprint" of anyone he knows.

 

[snowqueen]

I just started reading about the INTP stuff today, so this may or may not be related. But one of the nicest things anyone ever said to me is that I "leave the smallest footprint" of anyone he knows.

[waves] Hi! I noticed you. Welcome

Some INTPs are quiet and self-effacing and SOME OF US HAVE HUGE BIG FEET which get us into trouble.

 

['slinger]

[waves] Hi! I noticed you. Welcome

Some INTPs are quiet and self-effacing and SOME OF US HAVE HUGE BIG FEET which get us into trouble.

Thank you. 11 Wide in physical terms. Quiet and self-effacing sounds about right. Of course I've also heard the "wasted gifts" stuff and the "I think there's a lot I could learn from you" stuff. Or "you're hillarious" and "your not f****n' funny!" from the same people at different times.

I think if people could live inside my head, they would see that my gifts are actually put to pretty good use. Turns out that creating a better world inside my own head doesn't help them out any, though.

 

[Beat Mango]

Another perspective on INTP I've been contemplating: if you're familiar with philosopher Walter Benjamin's theories on "aura" and "aurification", INTPs are people who are often in the process of de-aurifying things. It explains a lot: why we think so much, why we're so "negative" (people don't want their auras messed with), why we don't feel much, our decision-making (Pness)...

I was also thinking, and this is related, that we are probably the least worldly of the MBTI types in that all of our functions can be seen to be "anti-functions", in that they're often defined in the negative. To explain:

I: does not engage with other people
N: does not think in the present moment
T: does not feel other people
P: does not make decisions