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Lots of people like sci-fi and comics. I don't think any more INTPs like star trek or batman than any other type does. I'm sure however that INTPs like "proper" sci-fi, things like Arthur C Clarke and Stephen Baxter more than other types do. On the other hand, I'm guessing the "deep analytical...

I'm "good enough" at maths. I think the main problem is throughout life people have tried to teach me to memorise equations and formulae, rather than teaching me how they work.

Simply hating someone isn't evil. Hating someone doesn't harm them, why is it universally wrong.

I just use normal pillows, but a foam one underneath and a feather one on top. Everyone is different though, you should start by thinking about if your head feels too high or too low. And it depends on how you sleep as well, for example whether you sleep on your back or side. Try searching...

Crowds make me edgy, rather than anxious. When I'm in a crowd, I feel as though I'm using all off my energy into monitoring my immediate vicinity, and the path ahead of me. And I have nothing left for anything else. When I'm in a crowd I find it very difficult to talk to anyone I'm with. I also...

Perhaps, but to me the galactic structure is more reminiscent of a foam A network of filaments is more preferable in terms of energy required, than a perfectly even density. An expanding universe controlled by gravity between galaxies would behave in the same way as an expanding foam...

Seeing people doing stunts on metal fences always makes me think of massive groinal haemorrhaging

I would describe translation as being the art of de-constructing perspectives. A good teacher de-constructs his own perspective in order to present his ideas in a way that can be understood via a wider range of perspectives. And likewise, a good student is someone who is able to de-construct the...

Coffee is great when it comes with free cake :D

I've tried discussing this theory before, but it doesn't seem to explain everything. My other idea is that development in our ancestors also required free time. The tribes which never really developed lived in areas where staying alive may have meant working every day.

Just a few months after I bought mine, the dual core netbooks started appearing. I've been wishing I left it just a little longer before getting one :slashnew:

Re: Evolution good science? Newtons theory of gravity is a fact within a certain set of circumstances. I think the problem with describing evolution as both fact and theory is problematic because evolution has a wide range of meaning. It has been proven as a fact that it can happen, but as a...

Something to falsify evolution would be finding an ammonite fossil in precambrian rocks. Basically anything appearing out of the agreed sequence. Alternatively a new species appearing with no identifiable predecessor. Or a species adapting instantaneously

okay, last post from me too. All I was ever trying to say to begin with was that the difference between now and then is knowledge not wisdom. You said it yourself, da vinci and galileo set the foundation for modern science. People now aren't wiser than them, they just know things they didn't...

I have read good theories of how the pyramids were built, it is the attempts at countering these theories that don't hold water. If the Egyptians didn't build them, then who. The only reason we don't have the technology to build the pyramid today is because we have no need to do so. It is easy...

Yes.

Pyramids are the simplest form of architecture, they are self-supporting and can be constructed with simple tools, the only difficulty is manpower. Any primitive civilisation attempting to create large structures would discover pyramids. We know how they did it, we know it was possible. No one...

On their own, each is useless. many wise people may have lived a thousand years ago, but they didn't achieve anything that compares to modern achievements. On the other hand I can use the internet to find just about any fact about anything, but I wouldn't know what that fact meant. Wisdom is...

Materials science and technology

Every new fossil we find is a missing ancestor. In order to have any hope at all at completing our picture of our ancestors we would have to find the remains of every creature that ever existed, which is a difficult task when only a fraction of creatures become fossilised and even fewer remain...

I'm having trouble seeing the full article, but my inference from the abstract is that evolution is shown by the differentiation into different methods for coding, rather than by the existence of different methods

All hail Pope Dawkins the first. ;) Although this also gives me a chance to rant about something else. I always hate to see people referring to evolution during talks about the origin of life, whether they claim to "believe" in evolution or not. The jurisdiction of the theory evolution begins...

Congratulations, you understand the theory of evolution... ...oh, wait You don't understand what a theory is. Theory is what pieces evidence toghether. Without a theory, evidence has no meaning, it is just a bunch of incoherrant facts. Evidence cannot speak for itself so we must decide what it...

A long long time ago, there was a man with a terrible terrible secret. For years he hid it, concealed it away. He was forced to forgo love and friendship to hide it. Every day of his life was misery, until eventually he turned mad, and killed a hundred people before his despair grew to such a...

What, no HP Lovecraft?

Generally speaking, everyone. Specifically, Melkor. Coffee is good though, especially when I drink so much of it that the storks appear :storks: Although I suppose I've never drank Melkor, so it wouldn't really be fair of me to compare them

In soviet russia, jokes tell your mom. :mad:

BOOO! :mad:

They're more like rubbish anecdotes than traits.

The 10-inch screen is horrible sometimes, but anything bigger would make it useless for what I bought it for, which is taking notes in lectures.

I have a problem with changing my mind about something while explaining it to someone else, then I end up having to try and continue my speech supporting the new viewpoint in a way that makes it look like I haven't changed my view

I do have arrogant tendencies, but they're kept strongly in check by my self-confidence issues. Whenever I think I'm right about something I feel uncomfortable pointing it out unless I know I know I can find some sort of evidence to back myself up if I need to. I also use words like "I think"...

I'm on a year old asus 1005ha right now. It was £250 new. It's quite a capable machine, and newer models have better processors. The power still doesn't compare to a regular PC though. They struggle with HD videos, mine can play some 720p videos and not others, but some new ones have hardware...

Here's a truly awesome metalish band I have just discovered, with good measures of ambience and funkience. http://music.dataloaf.com/

Na... Sodium You scored 49 Mass, 12 Electronegativity, 13 Metal, and 80 Radioactivity! It's a rubbish test, considering there were 115 known elements last time I counted

I'm not a grammar nazi, but I do despair when I see adults writing at the level I was at when I was 11 years old. On technical subjects I do often bring up peoples mistakes. If people think I'm being annoying then so be it, it's them who are at fault. I can accept ignorance, what I can't...

Part of my problem with procrastination is that if I finish something a week early, I spend the rest of the week worrying about it and going back and changing it. I've just about finished some work today that I started Friday, It is due in on Tuesday and I've had the entire christmas holiday (4...

It's a bit to long since I posted that to edit this in, so I'll just have to doublepost... The other issue is that while death and destruction may move lots of money around and create lots of jobs, they don't actually create wealth, they just consume it. Everyone in jobs which creates new...

If the economy only makes full use of its workforce by breaking things, there are too many people. If illness and destruction stopped happening the population wouldn't need to be as big. And also, more effort could be expended into improving things rather than maintaining them at their current...

Disorder | Rating Paranoid: Low Schizoid: Moderate Schizotypal: High Antisocial: Low Borderline: Low Histrionic: Low Narcissistic: High Avoidant: Very High Dependent: Low Obsessive-Compulsive: High I'm an avoidant obsessive complusive narcissistic schizotypal kinda guy:smoker: The wording of...

He seems the sort of person who wonders about things but never really thinks about them. That article is full of ideas but none have been delved into properly or took anywhere.

Death only has meaning to the living, people who are dead cannot comprehend death or life. So from the -metaphysical- perspective of the dead, they haven't died.

I don't fully understand it, but the dates of the zodiac vary slightly because the gregorian calendar doesn't match up exactly with the astrological one.

Microsoft created the system to charge for extra content, but the game publishers share some of the blame for taking advantage of it. In many cases the publishers hold back content that was ready at the same time as the original game, just for the opportunity to charge for it later.

I'm also a PC person. I can see the appeal of consoles, but their appeal is their simplicity. Consoles are for the bulk of the population and PCs are there for those who want something more involved.

This is not an analogy, this is just metaphors. From my perspective all you have done is describe thinking as wind, and feelings as water etc. For it to be an analogy, you would have to compare it in some way, for example comparing the functions or mechanisms.

I think an INTP acting as an advisor to government is a bad idea. Politicians will generally only take your advice when it suits them. They are also prone bending words and conclusions to something other than you intended. A perfect example of conflict between academics and politicians is the...