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Ideal job: Cryptologist and/or spy. Practically: I have not finished school yet. I am trying to start a small private detective business with (possibly) a friend. Our plan is to start without charging anything, because we're kids who no one has heard of, then build a reputation and start...

Well, the problem with that is that time is happening between seconds. It is not that time stops in time for the pendulum to complete its swing, because then the pendulum would be operating outside of time. The only way to measure ALL time would be with quantum mechanics, and I'm not sure of the...

I'm quite surprised, I suppose I would've expected a state like Alabama or Texas to be last, although Texas had its own complications. SW

Ah, interesting. I suppose that makes sense. Yes, Poe doesn't seem like the "slaver" type. I am not surprised. Bt the way, no apology necessary. I am used to my jokes being taken seriously, or their not being funny at all. I am not good at them. You said that you were the last state to outlaw...

In order: Violet, Green, Blue. Since I was 11 I have been playing a game with my friend where you take turns naming varieties of green. Whoever has the last word wins. Considering we are both INTP, this game is still going on after many, many years. and, attn whoever wrote this poll, magneta...

Sorry, that was actually supposed to be funny. I guess I'll give up on humour. I certainly would not describe him as a Southern Gentleman if I was being serious. But anyway, Maryland is the South (below the Mason-Dixon line). I wasn't referring to him in particular owning slaves; that was a more...

So how do you draw the line? There are people who don't need extra help, but don't contribute at all - in fact, that's most people. What do you say to them? And how do you know if someone has "pulled their weight"? Who determines that? Your system is way too subjective (not to mention unfair). SW

Do you think we should kill Stephen Hawking?

Don't be so sad... that was so young back then. Poe was a Southern Gentleman before the American Civil War. I don't think the men did anything but drink back then, as they had slaves working the land for them, however, the women did not often seem to die or be drunks. Maybe it actually was safer...

These days, anyone can get them diagnosed. So many kids these days are "on the spectrum" that the difference between the "mentally disabled/different" and the "normal" is very thin. That could be good, because it means that these labels do not hold as much significance as they used to, or it...

He outlived Poe! SW

Wow. The 2 illustrations are so different that I am surprised they were drawn by the same person. Very impressive.

Jennywocky: Great illustrations, particularly the top one. Who drew them? SW

The problem with good and evil is that it will always be what people tell you it is. If you were told from an early age that killing was "good," would you be doing something bad if you killed someone? Or if you prefer, if you were told that sharing was "bad" by your parents, then thrust into a...

I saw Midsummer performed, as well as Macbeth. I would go with a tragedy, I don't know much about Cymbaline other than the basic idea, but I think it would be interesting to see performed. SW

Good analysis of the deduction question. I don't see why both N-types and S-types can't use it. Sensors are better at gathering the information and Intuitives are better at connecting the dots. I didn't know they made any film from "The Masque of the Red Death." Where can I find it? Part of...

Sorry. A bit off-topic, but to clarify: HaSatan just means "The Satan". "Ha" means "the." I believe the "HaSatan" refers to a type of Satan that is inside a person (which is a popular take on the subject of Satan). In this context, HaSatan would be the part of you that gives you a bad idea...

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Sure: I'm in high school and once a month we have a homecoming-type thing which essentially is school-supported deafening music and dancing. It is compulsory because it is supposed to make us "bond." My friend (who is an INTJ) and I (INTP) would have none of it. We were sitting in front of...

Yes! How about "The Masque of the Red Death"? "The red death had long devastated the country..."

I didn't see the movie, but I wanted to. Very interesting. Thank you. By the way, have you read "The Cask of Amontillado"? It's my favourite of his stories. Anyway, his death certainly sounds like a fun case to have worked on. SW

The fact that your spell-checker didn't pick up on "Shurlock" is odd, as mine did, but I guess no computer is perfect. I never read/watched Silence of the Lambs, although it is on my list. You're right about observation. It's not an INTP "thing". I happen to be observant because I just can't...

I always enjoyed Poe. I did a report on him when I was 12 and I knew I was always going to like him. I agree with you on Dexter. It was hard to believe that no one had found him out. My friend is obsessed with him, though. I started the book Darkly Dreaming Dexter and it didn't appeal to me...

Keep practicing. There's no reason why it can't be improved. I suppose the application can be difficult for people who do not tend to notice things in their normal lives. However, I have always had an obsession with noticing things, so it is not so hard for me. (btw you are spelling Sherlock...

How much space? Outer space? The space between mass? There are particles roaming around out there - the occasional hydrogen or carbon atom... but your question is too broad. I'd say that every stray hydrogen atom in "outer space" all added together would equal about 100kg, but I have no...

Frankenstein? How long is this? SW

I don't have American TV, so I never watched CSI. As for Dexter, thanks for the clarification. My friend was absolutely convinced he was a sociopath. Serial killers fascinate me as well, particularly a case that the police called a serial killer but that I am sure can't be one. And yes, at...

You realise that one day some detective will come on here searching for a murderer and write some notes about all of us? SW

Interesting. I'm currently teaching myself forensics as well as deduction, but I really wasn't sure how accurate the forensics were (was?). I tried to watch Dexter for a while, but I found him rather annoying although the premise itself was fascinating if not improbable. Also, I'm not patient...

in secondary school we spent one unit a year on that. I go to a Jewish school, so it could be different, as they don't put so much emphasis on Phys Ed (which is ironic because most of the Jews who don't end up scholars seem to end up street fighters and gunmen). My friends who went to a secular...

Yes, I agree. Fascinating stuff. How much of what they do doesn't actually work?

it's a fair point, but doesn't it get dull? It's far more interesting to think of time as something beyond our minds. Also, by your definition, time only applies to creatures that have minds that are complex enough to process it, but everything is affected by time. Even rocks. SW

Gym class and English. As a classmate wrote in our school newspaper for a debate about tracking English, "I've been learning to write a thesis sentence for the past 5 years. And, to be perfectly honest, I'm tired of it." And she's right. I'm reading Macbeth in English right now, which is...

Why do we go about considering some things as living and some things as non-living ? Well, what is the definition of life ? I came up with a definition with my friend: (My friend's) To live is to need. If you are not alive, you do not need, and if you are alive, you do need. Life, a bit more...

I didn't think he did. I did read The Final Problem, but I did not read past that, hence the question. I do like the TV show (BBC) and Robert Downey Jr adaptations, but I still don't like Watson, which makes the books frustrating. Sherlock did deserve better, and I think BBC and RDJ delivered. SW

I see time as standing still as we move through it. Sort of like frames in a camera or film. Every moment stands by itself, and is a separate dimension, so that we are not ever actually moving, we instead travel through dimensions. The problems come up when I am asked how each moment is...

True. But didn't Jung type himself? The rest is open to debate, but as long as people have good evidence for whatever type they think whomever is, I think that's fine. That's the whole idea of debate. SW

He Doyle did kill him off, but then brought him back, didn't he? I tried to get through some of the stories, but I found Watson incredibly annoying, so I got sick of reading them. The only character I could relate to was Sherlock, and you weren't supposed to relate to him, and he didn't seem...

You analyze people that you see so much that you know almost everything about them without their even noticing you. When they try to talk to you, you mention something that you analyzed about them that they don't know you know, they get creeped out, and they refuse to ever talk to you again. SW

Isn't the definition of society essentially "A group of people who don't stand out"? Apparently, people in general tend to be ESFJs or have several ESFJ characteristics and therefore those people define society. If most people were INTPs, then society would still mean "don't stand out."

Maimondes (Rambam) is a Jewish Rabbi. He's actually quite important. He wrote a lot of bible commentary (most of which I don't agree with, but is still very interesting). He was also a doctor. SW

Watson: Everyone keeps saying Watson is an ESTP. He's more "normal" than Sherlock, but when he frustrated, he looks to spend time alone, not with other people. He's ex-mil, and killing doesn't seem to bother him too much, so ISTP or ISTJ. He's more or less open-minded and willing to give people...

Wrong. Depending on where your family is from, the Sabbath can start as close to dusk as 30 minutes before and as early as 1 hour 12 minutes before dusk (that's how long it is for me, so it is actually 25 hrs, 12 minutes). However, this has nothing to do with the way we count time, it has to do...

That link doesn't look safe. At all.

Yes. Precisely. I need both brain work and physical work to keep from going insane. Sometimes I spend just too much time with brain work and then I can't sleep at night because I'm too intellectually stimulated. If I exercise during the day, I can sleep.

My talmud teacher used to make us use Vocaroo, and I tried to post an assignment but it wouldn't let me, so I'm not much a fan. Apologies. I also don't want you to know what I sound like, because then you'll be able to figure out where I'm from. Also, I'm listening to music right now and don't...

My mother's side and dad's side is pretty different: Mother: ENTP (according to "real" MBTI test), Maternal Grandfather: ENTP (don't remember him. Irish and used to drink; I don't know if that affects personality), Maternal Grandmother: INFJ (died before I was born), Maternal Uncles: INTP...

I agree. Lousy spelling and using "when" out of context annoys me, too.

I'm introverted and (I can never get this right) I think I'm nearsighted. At least I am if that means that I can't see far away w/o glasses. SW

I am a teenager.