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MBTI of Sheldon Cooper

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My family and friends seem to think I comport myself similar to Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory. Especially in social situations. They've been saying this the last couple of years.

I hadn't seen the show until recently. (I don't watch TV but I watched a few episodes on Hulu).

Maybe they are right.

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I'd like some fresh thoughts.

What does anyone think Sheldon's MBTI would be?

(yes, I know he is fictional and therefore there may be some inherent unrealistic overlap in temperament per multiple writers of the character; lets just proceed at face value)
 

Brontosaurie

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i've seen about 5 minutes of him

ISTP is first thing to pop up

EDIT: oh sry i mixed him up with agent cooper nvm
 

kvothe27

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He's a caricature of high functioning autism.

I think he's more ENTJ than INTP, due to his strong need to order his environment and direct the people around him. His obsession with his theoretical work in line with future goals (winning the nobel prize) suggests Ni. He also focuses on his own values at the expense of his community, suggesting Fi.

He may not be very good at directing other people (due to autistic traits), but he demonstrates a strong preference for doing so.

This sounds a lot like Sheldon to me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENTJ

Dominant: Extraverted thinking (Te)

Te organizes and schedules ideas and the environment to ensure the efficient, productive pursuit of objectives. Te seeks logical explanations for actions, events, and conclusions, looking for faulty reasoning and lapses in sequence. [14]
Te is the most developed function for ENTJs. Te involves ordering, structuring, specifying, and applying logic to situations. ENTJs tend to be endowed with strong organizational and coordination skills. Te is also focused on performing a task in the most efficient and productive manner, which generally gives ENTJs the ability to direct and marshal their environment according to work-specific needs. Further, Te contributes to the ENTJs' ability to accumulate relevant data while analyzing that data for factual accuracies and impersonal applications.
Auxiliary: Introverted intuition (Ni)

Attracted to symbolic actions or devices, Ni synthesizes seeming paradoxes to create the previously unimagined. These realizations come with a certainty that demands action to fulfill a new vision of the future, solutions that may include complex systems or universal truths. [15]
Ni allows ENTJs to process information and events through impressions, possibilities, and meanings, thereby helping provide ENTJs with a sense of the future. Ni contributes to the ability to grasp patterns and plans. Complex, generalized information is processed through Ni to add clarity and check for imperfections. Ni supports Te in ENTJs' pursuit of goals; ENTJs use Ni to improve a situation to make it more useful to themselves.
Tertiary: Extraverted sensing (Se)

Se focuses on the experiences and sensations of the immediate, physical world. With an acute awareness of the present surroundings, it brings relevant facts and details to the forefront and may lead to spontaneous action. [16]
In ENTJs, Se is a basic function, less developed than Te or Ni. Se helps ENTJs effectively act upon their immediate surroundings. ENTJs scan their physical environment to observe where improvements can be made, and Se is integral to the application of Te and Ni to meet those standards. Se gathers detailed data from the immediate experience to expand the ENTJs' knowledge base and heighten the ENTJs' sense of reality upon taking action.
Inferior: Introverted feeling (Fi)

Fi filters information based on interpretations of worth, forming judgments according to criteria that are often intangible. Fi constantly balances an internal set of values such as harmony and authenticity. Attuned to subtle distinctions, Fi innately senses what is true and what is false in a situation. [17]
Fi is the ENTJs' weakest function, but it does mature over time. ENTJs have difficulty applying subjective and emotional thoughts to their decision-making, since they believe Feeling obstructs decisiveness and impartiality. While this is applicable to objective criteria, ENTJs must learn to recognize the great importance of Feeling in relationships and personal contact, since it creates the close bonds vital to human beings. At worst, a failure to engage the Feeling function can make ENTJs appear overbearing, insensitive, and abrasive. Further, it can result in an underdeveloped system of morality and values, which can disengage ENTJs from the personal world of self-fulfillment.
 

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Been discussed before.

He's an amalgam of an ISTJ, INTJ and INTP.
 

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I've had these same 'accusations'. There's nothing to them in my case. People are remarkably bad at categorising the unfamiliar.
 

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My family and friends seem to think I comport myself similar to Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory. Especially in social situations. They've been saying this the last couple of years.

I hadn't seen the show until recently. (I don't watch TV but I watched a few episodes on Hulu).

Maybe they are right.

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I'd like some fresh thoughts.

What does anyone think Sheldon's MBTI would be?

(yes, I know he is fictional and therefore there may be some inherent unrealistic overlap in temperament per multiple writers of the character; lets just proceed at face value)

Socially a blond INTP
 

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Been watching the show and laughed a lot, but I think typing him is impossible since his scripts are more abnormal. Autistic NAH. Hes more unrealistic type of person. The point of making him a bit neurotic and a scientist that is socially detached is the reason why the show is funny, however I think as a speciallist in certain type of science hes just a typical guy that has a narrow field of vision. Most of his time hes obssesed with orderlines and has few phobias that make him look like a sensor. But he tried to solve the middle east crisis by moving people to mexican desert. That would suggest a sort of vissionary type of thinking maybe intuitive. Most of the time hes not interested in relationships and focuses purely on keeping his own life integrity.
 

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Been watching the show and laughed a lot, but I think typing him is impossible since his scripts are more abnormal. Autistic NAH. Hes more unrealistic type of person. The point of making him a bit neurotic and a scientist that is socially detached is the reason why the show is funny, however I think as a speciallist in certain type of science hes just a typical guy that has a narrow field of vision. Most of his time hes obssesed with orderlines and has few phobias that make him look like a sensor. But he tried to solve the middle east crisis by moving people to mexican desert. That would suggest a sort of vissionary type of thinking maybe intuitive. Most of the time hes not interested in relationships and focuses purely on keeping his own life integrity.

Sheldon Cooper = INTP + LSD? :elephant:
 

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Stupid and not funny TV show. Made for sensors with no judgement functions.

I prefer something more like the AVGN, Penn&Teller, Monty Python, etc...
 

Hadoblado

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Stupid and not funny TV show. Made for sensors with no judgement functions.

I prefer something more like the AVGN, Penn&Teller, Monty Python, etc...

I don't mind it. Some of the jokes are quite funny, though I only watch 30sec clips every now and then.
 

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I can't think of anything I wouldn't rather watch than fucking Big Bang T

Ugh, two and a half men?


As for the OP, he seems like a rather unrealistic character, but is probably supposed to fall somewhere on the autism spectrum. (Not that this is incompatible with personality)
 
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