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INTP PERSONALITY (“THE LOGICIAN”)

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
— Albert Einstein

The INTP personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population,
which is definitely a good thing for them, as there's nothing they'd be more unhappy
about than being "common". INTPs pride themselves on their inventiveness and
creativity, their unique perspective and vigorous intellect. Usually known as the
philosopher, the architect, or the dreamy professor, INTPs have been responsible for
many scientific discoveries throughout history.

The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living

INTPs are known for their brilliant theories and unrelenting logic – in fact, they

are considered the most logically precise of all the personality types.

They
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They love patterns, and spotting discrepancies between statements could almost be
described as a hobby, making it a bad idea to lie to an INTP. This makes it ironic that
INTPs' word should always be taken with a grain of salt – it's not that they are dishonest,
but people with the INTP personality type tend to share thoughts that are not fully
developed, using others as a sounding board for ideas and theories in a debate against
themselves rather than as actual conversation partners.

This may make them appear unreliable, but in reality no one is more enthusiastic and
capable of spotting a problem, drilling through the endless factors and details that
encompass the issue and developing a unique and viable solution than INTPs – just don't
expect punctual progress reports. People who share the INTP personality type aren't
interested in practical, day-to-day activities and maintenance, but when they find an
environment where their creative genius and potential can be expressed, there is no limit
to the time and energy INTPs will expend in developing an insightful and unbiased
solution.

Wisdom Begins in Wonder

They may appear to drift about in an unending daydream, but INTPs' thought process is
unceasing, and their minds buzz with ideas from the moment they wake up. This
constant thinking can have the effect of making them look pensive and detached, as they
are often conducting full-fledged debates in their own heads, but really INTPs are quite
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relaxed and friendly when they are with people they know, or who share their interests.
However, this can be replaced by overwhelming shyness when INTP personalities are
among unfamiliar faces, and friendly banter can quickly become combative if they believe
their logical conclusions or theories are being criticized.

When INTPs are particularly excited, the conversation can border on incoherence as they
try to explain the daisy-chain of logical conclusions that led to the formation of their
latest idea. Oftentimes, INTPs will opt to simply move on from a topic before it's ever
understood what they were trying to say, rather than try to lay things out in plain terms.

The reverse can also be true when people explain their thought processes to INTPs in
terms of subjectivity and feeling. Imagine an immensely complicated clockwork, taking in
every fact and idea possible, processing them with a heavy dose of creative reasoning
and returning the most logically sound results available – this is how the INTP mind
works, and this type has little tolerance for an emotional monkey-wrench jamming their
machines.

Let Those Who Would Move the World First Move

Themselves

Further, with Thinking (T) as one of their governing traits, INTPs are unlikely to
understand emotional complaints at all, and their friends won't find a bedrock of
emotional support in them. People with the INTP personality type would much rather
make a series of logical suggestions for how to resolve the underlying issue, a perspective
that is not always welcomed by their Feeling (F) companions. This will likely extend to
most social conventions and goals as well, like planning dinners and getting married, as
INTPs are far more concerned with originality and efficient results.

The one thing that really holds INTPs back is their restless and pervasive fear of failure.
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INTP personalities are so prone to reassessing their own thoughts and theories, worrying
that they've missed some critical piece of the puzzle, that they can stagnate, lost in an
intangible world where their thoughts are never truly applied. Overcoming this self-doubt
stands as the greatest challenge INTPs are likely to face, but the intellectual gifts – big and
small – bestowed on the world when they do makes it worth the fight.

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Famous INTPs

Bill Gates Ellen Page Kristen Stewart Albert Einstein Rene Descartes Blaise Pascal Isaac Newton

Fictional INTPs

Aemon Targaryen from Game of Thrones Lord Varys from Game of Thrones Neo from The Matrix

Alexander Mahone from Prison Break Marshall Flinkman from Alias Chloe O’Brian from 24

Leslie Winkle from The Big Bang Theory

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Rafaella Nunes · Blogger and Reblogger at Tumblr
I'm INTP­A and it's really what I am. This is so me
Like · Reply · Dec 23, 2015 9:57pm

Ameer Nuri · Addetto/a alla fonderia at Penser Labs
so accurate, so creepy
Like · Reply · Dec 23, 2015 4:13pm

Benj Fenrir Cannon · London, United Kingdom
I'm INTP­T; Fellow INTPs, care to share any wisdom on conquering that self­doubt I'm sure many of
us share? I find it difficult to stick to a schedule, but it stops me dwelling on unhelpful thoughts if i'm
busy.
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Huw Lloyd · Bath
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” A.A. Milne, Winnie­the­
Pooh
Like · Reply ·  2 · Dec 21, 2015 3:25pm

Benj Fenrir Cannon · London, United Kingdom
Huw Lloyd thank you, that's a particularly helpful quote for me today, actually.
Like · Reply · Dec 21, 2015 3:27pm

Huw Lloyd · Bath
Also, test your ideas, work with objective phenomena. There are many things that I have a
deep confidence in, but this has come through protracted work. Study several areas of
interest and understand how they relate. Study history and etymology.
Like · Reply ·  1 · Dec 21, 2015 3:30pm

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Michelle Mayhew · The University of Alabama
This is so me.
Like · Reply · Dec 19, 2015 4:04pm
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Wade Ronnie Archer · Works at Gray's Inn
INTP nice to be a part of the 3% of the worlds population with any sense. A logical conclusion to this
test.
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