'I think I agree with Yudkowsky that rationality, defined as a method, requires more than abstractly following the steps of formal logic. Raw logic itself need not make reference to real life...
Completely disagree with the second sentence. We spend our whole lives trying to understand how other people make decisions and determine if those were good or bad decisions. (It's probably why we...
It's a little hard to say. If I'd ever seen video of him, rather than just read his writing, I feel like I could fill in some gaps, especially I/E. You just kind of assume that someone like that has...
I think the basis for judging the rationality of an action is more or less just judging the argument/line of reasoning behind the action (actual or perceived). Which is complicated, especially when...
I do sometimes stay up until the sun comes up, and on a semi-regular basis. Any hour is easy for me, since I don't have trouble adjusting my sleep schedule. But I just as often work those same...
Both. Like to be up 'til 12-1am, like to be awake at 6-7am. Often alternate to get more like 8 hours of sleep, but when I'm disciplined enough I end up feeling more refreshed by getting about 6 hours.
I really like how it is. It's a simple way to express that someone made a contribution you appreciated, without cluttering threads with I agree posts or turning every contentious post into a...
I'm also really curious how other people feel about the accuracy of the results they got, much more than I want to know what the results themselves are. (People will inevitably just post some version...
These are the types that correlate with my Big 5 results (the aggregate results of more in-depth Big 5 tests I've taken, which suggest that I'm high in O and C and low in E, A and N). I've...
Ah, because reckful has just been posting on the subject, I found the original post that really cleared up my thinking on this some time ago. Can't thank reckful enough for all his work here...
Yeah, I haven't found anything in the cognitive functions that isn't an overcomplicated overreaching version of something we can understand by the way the four preferences combine. It just muddles...
If you're dealing with people who have fairly serious problems and are resistant to advice... then yeah, any advice is probably inevitably going to cause them emotional pain, even if it is part of a...
Learning something new and useful. Discovering new concepts or frameworks I hadn't considered before that make a lot of sense and can potentially change the way I think about things. Having or...
Jeez, I didn't see very many new movies last year. I'll try to order the ones I did. Arrival - 9.5/10. Solid sci fi concept, solid acting, excellent cinematic atmosphere, thoroughly fascinated....
I think the last new film I saw was Edge of Seventeen. It was all right, I'd pretty much see Woody Harrelson in anything at this point. Mostly it felt like it retread of a lot of stuff, like Daria...
I don't really want the specific question I brought up to be derailed by actual arguments which would be better placed in the debate subforum etc. That said, and while I'm not sure what your...
Love the scientific approach, more personally interested in history, economics, politics, psychology, literature and ethics/philosophy. Although I should point out, I am pretty averse to...
My explanation for the intelligence association would be that altogether INTJs are inclined towards developing their rationality in particular (which goes a long way in bringing out the full...
I give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and try to understand where they're coming from. I'm a skeptical but not suspicious person. At the same time, I'm not overtly nice or nurturing, except to...
God it's annoying being voted down on Reddit for a thoroughly reasoned comment which contributed several points to the discussion, in a subreddit where downvotes are supposed to be reserved for...
This is where I think the Tumblr school of function analysis tends to confuse people and distract from the actual psychological observations and cognitive processes which we can link with MBTI. At...
No, you can live in the moment intuitively. It means your intuition is based on the here and now rather than the internal world. This is where information collection comes in -- S for primarily...
I agree, that is really solid advice for persuading people without just falling into the same rhetorical traps that confuse reasoning faculties in the first place. My question was more for how to...
Introversion/extroversion isn't best characterised as primarily about how you take in information, especially according to all the studies of introversion/extroversion psychology which link well with...
I think poverty is something that any compassionate person has to be ready to approach with thorough reasoning and some knowledge of economics, if they want to make the situation better. I know a...
I think roughly: ENTP, INTJ, INTP, INFJ, ENTJ. I can imagine there'd be individual Sensors that I'd get along with really well, etc., but in general these seem like the most obvious...
I feel like this will sound... intellectually arrogant as a complaint, but I expect NTs in particular will relate to the kind of frustration I'm talking about, since they're more likely to be very...
Oh hey, that was quite an old post! Funny to come back to the site today. Yeah, my impression was that she's an NFP, not sure which, since she seems to be drawn to people and excitement but at the...
INTJ. For the most part, my favourites involve long-term strategy and management. Long games of Civilization V, or relaxing with Harvest Moon. When I just want to de-stress, I like big sandbox games...
I'm not sure I see the connection between that anecdote and an unconscious effect that you/INTJs have on a group. Am I missing something? Someone disruptive made a complaint about the noise you...
Introverts can't universally take people or leave them. Some introverts have a difficult time handling intense social situations. For that matter, some extroverts aren't social butterflies, but are...
I think the most fundamental step is realising that this emotional response is happening, and acknowledging that it's irrational. Every time you can recognise those thoughts, acknowledge them and let...
Have you considered just asking her in a no-pressure way if she'd like to go out on a date, just do something fun together? If you're comfortable with each other, it shouldn't be hard to find a way...
First thing that comes to mind is that I really liked the True Blood opening, of all things. It was distinctive and made the show look a lot smarter than it was. The choice not to actually show any...
First thing that comes to mind is that I really liked the True Blood opening, of all things. It was distinctive and made the show look a lot smarter than it was. The choice not to actually show any...
You're too critical/you criticise things because you're mean-spirited. You take this too seriously. You're putting in more effort than you need to. You're not upset about this because...
SJs, although pretty much just ESxJs.
Kindness I can go without. If you put something like decency, idealism or ethics I might have a hard time choosing, but kindness, like niceness, can be this false useless thing that glorifies...
ESFP. Type most likely to be the first person to step on Mars?
Both, alternating. Sometimes I like staying up and having long quiet periods of getting work done until just before the sun comes up. Other times I like waking up with the sun after just five or six...
I disagree that the proposed traits of Aspergers are just INT traits. For one thing, I personally know several people diagnosed with Aspergers/autism spectrum disorders who are ISTJs. But for...
I don't really have that kind of trouble. I don't get any satisfaction out of anticipating things like that in advance, so I don't think consciously about what'll happen next or how it'll end if I...
I might not have internet for several weeks. I shall miss this place. Probably. See you in the new year!
I can imagine people wanting to date me the same way I can fathom wanting to date people; most people won't be to my tastes and I won't be to theirs, but I'm interested in basically the same things...
Hit and miss, especially recently. There was an innocence about the earlier seasons that really added to the shock humour, whereas now it's too self-aware to have the same effect. I think one...
I was definitely at least as introverted as I am now. I was painfully shy and extremely insular. I remember being in my head a lot, having big ideas, trying to realise my ideas in the real world....
My room is neglected. Every few months I look at the bare walls and remember that I forgot to put up posters or pictures since I moved in a year and a half ago. For a few minutes, it bothers me that...
A lot of my favourite characters are pretty much INTJs. Ozymandias (Watchmen), Daria, I'd argue Homura Akemi (and probably Kyuubey) from Puella Magi, Wednesday Addams, Gendo Ikari, Trevor Goodchild....
I think of Toph as an ISTP, mostly because she's so independent, being alone and doing her own thing is her natural state. You can see how uncomfortable she is in many social situations because she's...
What about ISTJs? I've known several people with Asperger's and autism spectrum disorders who were confirmed ISTJ, and most individuals that I come across strike me as much more S than N, in terms of...'
