17 thoughts on “I’m a Mastermind!

  1. I’m an “Architect,” too. We’d all defer to you, but we’re mostly too busy hitting “refresh” on our RSS feed readers to pay attention.

  2. I’m an ENTP – inventor (I don’t know what this type is called in the web article). Years ago, I took several do-it-yourself Meyers Briggs tests (like the one on the website) as well as being professionally tested as part of something the big corporation (GE) was doing to its employees – and they all came out the same – ENTP. I have found this description to be spot-on for me, and the whole schema has been very useful in terms of helping me understand where others are coming from.

    It would be interesting to see where people on the left and right fall on this test, I suspect it would not be random. NTs in particular tend to be big picture people, more interested in the overall system instead of details. I would argue that there are more NTs drawn to the liberal persuasion as it is concerned with things much bigger than the individual. Many conservatives are very small minded and wrapped around immediate sensory concerns and have great difficulty penetrating beyond them to see the deeper broader themes – these are natural S sensory people.

  3. A follow on story about the Meyers Briggs. Two people are riding in an airplane, which is about to land. One, an (N) intuitive, sees the airport from the window next to his seat, and says “Great! We’re here!” The (S) sensory person sitting next to him, won’t draw the same conclusion until they feel the plane’s wheels hitting the pavement, and the plane has rolled to a stop.

  4. I didn’t get a name..they said I was an INTJ, and among famous people who fit that category was Stephen Hawkins, Marie Currie, and Hillary Clinton.( go figure) But in my own assessment of my personality I’d call myself a Lieutenant or a Consigliori. I operate effectively just below the surface .( Dick Cheney?) In any event, I know I’m not an Alpha Male.

  5. I am an INFP – a healer. Extreme introvert. But I’ve known this since forever.

  6. Hmmmm….. mine came up “INRI” (You are always hanging yourself on a cross). Must be my Catholic upbringing combined with my conversion to Judaism, tho I’d think it would be more appropriate if I had gone the other way.

    Actually, I’m in INTJ (mastermind) as well, tho I’ve done this before with *way* more questions and come out INTP. Don’t know why this short test flipped me over from perceiving to judging. Maybe it’s different questions, maybe I’ve changed over the years. Maybe (almost certainly) Mr. Alpers is correct, “This is nonsense on stilts!”

  7. I was a “Teacher,” the most noble of all the possibilities.

    So everyone should defer to me. Because I’m the only one that achieved the “Teacher” mantel.

    Losers everywhere, except me. 🙂

  8. John O,

    I’m a teacher too. The description fits me to a T…except I hate teaching. All the rest is absolutely me. Even when I want to fade into the background, I end up being a leader or at least forcefully expressing my point of view. I am extremely idealistic and relationships are what I’m all about. My “sleep number” (lol) is ENFJ.

  9. /lurk off

    According to the test, I am “INFJ” (Idealist Counselor) which includes Mohandas Gandhi (!) Supposedly I’m only ~1% of the population.

    I am actually caught off guard with this, because I’m a scientist (and actually enjoy it). I have to admit, it does describe the part of me that wants to solve social ills, but I’m pretty sure I would burn out in such a profession. I don’t think I can take all the bad with what little good I can do… especially with the way things are run in the USA.

    However, I think some of the questions are impossible to answer simple “yes” or “no”… like the one about whether you value justice over mercy. Well, that “depends”… if it is somebody involved with the Bush administration, JUSTICE! If it somebody stealing a sack of potatoes to feed a starving family, MERCY!

    /lurk on

  10. I’m an Idealist Teacher. Bring me a fucking apple. And it better be a perfect one, or you’ll be clapping the erasers for weeks, bee-yotches.

  11. I too got INFJ “Counselor”.
    Of course, my high school guidance counselor told me I would make a great Funeral Director.

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