MBTI of Trekkies

[{ Emilia }]

I don't really take these tests very seriously. I also think a Star Trek forum is one of the few places where people are proud of being introverted and actually want to see a particular test outcome.

Aren't all Star Trek fans oh-so-deep and introverted geniuses?

I'm sorry if that sounds dismissive but I can just imagine the typical Trekkie making themselves believe that they're so very rational and not driven by their emotions for example.

And then you see a bunch of very different people, with very different online personas coming up with the same result. Kinda tells you something about how useful these tests are.

I'm a very rational person, I work in academia, I plan things ahead and think things through... yet I still don't delude myself into thinking I'm not influenced by emotions.

My result was ENTJ for what it's worth.

 

[Nacluv]

I don't really take these tests very seriously. I also think a Star Trek forum is one of the few places where people are proud of being introverted and actually want to see a particular test outcome.

Aren't all Star Trek fans oh-so-deep and introverted geniuses?

I'm sorry if that sounds dismissive but I can just imagine the typical Trekkie making themselves believe that they're so very rational and not driven by their emotions for example.

And then you see a bunch of very different people, with very different online personas coming up with the same result. Kinda tells you something about how useful these tests are.

I'm a very rational person, I work in academia, I plan things ahead and think things through... yet I still don't delude myself into thinking I'm not influenced by emotions.

My result was ENTJ for what it's worth.

That's why the functions has such a bigger importance than Myers & Briggs is willing to give them. I don't believe in personality types, I believe in Jung's cognitive functions. The personality descriptions are only conjectures, but kinda useless if you don't understand the cardinal emanations.

And just because you're a T, does not mean that you have no emotions. Hey, theoretically an INTP could be an affective and illogical person as hell and yet be a Thinking type.

While I do not really feel in touch with my emotions and finds rampant emotionalism to be one of the most annoying things in the world I'm forced to encounter, I'm fully aware that the Fi function (introverted function) is actually a very important, yet latent drive among INTJs like myself which is both good and bad. One theory of myself I have is that my Fi is the cause of my stubbornness and sometimes aggravates my incapability to adapt for I feel so strong for my own vision of ideals and my own rejection of norms.

And yes, there totally exists social and popular introverts as well as anti-social extraverts, and of course socially anxious extroverts who have convinced themselves that they're introverted (or like most people, do not understand what introversion really means). I guess you'd be aware of it now but introversion has been proven to be more than a personality trait as science have been able to distinguish discordances between the dopamine receptors of introverted people's brain and the extroverted people's brain.

And I'm also skeptical to how many people seems to be INTJ on the net, Of course, introverted people are more likely to hang out on forums to discuss and be stimulated by ideas and concepts but I still have doubts regarding many of these examples.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Introverts are also, IME, much more likely to take the tests. They love that shit.

 

[Spock/Uhura Fan]

When I was tested, I came out at INTJ. It's interesting to find there are so many people like that here.

 

[Spock/Uhura Fan]

I don't really take these tests very seriously. I also think a Star Trek forum is one of the few places where people are proud of being introverted and actually want to see a particular test outcome.

Aren't all Star Trek fans oh-so-deep and introverted geniuses?

I'm sorry if that sounds dismissive but I can just imagine the typical Trekkie making themselves believe that they're so very rational and not driven by their emotions for example.

And then you see a bunch of very different people, with very different online personas coming up with the same result. Kinda tells you something about how useful these tests are.

I'm a very rational person, I work in academia, I plan things ahead and think things through... yet I still don't delude myself into thinking I'm not influenced by emotions.

My result was ENTJ for what it's worth.

I don't know about how different people are coming up with the same result, but I was tested at college to help determine which field of study might be best for me based off of my management style (if that makes any sense). And this wasn't the only test that I had to take.

As for being "proud" of being introverted, well I can't speak for anyone else, but I come from a very social and extroverted family, but I wasn't surprised to test as an introvert when it was explained to me what it means. I don't have a problem with talking to people or interacting with new people, and I don't have a problem with any kind of socializing or anything like that. What I found interesting was the explanation I was given when my test results came back. I was told that extroverts get their energy from people, and introverts get their energy from solitude. So, while an extrovert might feel really energized from a very social day, an introvert might feel drained.

As much as I like people, I also like having alone time. Whether people are draining or not depends on the people to me, but in general, I energize or recharge when I'm alone and have time to meditate and gather my thoughts. I wouldn't call myself super-proud of that, but I'm certainly not ashamed. I don't see why anyone needs to be proud or ashamed of their results. It's all about getting to know yourself better so you can figure things out.

For me, and I'd guess at least some other people here, my test results had nothing to do with being a Trekkie.

 

[Nacluv]

When I was tested, I came out at INTJ. It's interesting to find there are so many people like that here.

On INTJforum people are actually speculating about a connection between INTJs and Star Trek. If such a connection would really exist, that could explain the results on this forum.

I'd only go as far as to say the Ni function is not too rarely very typical for Star Trek synthetizing, but not further than that.

 

[Nacluv]

What I found interesting was the explanation I was given when my test results came back. I was told that extroverts get their energy from people, and introverts get their energy from solitude. So, while an extrovert might feel really energized from a very social day, an introvert might feel drained.

Yes, this was what Jung intended right from the start in 1910 but it had to take a century before there would be concrete evidence that it's something more than a personality trait, and that it cannot be interpolated.

 

[Nacluv]

A lot of extraverts who have trouble understanding introverts has told me that they found this link quite enlightening even if they still have some troubles understanding the roots.

http://www.carlkingdom.com/10-myths-about-introverts

It's really good and laconic considering how brief he is.

 

[mimic]

The only real definite is that I'm introverted. I'm contradictory in the order/disorder thing, in that I like to follow rules a lot but am not terribly organized. Rather than plan something down to the last detail (like a lesson) I tend to have a rough idea of what I want to do and then wing the rest of it. Seems to work. Also my car/classroom/house is a mess.

ISTJ
Introvert(89%) Sensing(1%) Thinking(38%) Judging(11%)
You have strong preference of Introversion over Extraversion (89%)
You have marginal or no preference of Sensing over Intuition (1%)
You have moderate preference of Thinking over Feeling (38%)
You have slight preference of Judging over Perceiving (11%)

 

[Kestra]

INFP fits me rather closely, actually. I'm also definitely a social introvert who is drained by socializing (this weekend is a good example). I believe this test is more useful than most others, but only to a certain degree of course!