I grind poker. I'd like to say that doesn't necessarily make me a boring person but I'd probably be lying.
I am interested in Politics, Economics, Philosophy, History, Sociology, Law, Psychology, Linguistics, Statistics, English, Japanese, German, Math and Physics.
INTJ - "Mastermind". Introverted intellectual with a preference for finding certainty. A builder of systems and the applier of theoretical models. 2.1% of total population.
"As an INTJ, your primary mode of living is focused internally, where you take things in primarily via your intuition. Your secondary mode is external, where you deal with things rationally and logically.
INTJs live in the world of ideas and strategic planning. They value intelligence, knowledge, and competence, and typically have high standards in these regards, which they continuously strive to fulfill. To a somewhat lesser extent, they have similar expectations of others.
With Introverted Intuition dominating their personality, INTJs focus their energy on observing the world, and generating ideas and possibilities. Their mind constantly gathers information and makes associations about it. They are tremendously insightful and usually are very quick to understand new ideas. However, their primary interest is not understanding a concept, but rather applying that concept in a useful way. Unlike the INTP, they do not follow an idea as far as they possibly can, seeking only to understand it fully. INTJs are driven to come to conclusions about ideas. Their need for closure and organization usually requires that they take some action.
INTJ's tremendous value and need for systems and organization, combined with their natural insightfulness, makes them excellent scientists. An INTJ scientist gives a gift to society by putting their ideas into a useful form for others to follow. It is not easy for the INTJ to express their internal images, insights, and abstractions. The internal form of the INTJ's thoughts and concepts is highly individualized, and is not readily translatable into a form that others will understand. However, the INTJ is driven to translate their ideas into a plan or system that is usually readily explainable, rather than to do a direct translation of their thoughts. They usually don't see the value of a direct transaction, and will also have difficulty expressing their ideas, which are non-linear. However, their extreme respect of knowledge and intelligence will motivate them to explain themselves to another person who they feel is deserving of the effort.
INTJs are natural leaders, although they usually choose to remain in the background until they see a real need to take over the lead. When they are in leadership roles, they are quite effective, because they are able to objectively see the reality of a situation, and are adaptable enough to change things which aren't working well. They are the supreme strategists - always scanning available ideas and concepts and weighing them against their current strategy, to plan for every conceivable contingency.
INTJs spend a lot of time inside their own minds, and may have little interest in the other people's thoughts or feelings. Unless their Feeling side is developed, they may have problems giving other people the level of intimacy that is needed. Unless their Sensing side is developed, they may have a tendency to ignore details which are necessary for implementing their ideas.
The INTJ's interest in dealing with the world is to make decisions, express judgments, and put everything that they encounter into an understandable and rational system. Consequently, they are quick to express judgments. Often they have very evolved intuitions, and are convinced that they are right about things. Unless they complement their intuitive understanding with a well-developed ability to express their insights, they may find themselves frequently misunderstood. In these cases, INTJs tend to blame misunderstandings on the limitations of the other party, rather than on their own difficulty in expressing themselves. This tendency may cause the INTJ to dismiss others input too quickly, and to become generally arrogant and elitist.
INTJs are ambitious, self-confident, deliberate, long-range thinkers. Many INTJs end up in engineering or scientific pursuits, although some find enough challenge within the business world in areas which involve organizing and strategic planning. They dislike messiness and inefficiency, and anything that is muddled or unclear. They value clarity and efficiency, and will put enormous amounts of energy and time into consolidating their insights into structured patterns.
Other people may have a difficult time understanding an INTJ. They may see them as aloof and reserved. Indeed, the INTJ is not overly demonstrative of their affections, and is likely to not give as much praise or positive support as others may need or desire. That doesn't mean that he or she doesn't truly have affection or regard for others, they simply do not typically feel the need to express it. Others may falsely perceive the INTJ as being rigid and set in their ways. Nothing could be further from the truth, because the INTJ is committed to always finding the objective best strategy to implement their ideas. The INTJ is usually quite open to hearing an alternative way of doing something.
When under a great deal of stress, the INTJ may become obsessed with mindless repetitive, Sensate activities, such as over-drinking. They may also tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that they would not normally consider important to their overall goal.
INTJs need to remember to express themselves sufficiently, so as to avoid difficulties with people misunderstandings. In the absence of properly developing their communication abilities, they may become abrupt and short with people, and isolationists.
INTJs have a tremendous amount of ability to accomplish great things. They have insight into the Big Picture, and are driven to synthesize their concepts into solid plans of action. Their reasoning skills gives them the means to accomplish that. INTJs are most always highly competent people, and will not have a problem meeting their career or education goals. They have the capability to make great strides in these arenas. On a personal level, the INTJ who practices tolerances and puts effort into effectively communicating their insights to others has everything in his or her power to lead a rich and rewarding life."
Those crazy Hindu made a movie in the likes of AI or Bicenturial Man. Starts as a social drama and after the second hour it is non stop super awesome action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqW0YXrUtFI
Were you perhaps bored of school? Was it not challenging enough for you? Gifted people tend to be bored after all. You shouldn't blame yourself for that, you're doing well now, right? There are so many things you can do with that IQ of yours, you can achieve anything as long as you don't give up studying.
As for the smoking part, I think it's totally natural for teens to experiment. Personally, it's not something I would do, but isn't it a lot better to play around when you're still young than now?
By the way, I'm so sorry for my late reply, I finally managed to spend time with my best friend outside of school and I wanted to focus solely on her.
As for the discussion:
What are your views on anarchism? I'm not exactly interested in politics, but I like discussing ideologies.
I certainly do have plans.. too many of them, maybe. I'd like to study medicine, if possible. Too many people want to study that, so I'll have work really hard to stand out from the rest. Biology and psychology are my second options. What about yourself?
LoGH has been on my to-watch list for ages.. I was looking for a good anime today, but I couldn't find anything of interest so thanks a lot for reminding me!
As for Aku no Hana... that isn't exactly a masterpiece, unlike Attack on Titan. It's.. somewhat decent, if you can look past the art. I wouldn't really recommend, though. There are so many other anime, I would watch pick up Monster first if I were you.
I started to watch Psycho-pass (and Suisei no Gargantia!) as soon as I read that it was done by Urobuchi.
That sounds like great fun! I don't know when you're going, but I hope you'll have fun!
I've known my best friend for at least 4 years but I've never been at her place before (she hasn't been at mine either) so hopefully we're going to spend a lot of time together. I know it doesn't sound exactly spectacular or anything, but to me it's very special!
Good and evil is confusing! I mean when people talk about good and evil, what do they really mean? Is it a transcendental obligation, or is it a mere opinion on the same level that one likes the color green? Are normative prescriptions empirically observable? If it's morality you wish to talk about, then you're talking to the wrong guy. I believe the commonly held idea of morality doesn't exist, and is delusional like God.
If you want to talk about the idea of "good" as specified ("actions that bring happiness to others"), then I prefer to use the words that describe what it actually is -- empathy and cruelty -- instead of assigning values to it.
Do humans have the concept of empathy embedded in them? I would say yes. Scientific studies have shown that babies, dogs even, recognize when someone is in pain; and on average people tend to feel better when they help others as opposed to taking advantage of others. This can be explained through Evolution -- we are social animals, and as social animals we take consolation in the welfare of our tribe in order to handle stronger enemies. However, because empathy is developed through Evolution, there is also a component of selfishness. We help others ultimately as a means of helping ourselves, and passing on genes.
Would they infer that God empathizes in a neutral and uninfluenced environment? The concept of God is a posteriori, meaning we know of it through what other people tell us, and not inherently (unless you would like to argue otherwise). A baby does not know what God is, so a baby that grows up in an uninfluenced environment would not know what God is, unless they were to imagine the beings, in which they could take on any value capable to their imagination. Frankly, the idea of an all-powerful empathetic God is contradictory, since he should have the power to get rid of cruelty.
Would humans seek positivity and empathy naturally? Yes, because it helps them (most of them) survive.
But if what you wanted to talk about was actually good and evil, and not empathy and cruelty, then you'd probably do better than asking me by Googling some fairy-land philosophers of moral realism or religious philosophers.
I also like Celtic music a looooot lol. Which speaking of I noticed you're from Scotland, I have Scottish and Irish in me c: And it's fine by the way, I enjoy music a lot. So, Sorry I did the same xD.
Hmmm, I'm not sure which would be more like a shounen anime. But, I really enjoy the series Vampire Kisses, it's a 9 book series and I've read them all. They also started making a manga after them I have all of those two except for the new one that came out. It's by Ellen Schreiber. The series is a bit predictable but I still enjoyed it. Evernight is also a good series. I'm reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower right now, it's pretty good so far - a bit boring at times though.
My recommendation on books:
1. Vampire Kisses.
2. Evernight.
3. Perks of Being A Wallflowwer.
4. The Hunger Games.
5. and for things more of the mental illness level - Go Ask Alice, 13 Reasons Why, or The Me Nobody Knew are all pretty good from what I've read / heard. I'm also starting The Complete Sherlock Holmes Vol. 1 Novel here soon.
Actually, I do like the majority of those songs you sent. I listen to a lot of music, but classical is one of my favorites. I love cello and violin and piano music. And artists like Dinu Lipatti I don't know if you know him but he's a Romanian Pianist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0VhKERbhkE
I enjoy writing fiction, I adore poetry if done right. I love Robert Frost, his poems are always beautiful and I love Edgar Allen Poe's work, I've read his whole book of poetry back when I was in 7th grade and loved it.
I prefer to write in first person as well, but when I roleplay - paras are always in third so I can swing either way to be honest. Co-Writing Paras are much easier done in third person, where as writing a book is easier for me to do in first!
I love to read fantasy and psychology books and even old classics. I like Romance thrown into them all too, so I guess when I write I tend to follow up on those themes as well.
Writers block will forever be my downfall in writing xD. By the way, a bit off topic - but while we're on the random spree of talking, what type of music do you listen too?
Hey Auto! Since we'd both like to remain anonymous, simply "Raksha" will do.
I'm good and excited, because tomorrow is the last school day before my two-week long spring break! I can't stop fantasizing about the fun things I'll get to do once I'm free. What about you?
Edit: I'm really not used to this site as I've been commenting on my own profile accidentally.
Yeah, that's true. I took it without even knowing what it was - a friend of mine recommended it to me but he didn't tell me what it was about at all lol.
And no it's more difficult than that. I don't think religion is a dead end, Jesus is my Savior not my religion anyway. I classify my religion as Christianity, but really I walk by Faith. I'll agree that Religion is corrupt at times - full of laws which we're set free from. But, I quite enjoy my religion and my faith is very strong. I value that a lot. Yes, my disorder is a pain to deal with at times but I like when it does bring me closer to God. I won't be swayed on religion or on the love I have for my God. I'm not trying to be mean xD, I just really don't like talking about religion unless we're both on the same page is all.
American College, lol.
I love psychology a lot. I'd like to get into computer science, but really my math is horrible for that major. I used to admin with my friend an asylum rp over on tumblr haha it was a lot of fun to learn about disorders and what not.
That'd be pretty cool, I'm not the best at writing to be honest. I was in a writing group in high school and got a reward for it but that's the extent that I have as far as writing goes. I get writers block horribly when writing novels. What do you enjoy writing about?
Oh also about writing: I've been writing since I was ten, and I roleplay on tumblr which is a lot of writing there to in para forum. Me and my friend have practically co-wrote a book just from roleplaying lol. It's what I'd be going to college for, but you don't need a degree in Eng with a minor in CW to be an author, so I'm going to get my degree and money's worth in something else i'm interested in - Psychology.
Oh really? I love MBTI's, they're very accurate. I have another friend who is an INTJ as well. Then I have a friend who is an ISTP and another friend who is an INFJ like me. (All introverted people in my social group lol.)
I don't know Japanese fluently, but I've been learning for a long time - I can't read or write Hiragana, Katakana, or Kanji however, I've just learned to speak a lot of it and can read Romanji.
And yes, I'm not the type to shove my belief onto other people, what everyone else picks is their choice. But, my faith is super strong and as I stated in the "pick two" forum I have a very high strung OCD that revolves around my Faith called Scrupulosity (just keep that in mind if we talk about religion xD)
No, I'm moving in June so, I'm waiting to move then save up the money for a year and go to a college then for Psychology. [Probably should've done it easier I graduated 2 years ago a year early at that so I probably could've got into a decent one under a good scholarship lol. Okay this is long I'll shut up now.]
