[WesAnderson]

Okay so I love this forum. I come here often, either to just browse interesting topics or to find an answer to a question relating to MBTI (i.e. South Park character personalities).

Here is my problem. As much as I love PersonalityCafe I think that it has a VERY HIGH iNTUITIVE SLANT.


I want feedback from sensors! I want to hear what S's have to say. You all do make up 85% of the population, after all LOL

Do you like Ns? Do they annoy you? Do you feel like the online community (dominated by ituitives) bashes sensors?



I always need to hear both sides of every story and I feel like 90% of the opinions, feedback, videos, web pages and posts that I have read and watched have been from the N perspective.

Look on Youtube. Put in any personality that has an "N" in it and you will see tons of videos of people who are that discussing how they think. Do the same thing with an "S" personality and you might get one video, if that.

---------------Background (Why I Am Asking This)---------------


Now, keep in mind that I am a very high "N." My "SE" is my least developed function and though "Si" is my 3rd or 4th function I only use it when recalling data to back up my high Ne and Ti.

But, in all honestly, mostly ALL the forums and Youtube videos are dominated by Ns. I think that the reason is because we have a natural disposition to learning new things, how people think and how they process information. Most intuitives (Ns) are naturally drawn to Myers-Briggs, Kiersey, Jungian Cognitive Function, etc once they find out about it.

People who have taken the test who are "Ss" never seem to dive deep into it. In my experience most sensors (S) have, at best, a quick attention span for these kinds of things unless its for their job. They think its "cool" but not one that I have had take the test been drawn or fascinated my MBTI. They read their personality, think its "pretty accurate" and quickly move on without thinking about its actual application or dive into the finer points.

Am I wrong? Are there more sensors out there than I think who study and likes MBTI as well. I see some from time to time but its rare.

[Kito]

There's not much sensor bias, really. I think that having an N preference is constantly overhyped, though. We noticed in our forum how an INFP article has about six paragraphs on how they use Fi, yet the same article for ISFPs only has one, and then quickly moves on as if there's nothing more to say about us.

If sensors weren't commonly portrayed as close-minded, boring and crowd-following individuals then I don't think there'd be a sensor bias at all. You'd be surprised how many sensors on here have mistyped themselves as iNtuitives, because they've fallen into the trap of believing that only iNtuitives can be imaginative, creative, thoughtful etc.

[tine]

I don't really see a huge bias anymore. There was for a while, but a bunch of pro-sensor threads happened and people lightened up about it (it caused alot of conflict though which wasn't great).
I like Ns, I have N and S friends and family, all who I like!

[Phoenix0]

There is no denying the ratio of S to N in real life exceeds the amount on the internet. In my class if I were to type people myself I would be the only NT, there would be about 2-5 NFs, and the rest S's. But I am not the best typer in the world so...

[Marlowe]

I don't care what type you are, so long as you're not an asshole or a wimp, we should get along fine.



And just to counteract the N creative slant, I'm a screenwriter. Which means I get...oooooh, all creative and sparkly and stuff.

[Donovan]

I don't really see a huge bias anymore. There was for a while, but a bunch of pro-sensor threads happened and people lightened up about it (it caused alot of conflict though which wasn't great).
I like Ns, I have N and S friends and family, all who I like!

lol, i noticed the change as well. for a while there was almost a "reverse-typism" theme going on.

side note: it's interesting to see the changes on this site, like a seed is planted and has a certain effect, such as what's held as a "common belief to PerC" changing from one idea and gravitating towards another (or maybe it's just my own perception and nothing to do with the reality of PerC...?).

[Jungian]

I'm a sensor who's really got into MBTI. I came at it from an interest in Carl Jung, but I think I've got into it because of my interest in people and relationships as an introvert with extraverted feeling. But as for sensing, I think I do generally tend to glance over things, taking them on face value and don't often get deeply into things as much as I have done with MBTI. I do often feel overwhelmed by new technology - took me a while to get into Skype for instance. I guess like you say sensors prefer to use experience to learn new things rather than throwing themselves into something new?

I also find the Cafe slightly overwhelming as there's so much here, I want to go through it all systematically, the S that I am. Whereas an N might skip around the place quickly from one thing to the next. I think the internet is a great place for intuitives, there's infinite possibilities and distractions and you can have as much or as little as you want. So for me its overwhelming and often don't know where to start as I have little imagination for the possibilities of the internet and find myself stuck to the same websites. I know there's infinite knowledge out there but have to kind of plan what I want to find out.

Would be interested to hear what you think of my thoughts on your interesting question!

[Spades]

A large proportion of N's are mistypes because the functions are often thoroughly misunderstood.

[Kayness]

Yeah. We don't really think. We don't dive deep into anything that isn't blatantly shoved in our face. We don't really care for the deeper meaning of things or the global connections of anything. Nah.

[Inguz]

I find it very interesting to finally be on the receiving side of this kind of bias. Really. I'm male and belong to the ethical majority of Sweden, so this kind of treatment is an entirely new experience to me. :-)

If I like Ns? Yes, I do.

People who have taken the test who are "Ss" never seem to dive deep into it. In my experience most sensors (S) have, at best, a quick attention span for these kinds of things unless its for their job. They think its "cool" but not one that I have had take the test been drawn or fascinated my MBTI. They read their personality, think its "pretty accurate" and quickly move on without thinking about its actual application or dive into the finer points.

Hm... This is like saying that Feeling-types would do exactly the same.