Will Sensing Types Have Just As Strong An Interest In Type As Intuiting Types?

I am putting this here, since in part there is a question about what's my type. Throughout the past few years, I have become accustom to being considered an intuiting type by people on the forums that I frequent. I take those observations with a grain-of-salt, however yesterday I received two PMs that said I seem to be quite enthusiastic about type. One came from an ISFP and the other from an ENTP who said that she had never observed an ISTP who showed such a high interest in the subject.

My inquiry is two-fold. First as SP or SJ type, do you consider your interest as equal to someone preferring intuiting? If your answer is no, then do you believe that I may be a wannabe SP and actually am some sort of intuiting type?

The ENTP considered polling the forum, but believed that people would wonder the reasons for her motivation. I think that my interest is no higher than any other sensing type, but I have gained knowledge over the years since I had to take the long way around in determining my type. Each time I began studying a system, I continued to find the information inconsistent, so I continued to dig deeper, resulting in my gaining a lot of information about the system.



However unlike INTs that I consider just as knowledgeable, I don’t believe myself to be a master at the subject. I personally believe that I am always learning more from you folks. That seems to be the difference in being SP as opposed to NT. Also I am not sure I would have hung around for so long, had I found the Berens system initially. Most of my knowledge about type was again from a continuance in a need to dig deeper. I think this makes me a Ti dominant type, but not necessarily an intuiting type. Can I have your feedback please? Some of you do not need to respond (Wicked Q, Lantern and Kept) since you believe my only motive in claiming to be ISTP is only to get laid by a sexy ESTJ.

Well I have a very large interest in typing and personality in general and I am an ESTP. I find the major differences with ESTP and ISTP is you guys tend to analyze and go into detail a lot more. My INTP friend got me into this and now I know more than she does.

I don't know. I can't say this is a solid observation, but you do more quoting than speculating which helps feed S over N. Also there are always exceptions to rules so you'll find S types into theory, especially if it happens to involve their career path.

Originally Posted by TreeBob

Well I have a very large interest in typing and personality in general and I am an ESTP. I find the major differences with ESTP and ISTP is you guys tend to analyze and go into detail a lot more. My INTP friend got me into this and now I know more than she does.

I think one main difference between a "sensor" and an "intuitive" liking the MBTI come from two distinct interests. The sensor would try to apply it more on the basis of how it can relate to the real world while an intuitive would be more interested in theorizing and dissecting the abstractions of such.

Originally Posted by Seeker of Truth

I think one main difference between a "sensor" and an "intuitive" liking the MBTI come from two distinct interests. The sensor would try to apply it more on the basis of how it can relate to the real world while an intuitive would be more interested in theorizing and dissecting the abstractions of such.

Not true at all... as an INTP, my interest in typology comes mainly from an application perspective...

As an INTP I am NOT a people person... I am a systems person... over the last 8 years I have learned the Myers Briggs inside and out as a way to develop my people skills... I have learned how to type people in a matter of moments after meeting them, and then I interact with the type, not the person... makes me appear socialable in situations I used to find uncomfortable...

I should add that this all happens unconciously now, and what used to be interacting with a system, has become to be genuine people skills... but it took about 7 years to get to that point...

Originally Posted by Functianalyst

I am putting this here, since in part there is a question about what's my type. Throughout the past few years, I have become accustom to being considered an intuiting type by people on the forums that I frequent. I take those observations with a grain-of-salt, however yesterday I received two PMs that said I seem to be quite enthusiastic about type. One came from an ISFP and the other from an ENTP who said that she had never observed an ISTP who showed such a high interest in the subject.

My inquiry is two-fold. First as SP or SJ type, do you consider your interest as equal to someone preferring intuiting? If your answer is no, then do you believe that I may be a wannabe SP and actually am some sort of intuiting type?

The ENTP considered polling the forum, but believed that people would wonder the reasons for her motivation. I think that my interest is no higher than any other sensing type, but I have gained knowledge over the years since I had to take the long way around in determining my type. Each time I began studying a system, I continued to find the information inconsistent, so I continued to dig deeper, resulting in my gaining a lot of information about the system.

However unlike INTs that I consider just as knowledgeable, I don’t believe myself to be a master at the subject. I personally believe that I am always learning more from you folks. That seems to be the difference in being SP as opposed to NT. Also I am not sure I would have hung around for so long, had I found the Berens system initially. Most of my knowledge about type was again from a continuance in a need to dig deeper. I think this makes me a Ti dominant type, but not necessarily an intuiting type. Can I have your feedback please? Some of you do not need to respond (Wicked Q, Lantern and Kept) since you believe my only motive in claiming to be ISTP is only to get laid by a sexy ESTJ.

I would peg you as an IxTP... can't really determine your N/S preferance from this post alone, and I am at work so i cannot go check multiple posts you have made at this time...

Functianalyst, I actually do not have much of an opinion on this as I'm still relatively new to MBTI...all the functions Te Ti Se Si still baffles me, it is far too complicated for my brain I think. Whether you're N or S or whatever I think you're a well-rounded guy who is well clued up and your posts make for good reading, sometimes I really have to read your posts a few times as they are quite complex with all the big words. This is because I'm a speaker of 'plain English please' - and that's from 7 years of working in admin and having to adapt to this way of speaking and writing.

Thanks for the reference that we three ESTJ's are sexy....it's been the highlight of my day

I think it's possibly less likely S's would dig into the subject. However, I don't see why we would be less into it if it already sparkled our interest?
Bottomline: We may find it interesting for different reasons but the interest is just as great.

" First as SP or SJ type, do you consider your interest as equal to someone preferring intuiting? If your answer is no, then do you believe that I may be a wannabe SP and actually am some sort of intuiting type?"

- As an SJ, I believe my interest is equal to that of an N type. With a twist, because I'm not sure the MBTI is "it". In fact I much doubt it, I'm open for alternatives. But I'm into typing and ways to understand people better.

Even though my answer was basically "yes" to the above, I want to say I think you're a sensor. It's something about the way you structure your posts, I suppose. You don't have to be a closet intuitive type to be into the MBTI.

Originally Posted by Tucken

- As an SJ, I believe my interest is equal to that of an N type. With a twist, because I'm not sure the MBTI is "it". In fact I much doubt it, I'm open for alternatives. But I'm into typing and ways to understand people better.

Even though my answer was basically "yes" to the above, I want to say I think you're a sensor. It's something about the way you structure your posts, I suppose. You don't have to be a closet intuitive type to be into the MBTI.

I second that. I don't think MBTI is 'it' either, it bothers me a little that there are some who are TOO involved in their MBTI and believe that it's the be all and end all, and stereotype certain types and think that some are better than others.

I would say you're a S too Functianalyst, your thoughts/posts hold a lot of logic behind them, and yes it's the way you structure them as well. There's a huge difference to how N and F express their thoughts.

Originally Posted by Functianalyst

Each time I began studying a system, I continued to find the information inconsistent, so I continued to dig deeper, resulting in my gaining a lot of information about the system.

ISTPs are very thorough (with anything they really want to understand). And they figure stuff out for themselves, which requires that they process all the data they can get their hands on. They never take a theory at face value. They keep testing and refining the theory until it produces consistent results that they can see for themselves. In other words they will keep at it until it works for them.

It's silly to think that this type of intellect can only be applied to car engines. Sensing is not an equivalent for the physical world. It doesn't mean literally, what you can sense with your five senses. All the MBTI labels are somewhat misleading in this way; they aren't literal.

Originally Posted by Functianalyst

...do you believe that I may be a wannabe SP and actually am some sort of intuiting type?

Absolutely not. Just the fact that you posted this thread suggests ISTP to me. It's the kind of thing I would do, if I was fed up enough. And I've seen some of your posts at INTJForum, and I've seen how fed up you get. You can be quite ornery. INTJs and INTPs aren't like that. They don't have the same fire in their belly.