Einstine(did i spell that rite?)

[itln22jm]

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[KoDeN]

yes, he was an intp. As was Descartes, Newton, Socrates, Pascal, and even Jung.

[SensEye]

I think so, and it's Einstein.

[Arioch]

We assume that they were all INTP's.
For more information on Einstein I suggest you read "Idea's and Opinions". A book filled with articles by him.

[synchronous]

Is it true that einstine was an intp?, ive read somewhere that he was, anothet thing i read was an article on einstine about when he was a boy, its kinda weird how much we have in commen, i myself am a 16 y/o intp

If your concerned as to whether MBTI 'experts' have properly typed Einstein, check out his essay below that he wrote in his formative years, around your age (translated from French to English). There are key words and phrases in the essay that immediately jump out at you that scream "INTP". And, he did follow through in action, what he planned as outlined in this essay.


My plans for the future.

A happy man is too content with the present to think much about the future. On the other hand it is young people above all who like to occupy themselves with bold plans.... If I should have the good fortune to pass my examinations, I would go to the Zürich polytechnical school. I would stay there for four years in order to study mathematics and physics. I see myself becoming a teacher in these branches of the natural sciences, choosing the theoretical part of these sciences.

Here are the reasons that led me to this plan. Above all it is my individual disposition for abstract and mathematical thought... And then there is a certain independence in the scientific profession which greatly pleases me.

http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/ae6.htm

[ohnoaninfp]

Nope, it is spelled Einstien. I don't know really. I am bad at guessing types.

[Anacaona]

Read his biography to be sure.

[Aryan]

As was Descartes, Newton, Socrates, Pascal, and even Jung.
Newton was an INTJ

Yup that humble guy with that bad haircut changed this world.
^.^ INTP's rule :cheers: ( at least theoretically :nerd: )

[candela]

...Troll?

[jimkopelli]

prob'ly.

[songbird36]

How can you say someone who lived 500 years before the development of the Myers Briggs typology, is of a particular type?

I don't get it.

[Anacaona]

How can you say someone who lived 500 years before the development of the Myers Briggs typology, is of a particular type?

I don't get it.


Well, I think psychologists can guess someone's type by reading documents left by that person or by people who knew him or her... They just do a deduction...

[SensEye]

* bites tongue*

songbird, go to the Rants and Raves subform, and read the "Really stupid things..." thread. Pay particular attention to the post where the guy talks about how his friend thought the world existed in black and white before the development of color photography. Then think twice about your post. :huh:

[songbird36]

Myers-Briggs typology is based to a large degree on self perception and self reported preferences.

To this extent I think that typing others (especially of the long deceased variety) based on ASSUMPTIONS about their feelings, thought processes and preferences, is inherently unreliable. Someone's diaries, journals or books, or others'a ccounts of them, may give a clue as to the person's basic temperament, but that's about it.

So I am still skeptical I'm afraid.

[Sackanaka]

Being illogical while playing with logic can be fun! Sometimes stupid, but fun for some like me :D