Personality Expert

[Avengardh]

http://www.perex.com/index.php

This test is evolving, it is free for now, but it might not be in the future, the first test is about 100 questions and helps the test-makers in improving it. The second one has results and also has the option of giving feedback (also about 100 questions).

I found it interesting, some things were really accurate, while some weren't, but the truth is, that if I was living alone and not with my family it would really be accurate then, which surprised me, here are a few of the accurate things:





You are objective, practical, respectable, dependable and decisive. You can be counted on to make sure everything is in its place, that people are doing what they’re supposed to be doing and all the supplies have been secured. You have a strong sense of responsibility and completely fulfill your duties. You don’t receive nearly the gratitude or recognition that you deserve for all you do for others.


I don't really need the gratitude...but I guess positively it would help my psyche.



Because of your social grace and eloquent usage of words, people in certain circles would mistake you for an Extrovert. The reality is that you choose to take on the role of an Extrovert only when the situation requests such. When compared to the rest of the population you are the most private type and can enjoy personal time exploring your inner world without needing to babble about it to someone else.


Very true...so creepy.


Some people may judge you as being unfeeling because your well-intentioned, objective critiques of where or how an item or behavior doesn’t match the standard can be misinterpreted as personal attacks. Hence, you are usually slow to deliver such critiques, choosing your words carefully and assessing whether or not the recipient will be open enough to make it worth your time. If someone is not open enough it is certainly their loss because your observation was delivered entirely for their benefit.

You may or may not be a pessimist, but your speech is laced with reminders to realistically expect problems to arise. You are aware of the general dangers of living and are conscious of the fact that other people don’t heed your warnings as often as they should. You are also the first to point out to someone who seems surprised that they should’ve known that setbacks would occur.


That last paragraph is specially true, which hence led me to give this test an 88% on accuracy (out of a 100), not good enough to be an A but not that bad. I freaking hated when I got 88's on tests...

~*Aven*~

[INTrPosr]

I have taken this test on three different occasions, with three different results :blink: How is that for emotions running high?:wacko:

[Jkrs]

I am decisive.
(If you're not sure then mark 'Strong Disagree')
Wonderful. :D


It seems to be telling me that I'm an INFx.. Last time I took this test, I scored as an ISTP. Odd that this is what happens near the end of an 18-hour day.

[sme_bro]

it told me i am the same type as Albert E, so i geuss it puts me as intp :)
description seemed pretty acturate

[Avengardh]

I know, man it was creepy, have never really had any other results that come this close O_O

But you are certainly welcome :]

[Hyperion]

I think the tests produce authentic results.

These are pretty correct:



You are the absentminded professor, the same personality type (in at least one major system) as Albert Einstein. Plato said that the function of your type is to study nature and figure out ways to tame it. You see connections between concepts that others do not, and must sometimes stop to check in with your audience to see if you’ve made intuitive leaps that left them far behind. When you see a problem, you naturally apply technique or theory from an entirely different system and are the most likely type to make a conceptual, inventive breakthrough.

Ever since you were a child you questioned those in authority, not explicitly trusting teachers or other leaders to really be qualified enough to deliver the instruction they were delivering. You were open to their thoughts, but quick to identify biases or knowledge gaps in those in authority positions.

In fact, skepticism is one of your defining traits. You don’t trust titular authority, appearances, beliefs, traditions, customs, reputation, degrees, or credentials awarded by any agency or school. This is not conspiracy thinking or suspicion of bad intent, but an honest impersonal belief that no one holds anyone or anything to the high, accurate, objective standard that you do. You will be the judge of someone’s competence and no prior ratings by anyone else will sway your impartial evaluation.

You quickly brush aside prejudice, convention, custom and tradition for what works and produces results.

As a classic synthesizer-iconoclast, this is a most accurate description of myself.



You define time by the event, rather than the reverse. You are certainly capable of making and keeping appointments by clock time (although you’re often a few minutes late) but in your mind you are living in a time interval based on a concept, activity or stage which you can clearly define. For you, a time period ends when a certain activity ceases, when a goal is reached, or when your attention naturally shifts rather than when a certain clock alignment occurs.

This is very much the way I treat time. I control my time and not the other way around. I never eat and sleep at prescribed arbitrary times but I eat when I am hungry and I sleep whenever I feel sleepy - regardless of what time it is.



You are prone to understatement. You will always err on the side of saying slightly too little, estimating slightly more problems or more cost in terms of time or money, slightly less exciting or beneficial results. This is done completely logically and you could go into more specific estimations if you thought the receiver would take such predictions logically, realistically and unemotionally.

Indeed. This usually make me a bad salesman since there is no such thing as a perfect product. There are always pros and cons to everything – including being INTP.



Your special talent is understanding and optimizing complex systems. You can quickly explain how you personally fit into macro and micro social and economic machinery.

I can easily integrate knowledge of human psychoacoustics, spatial and environmental acoustics, and electronics’ sonic characteristics together into the designs of high fidelity home audio and car audio systems in a way that very few humans evidently can.



You are known for your impatience with ignorance, incompetence, small talk, fake people, or too much time given to a small matter. You bring total involvement and attention to each moment in life.

True which is why I do not like ceremonies and parties since they are a waste of time and resources.



As a parent you encourage individuality in your child. You particularly enjoy debating topics with your child. You encourage your children to be original, think actively, and take action on their own. If you see your child taking an unrecommended path you are likely to suggest alternatives, but wouldn’t consider forcing them or demanding that they act differently.

Actually I am not yet a parent but this is precisely how I'd behave if I have an offspring.


You face each activity with self-improvement in mind. While others think of games, work, even social events as a mere passage of time, you engage each activity as an opportunity to observe the nature of the event and further develop your mastery of the skills involved. For you, even relaxation is done with a sense of duty to optimize the rejuvenating effects.

Indeed. I always go to social events not to socialize but to observe the behavior of fellow humans to aid the construction of my extrinsic personality shells that mimic normal human behavior.



You are an intellectual and enjoy logical investigation and theory building. You are honored when someone asks you to explain the rationale behind your latest project, but often find the audience uninterested in nearly the level of detail with which you are capable of discussing.

Oh yes I am extremely pleased to explain why my home looks like no other home, or why my loudspeakers are right in the middle of the room, or why my cars are always colored arctic silver (for best balance between night visibility in a snowless country, high heat/light reflectivity and color matching with dust ), or why I always wear sneakers or slippers or none at all (for comfort of course), or why the idea of wearing more clothes than t shirt and shorts in the tropics is beyond logic.



You respect yourself to the degree that you act independent of the impositions of other people. You would never just “go with the flow.� Your mind is always in motion and every action you take is by conscious choice.

This is probably the best indicator of INTP personality in the results.



Your type becomes most obvious in traumatic, stressful situations. While the rest of the world goes insane, you are the one who remains calm and collected, mainly because you realize that this is the best mindset for understanding and resolving whatever issues are at hand.

I remember two big fires that happened in our neighborhood. Every neighbor were in panic, grabbing everything and stuffing whatever they can grab into their cars while I calmly watched everybody in amusement. I had estimated that the fires would not be able to go beyond the firewalls within an hour and that is plenty of time for firemen to arrive and put em out. I simply grabbed the phone directory and leisurely called every firestation within 10km (there were plenty since this is in a huge metropolis of more than 10M people). Talk about overkill, I called about 20-30 firetrucks into our neighborhood both times.



You are a true utilitarian. Your hallmark is your nearly empty refrigerator, containing exactly enough food for your next food interval and nothing more.

Most definitely.

I buy cars with very different criteria compared to others: I usually choose cars with the most powerful and most reliable airconditioning combined with the most economical engine for heavy traffic city driving; and best compromise between wheelbase for best stability and small turning radius for manouvering in tight spaces.

I will never ever live in a house too large or too small for my needs. The largest room in the house is always my music listening room. I dont even have a living room because it has no purpose in my prefered lifestyle (no unexpected guests please). I do have one thing that all INTPs should have: a big stockroom.



You have a wide variety of hobbies which get sporadic attention. Others may become frustrated with the fact that you start many projects but finish few.

Unfortunately, an undesirable but inevitable side effect of having an extremely wide range of esoteric skills and knowledge.

These are not so accurate:



You are particularly concerned with the proper definition and usage of individual words. For example, you are likely to notice the error if someone describes something as “very unique.� If something is “unique� then it is incomparable to anything else. It can therefore not be qualified by the word “very,� because that word is necessarily used for comparison. You economize with language, using the fewest words, each highly defined, to get a point across assuming that others will feel bored or insulted if you over-explain.

Not really. I am of the belief that the substance of a message is more important than its structure. It does not matter if the grammar or spelling is wrong as long as the message is received as it was meant to be which is the only purpose of communication.



Grade school can be particularly frustrating for your type because your desire to connect the music and mathematics lesson is out of the theoretical range of your respective instructors. You probably did quite well on standardized tests and found college style learning far more appealing.

I actually did well in school probably because I read all my school books in advance and know a lot of knowledge beyond the school curicullum because I used to be a lot less selective and I read everything that I could get my hands on. My teachers were probably more frustrated than I was because I knew more than they did.

[Star Cannon]

Geez. Talk about... accurate.

Star Cannon

[Jezebel]

I'm not trying to be difficult, but I found this test to be extremely inaccurate. I might as well have gotten random results.


You are quiet, skillful and reserved. You don’t mince words. When you finally speak, it is to let people know exactly where you stand.
I am quiet. I always think before I speak, so maybe this one could be fitting. Though I'm not very opinionated, so even after I say something I may change my mind about it later.


You are not bound by policy or standard convention, rather your mind is open to every possibility and you excel at finding novel approaches to solving problems because of this.
This one is fitting.


You are likely to adopt a hobby involving mastery of a tool, such as fishing or hunting, and since you have a special talent for mastering tools you are likely to achieve the highest level of skill in your field.
This is where the test went horribly wrong. I racked my brain to think of some tool that I was very skilled with. The best I can think of at the moment is using tools to do arts/crafts stuff. But even with these tools, I have issues. Despite years of attempts, nobody was ever able to teach me how to hold a pencil correctly as a kid, and as a result I have trouble writing. I looked this up and found someone had actually made up a name for this called impaired kinesthetic feedback (http://www.apraxia-kids.org/topics/thorne.html), and everything in THAT description fits me. My hands are also weaker than average, so I don't like to use them much for doing things with tools. I even quit playing guitar only because I had problems with it physically, and not because I couldn't grasp learning the music.


You are a master of the tools of your trade and an excellent craftsman. Better than most, you know exactly how to use tools for maximum advantage. You enjoy work where you can visually see your results when the project is complete, not matter how simple or complex.
Again with the tool thing. I also don't care much about seeing my results, as I often quit projects before I get to completion. While I'm working, I may have a vague idea of where something is going, but I always keep this open and usually change my mind several times about the final product before I make it to completion.


You are not interested in small talk, and actually may speak very little in general when compared to other people. Because you are not very expressive, some people think of you as a loner, and teachers may have mistakenly labeled you as “dyslexic� when you actually were born with an inclination for communicating through actions rather than words. You learn by doing, rather than by hearing, seeing or reading.
The talking part is accurate. I don't necessarily learn best by doing, though I think applying knowledge leads to a better understanding of what has been learned. Seeing or reading is adequate for me to learn something.



Standard grade school was not intended for students like you, and you probably found it incredibly tedious and boring. You were designed to use your hands and mind to master tools which other people cannot. When introduced to new tools, including weapons, your skill develops faster and further, and you speak more technically about it than other’s could even with more time and practice.
tool/activity/physical stuff...



You feel most comfortable when other people don’t know exactly what to expect from you. This leaves your options open to take whatever action you’d like without it being particularly shocking to anyone. In fact, even those close to you never know whether you’ll respond to something with instant enthusiasm or reserved thought.
I don't care what people expect from me. I don't try to be mysterious. I guess it's true in the sense that I like my options to be open.


You particularly enjoy unexpectedly stepping up to tackle a mechanical or instrument problem and then solving it with ease, although you’ll steer clear if the problem involves people or attitudes. If you absolutely must refer to the directions then you will read only the part which specifically applies to the problem at hand. You like work which has a definite end, a completion point, rather than “research� or “administration� which could continue on forever.
Again not true with the mechanical/instrument comment. I could see the work with a definite end being somewhat accurate, as I would get very bored if I had to do the same thing all the time. So it would be good just to know that it would be over, but I don't care if I know the exact date and time.


You are observant and will watch your environment, collecting data, constantly. This makes you especially valuable in an emergency because you are the most likely to have spotted things going wrong and know the source of problems before anyone else.
Haha. I'm very unattentive to my enviroment. I often miss obvious (to other's) things going on around me.


You don’t waste energy on creating plans which might not work out anyway. You prefer to face each day anew and tackle problems as they arise. You rely on yourself and trust common sense to get things done in nearly all circumstances.
This part is somewhat true. If it's something major I usually come up with some sort of plan, even though it's open to be changed at any point as new problems arise.


As a parent you do not feel the need to impose yourself or your standards on your children the way others do. In your eyes your children are individuals and you will respond to each of them according to their situations at any given time. Your spouse and your children know that you will give them the freedom and space they need to be their own person and you expect the same treatment in return.
I don't have kids yet, but I could see this part being accurate when I do. The most fitting part of the test so far, and I haven't even experienced this yet!


You may attend a big party or social family function, but without a doubt you prefer the company of a few close friends and the tool of your hobby, be it a fishing pole or a guitar.
The first part of this statement is true, while again the tool part is inaccurate.

I wonder what I selected on this test to get so many tool/mechanical/physical/activity type results.

[nobarcode]

I got the exact same description that Hyperion got, though my responses to each paragraph are a bit different. I would say that test was very, very accurate and fun to take.


The only thing that was inacurrate is that I'm always on time. :D *a subtle joke I keep to myself about the time thread*

[Google Monster]

This test got alot of me in it :nerd:


You are the absentminded professor, the same personality type (in at least one major system) as Albert Einstein. Plato said that the function of your type is to study nature and figure out ways to tame it. You see connections between concepts that others do not, and must sometimes stop to check in with your audience to see if you’ve made intuitive leaps that left them far behind. When you see a problem, you naturally apply technique or theory from an entirely different system and are the most likely type to make a conceptual, inventive breakthrough.
Yep. Always connecting the dots of life.


Ever since you were a child you questioned those in authority, not explicitly trusting teachers or other leaders to really be qualified enough to deliver the instruction they were delivering. You were open to their thoughts, but quick to identify biases or knowledge gaps in those in authority positions.
Yep. Got kicked out of school for these reasons and others. :rofl:


In fact, skepticism is one of your defining traits. You don’t trust titular authority, appearances, beliefs, traditions, customs, reputation, degrees, or credentials awarded by any agency or school. This is not conspiracy thinking or suspicion of bad intent, but an honest impersonal belief that no one holds anyone or anything to the high, accurate, objective standard that you do. You will be the judge of someone’s competence and no prior ratings by anyone else will sway your impartial evaluation.
Also true. People may say your an expert or an asshole but I'll see for myself.


You quickly brush aside prejudice, convention, custom and tradition for what works and produces results.
:)


You define time by the event, rather than the reverse. You are certainly capable of making and keeping appointments by clock time (although you’re often a few minutes late) but in your mind you are living in a time interval based on a concept, activity or stage which you can clearly define. For you, a time period ends when a certain activity ceases, when a goal is reached, or when your attention naturally shifts rather than when a certain clock alignment occurs.
Definitly me :o I didn't even realize this until I read this test. I rarely even do anything based on time or timelimits. Altough I am capable of making appointments by time wise i usually get lost to what day it is. I could think it's the 20th when in reality it's the 18th.


You are particularly concerned with the proper definition and usage of individual words. For example, you are likely to notice the error if someone describes something as “very unique.� If something is “unique� then it is incomparable to anything else. It can therefore not be qualified by the word “very,� because that word is necessarily used for comparison. You economize with language, using the fewest words, each highly defined, to get a point across assuming that others will feel bored or insulted if you over-explain.
Yep. I've got a simple vocabulary but i can understand the "big words" well.


You are prone to understatement. You will always err on the side of saying slightly too little, estimating slightly more problems or more cost in terms of time or money, slightly less exciting or beneficial results. This is done completely logically and you could go into more specific estimations if you thought the receiver would take such predictions logically, realistically and unemotionally.
Yep.


Your special talent is understanding and optimizing complex systems. You can quickly explain how you personally fit into macro and micro social and economic machinery.
:nerd:


You are objective and when your friends come to you they know they can count on you to deliver the blunt truth. You recover quickly, if flinching at all, when someone puts you down or criticizes you personally. You realize that either the critique was deserved and you intend to correct it, or the person delivering it was incorrectly biased or misinformed and therefore the criticism was inaccurate and inapplicable.
True, if someone wants to use my faults and past as a weapon then I would destroy thier weapon by accepting my faults and past then point out how they resort to using such things as a weapon. Usually works.


You are known for your impatience with ignorance, incompetence, small talk, fake people, or too much time given to a small matter. You bring total involvement and attention to each moment in life.
:o yes!!!


As a parent you encourage individuality in your child. You particularly enjoy debating topics with your child. You encourage your children to be original, think actively, and take action on their own. If you see your child taking an unrecommended path you are likely to suggest alternatives, but wouldn’t consider forcing them or demanding that they act differently.
Not a parent but this seems like the kind of things I would do if I had a child. But my dog isn't tied up and has left me for leftovers :(


You face each activity with self-improvement in mind. While others think of games, work, even social events as a mere passage of time, you engage each activity as an opportunity to observe the nature of the event and further develop your mastery of the skills involved. For you, even relaxation is done with a sense of duty to optimize the rejuvenating effects.
One reason why I just can't meditate. But once it worked and boy did my body feel like it just numbed up.


You are an intellectual and enjoy logical investigation and theory building. You are honored when someone asks you to explain the rationale behind your latest project, but often find the audience uninterested in nearly the level of detail with which you are capable of discussing.
I do. very much but one thing, I do not really have friends or someone who ask about my lastest projects because no one around even thinks about the stuff I do. Well one friend maybe.


You respect yourself to the degree that you act independent of the impositions of other people. You would never just “go with the flow.� Your mind is always in motion and every action you take is by conscious choice.
Yep again.


Your type becomes most obvious in traumatic, stressful situations. While the rest of the world goes insane, you are the one who remains calm and collected, mainly because you realize that this is the best mindset for understanding and resolving whatever issues are at hand.
I remain calm because I strongly believe that physical expressions are just simply what you want others to see. I guess thats why one of the only expressions I show to others is laughter.


You are a true utilitarian. Your hallmark is your nearly empty refrigerator, containing exactly enough food for your next food interval and nothing more.
Damn right! I only buy enough so that one day before I get money I run out of food. All of it too.


You have a wide variety of hobbies which get sporadic attention. Others may become frustrated with the fact that you start many projects but finish few.
Yep.


Grade school can be particularly frustrating for your type because your desire to connect the music and mathematics lesson is out of the theoretical range of your respective instructors. You probably did quite well on standardized tests and found college style learning far more appealing.
Well grade school sucked but I never had the chance for college style of learning yet.


Well thats enough about me. ;)

[last_caress]

I got the EXACT SAME results as Odd One.
What do you get mbti wise?
How about on a brain dominance test?

I'm curious as to whether the results of this test correlate.

[Google Monster]

INTP is what I get on the MTBI and Jung one. What brain dominance test are you talking about, not sure if I took any.

[Hyperion]

I also test as an INTP about 95% of the time and INTJ 5% of the time.

Brain dominance tests that put emphasis on logic, linear and symbolic processing; as well as those that give importance to the dominance of my right eye, right ear, right hand and foot always have me pegged as left brained.

Otoh, tests that put emphasis on my dislike for routine; lack of organization; messy table and workplace; love of art and music; visual, holistic and intuitive processing have me pegged as right brained.

Overall I personally think I have pretty even left and right brain processing, or mixed brain dominance. I suspect most INTPs have mixed brain dominance which is why INTPs are:

both logical and intuitive
both methodical/systematic and spontaneous/disorganized
both analytical and holistic
equally good at verbal/linguistic and visual/spatial processing
equally good at algebra and geometry
equally at home with nonfiction and fiction
equally at home with science and philosophy
can appreciate both rock and classical music
rooted on facts and yet is prone to daydreaming
solitary but playful and have a good sense of humor

[MacGuffin]

I also test as an INTP about 95% of the time and INTJ 5% of the time.

Brain dominance tests that put emphasis on logic, linear and symbolic processing; as well as those that give importance to the dominance of my right eye, right ear, right hand and foot always have me pegged as left brained.

Otoh, tests that put emphasis on my dislike for routine; lack of organization; messy table and workplace; love of art and music; visual, holistic and intuitive processing have me pegged as right brained.

Overall I personally think I have pretty even left and right brain processing, or mixed brain dominance. I suspect most INTPs have mixed brain dominance which is why INTPs are:

both logical and intuitive
both methodical/systematic and spontaneous/disorganized
both analytical and holistic
equally good at verbal/linguistic and visual/spatial processing
equally good at algebra and geometry
equally at home with nonfiction and fiction
equally at home with science and philosophy
can appreciate both rock and classical music
rooted on facts and yet is prone to daydreaming
solitary but playful and have a good sense of humor

Yeah, I think the NTP combo really lets us be open and have the ability to understand opposing concepts and methods.

[Google Monster]

I took a brain dominance test which I had to download.

Auditory 60%
Visual 40%
Left Brain 54.2%
Right Brain 45.8%

[Miss Padfoot]

On brain dominance tests, I usually score right-brain. But I think the right-brain/left-brain comparison is a bit simplistic. I have the right-brained Ne and Fe and the left-brained Ti and Si. And my Ti and Ne don't come into conflict all that often.

Anyway, on the test linked to, I got the same report as Jezebel, which is weird, because I'm a fairly strong N.

[last_caress]

I took a brain dominacne test which I had to download.

Auditory 60%
Visual 40%
Left Brain 54.2%
Right Brain 45.8%
I get roughly equal scores with a slight preference for the right. Also balanced visual and auditory scores. 50/50

MBTI wise I test out as INTP most of the time and INFP occasionally.
It seems that there is a correlation there.

I went to school for art, but I work in design/engineering and I love science.
I also still actively pursue a wide variety of creative activities.

I don't care for math, I believe moreso due to the repetition and rote memorization factor than an inability to understand. And I have always been linguistically advanced.

[Dengarm]

Yes this test is scarily accurate, but the freakyist part was my paragraphs were identical to Onmymind_too's.

[INTrPosr]

I'm usually not one for doing these types of online tests, but I thought "what the heck, I want to see the vague, general personality descriptions it churns out" .... after reading what was churned out though, to say the least, I am totally floored!!!! I thought .... gosh, it was as if my own mum had written the profile, I found it that eerily accurate.

I took the test in December and received the same results. There was a part on the enjoyment of fixing foods, which hit home for me, and a need to re-invent myself from time to time. After taking the test again, my results were the Einstein one. This description sounded more INFJ or ENTP-ish with the intuitive flare.

[cuspuser]

i also got the exact same results as Odd One ... :blink:

[paladinoflunaria]

I also got the same results as Odd One. They're pretty accurate.

[Nindy]

I got the same results as Onmymind_too, they're quite accurate but they forgot my analytical side and many other sides that I have.
Lol I'm too complicated for the test or any test for that matter to make them able to FULLY analyse my personality :D

Incorrect paragraphs:


To you everything happens on a personal level. Your friends come to you for advice because they know that you’ll love them for who they are and put yourself in their shoes to look at the world. Your advice, although varied in delivery, usually boils down to “be true to yourself” and “listen to your heart.” You are also an excellent confidant because things told to you never return to anyone through the grapevine. You exude this quality so strongly that even strangers will sometimes spontaneously begin confiding their deepest secrets in you.

It's true but I only have one real, one close friend, so... :huh:


In the same way that you're the best at reading nonverbal cues, you're also the best at sending them. When you speak they miss the nonverbal half of your message, then they speak and transmit twice the message (verbal + nonverbal) which often gives away more than they intended but is sometimes carelessly inaccurate since they don’t send nonverbal cues as well as you do. When you're tempted to assign bias based on someone’s tone or other nonverbal cues it is wise to have them restate what they said and see if ignoring the careless, unintentional nonverbal half of their message lets the true meaning through.

Yeaaah right, me good at sending nonverbal cues :rofl:
People mostly find it frightening how I can talk and be as stiff as some sort of robot, and have this blank/apathic look on my face practically all the time. When I do send nonverbal cues, they're facial, in contradict with my tendancy to stare and blankness and such :ph34r:


You go by the book and are suspicious of anyone suggesting that rules or laws should be ignored. You think constantly about improving laws, and see that at a major avenue for advancing social change because you see legislation and rule creation as the consensus opinion of the group working together. For you the focus is seeing everyone working together in harmony.

Why grow suspicious of anyone suggesting such a thing?
1 - Laws are stupid often (exception for crime-related stuff and probably some other things) and rules most of the time (not those against bullying of course, to name one)
2 - I'm suspicous of anyone mostly, so nothing specific there

And why constantly spend time thinking of how to improve laws?
Seriously, I have better things to do.

Everyone working together in harmony?
I have nothing against harmony, I just don't see it possible.


You are a healer and probably give great massages and know what foods will make people happy again. You prefer to surround yourself with direct, honest, authentic people who let you reinvent yourself every time you meet. You want nothing more than for there to be peace and harmony in the world, and your actions clearly reflect that vision.

NOT :blink:


But yeah, much more to that weird personality of mine... :)

[Tranzors]

You are fun, spontaneous, clever and interesting. People like to be around you because of your easygoing nature.
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You like to wake up each morning without a plan and see where the day takes you, hopefully on some safe but relatively exciting adventure.
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You excel in composition. You know what looks good together, what sounds good together, and what smells or tastes go together. This comes from a higher than normal tuned in attention to slight variations in color, texture, tone, and flavor.
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You like to see everyone living harmoniously and can get irritated by whoever is currently rocking the boat and causing problems.
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When faced with a problem you are most likely to solve it in the most obvious way, not implementing cumbersome standard methods or finding what is “socially acceptable” first.
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Most people you interact with do not really know you. This is partially because of your reserved nature (you don’t tell them much), partially because most other types are less reserved (they spend too much time talking and not enough asking about you), and partially because you accept people the way they are (you don’t feel much of a need to correct and evaluate others, so people don’t realize how you think differently).
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In fact, you have more interest in expressing yourself physically, through song, dance, or actions, than verbally, and you may give up too quickly when someone asks for a verbal explanation of your thoughts.
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You prefer hands-on practical work. You may tolerate other types of work, but you’re never happier than when you’re building, fixing or creating something you can see, touch, taste or hear. You prefer work which is not fixed to a procedure, but which may, at any time, take an entirely new direction if the impulse hits you.
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As a parent or leader you are non-directive, preferring to see what happens on its own rather than lay down strict procedures and give orders. To you it is understood that any procedures developed by necessity today disappear tomorrow unless they are still absolutely required.
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If you do become difficult or cranky it is usually a result of someone else trying to impose some rule or boundary upon you personally, although your discomfort is almost always short lived and relatively painless for all involved.

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Yes, very true, most of it.

[Bluehaze]

This test enjoyed starting off with flattery:

Name: Logan
Tests Completed: 2 (208 qstns)
First Login: Nov 2004
Intelligent? Very
Good Looking? Definitely

Soon results that had more definitive use emerged as follows:

You are gentle, caring, quiet, dutiful, neat, dependable, modest, unassuming, and humble. You can be counted on to make sure everything is in its place, that people are doing what they’re supposed to be doing and all the supplies have been secured.

You prefer to work behind the scenes, driven by a sense of obligation, often overworked for the benefit of others. You prefer tasks that are highly outlined, organized and practical. You fill your life with meaningful activities and schedule any down time. You enjoy helping any friend in need. You have a strong work ethic and can be critical of sloth, laziness and people who have possessions only through extreme indebtedness. All you’d like in return for all of your hard work is recognition and gratitude, neither of which you receive nearly in proportion to the effort and time you exert.

One of your greatest strengths is supporting family or group activities. Your contribution of cooking, cleaning, fixing or constructing is an expression of your love and loyalty to everyone present, and such labor is truly a pleasure for you to fulfill.

You were a model child. Relatively neat, sweet and conscientious, you were the child that every parent thinks they’re going to have. You may have openly disagreed or rebelled but if so it was short-lived and harmless and you were quick to accept the judgment of your parents along with any punishment they deemed reasonable.

Parenting, for you, is a lifetime commitment. You are protective, supportive and patient, often putting your children’s needs before your own.

You prefer not to make waves or attract too much individual attention. You go by the book and are suspicious of anyone suggesting that tried and true established methods should be revised or ignored.

You have a strong appreciation for antiques, traditions and heirlooms. You have a natural appreciation for and connection with your past and the people in your family tree. You find special joy in guarding old family artifacts regardless of their monetary value.

You put a lot of energy into maintaining your home. You keep things tidy, visually appealing and in working condition. You make sure your home is always well stocked with food and supplies. You take better care of your possessions than most types, cleaning, oiling, maintaining things so that they will always be nice, maintain their value, and function when needed. You want things to be sturdy and may replace something which isn’t broken if, after acquiring it, you realize that it’s of the new, shabbier quality.

You may or may not be a pessimist, but your speech is laced with reminders to realistically expect problems to arise. You are aware of the general dangers of living and are conscious of the fact that other people don’t heed your warnings as often as they should. You are also the first to point out to someone who seems surprised that they should’ve known that setbacks would occur.

In a marriage you are helpful and supportive of your spouse. You enjoy working on tasks together, or working on your specialties at the same time (one cooks while the other fixes the plumbing). As a parent you do all you can to ensure that your children are well behaved and hard working.

I now feel like a Cold War housewife. Would anyone like a nice, warm, slice of apple pie?

[keetah]

incredible how exact this test is....

my results:

You are exceptional and unique. Your quest in life is to identify exactly who you are and why you’re here. What’s important to you is the journey of self discovery, determining who you are today is not the same as who you’ll be tomorrow.

You resist being categorized and are quick to question any social standard that you sense someone imposing on you. Stereotypical gender roles always interest you and, in your mind, connect to issues that most other people would never even consider related.

You can “connect” with any individual person and practically read their mind, but you have a natural tendency to match your actions to the expectations you read from their mind and yearn for company that lets you truly, naturally be yourself. You struggle between letting yourself naturally match the sentiment of the group (which feels like putting on a façade) or letting your individuality shine, which may allow people to see how different you are.

You are particularly accepting of other people and have a special talent for seeing people’s true selves instinctively. It takes time for you to trust your gut instinct about people because even you don’t believe that someone could be so right about another person’s nature so quickly. This intuitive sense about what people are thinking (which is actually your hyper-attention to nonverbal cues) is your special talent. You may think it is available to everyone and that others just ignore it, but in truth others could never develop the skill to the level which comes naturally to you.

To you everything happens on a personal level. Your friends come to you for advice because they know that you’ll love them for who they are and put yourself in their shoes to look at the world. Your advice, although varied in delivery, usually boils down to “be true to yourself” and “listen to your heart.” You are also an excellent confidant because things told to you never return to anyone through the grapevine. You exude this quality so strongly that even strangers will sometimes spontaneously begin confiding their deepest secrets in you.

Despite all of that, you are not much of a talker. In fact, words sometimes trip you up because you prefer nonverbal communication. Unfortunately, most of the world is not as attuned to nonverbal communication the way you are, so your opinion can get overshadowed if a more outspoken person is part of the decision.

You focus more on nurturing other’s self esteem than any other type. As a result of this naturally caring nature your close friends often turn to you for moral support.

You are by far the most talented of all types at reading nonverbal cues. In your admirable attempts to convey a message diplomatically, those who aren't sensitive to inflection, tone, insinuations or body language sometimes simply do not get your message because they only receive the verbal half of what you said.

In the same way that you're the best at reading nonverbal cues, you're also the best at sending them. When you speak they miss the nonverbal half of your message, then they speak and transmit twice the message (verbal + nonverbal) which often gives away more than they intended but is sometimes carelessly inaccurate since they don’t send nonverbal cues as well as you do. When you're tempted to assign bias based on someone’s tone or other nonverbal cues it is wise to have them restate what they said and see if ignoring the careless, unintentional nonverbal half of their message lets the true meaning through.

If you have children your focus is making sure that your child has a strong self-image and high self-esteem. More than other parents it is important for you to be friends with your children.

You are more philosophical than most and passionately think about ethics and justice more than other types. It is when ethical issues come up in conversation that you most strongly sense that you are fundamentally different from other people. You become visually emotionally focused when these issues arise, while others easily laugh them off and switch topics to something trivial. To you, it seems that everyone should be passionate about ending racism, sexism and other social ills.

You go by the book and are suspicious of anyone suggesting that rules or laws should be ignored. You think constantly about improving laws, and see that at a major avenue for advancing social change because you see legislation and rule creation as the consensus opinion of the group working together. For you the focus is seeing everyone working together in harmony.

You are a healer and probably give great massages and know what foods will make people happy again. You prefer to surround yourself with direct, honest, authentic people who let you reinvent yourself every time you meet. You want nothing more than for there to be peace and harmony in the world, and your actions clearly reflect that vision.

You are more strongly moved by poetry and artistic expression than any other type. You are interested in the finer points of different artistic mediums, having many complete and incomplete poems and stories in your head if not on paper.

[melancholeric]

Same results as keetah, omnymind etc.

You are exceptional and unique. Your quest in life is to identify exactly who you are and why you’re here. What’s important to you is the journey of self discovery, determining who you are today is not the same as who you’ll be tomorrow.

Sure I am unique. Just like everyone else.


You resist being categorized and are quick to question any social standard that you sense someone imposing on you. Stereotypical gender roles always interest you and, in your mind, connect to issues that most other people would never even consider related.

Stereotypical gender roles interest me like sucking shit with a straw. :huh: The rest seems to fit.


You can “connect” with any individual person and practically read their mind, but you have a natural tendency to match your actions to the expectations you read from their mind and yearn for company that lets you truly, naturally be yourself. You struggle between letting yourself naturally match the sentiment of the group (which feels like putting on a façade) or letting your individuality shine, which may allow people to see how different you are.

Chameleon tendencies I guess.


You are particularly accepting of other people and have a special talent for seeing people’s true selves instinctively. It takes time for you to trust your gut instinct about people because even you don’t believe that someone could be so right about another person’s nature so quickly. This intuitive sense about what people are thinking (which is actually your hyper-attention to nonverbal cues) is your special talent. You may think it is available to everyone and that others just ignore it, but in truth others could never develop the skill to the level which comes naturally to you.

This is difficult. I either have not been able to notice or interpret nonverbal clues, or have not trusted my intuition about those. Either way I've had problems with this.


To you everything happens on a personal level. Your friends come to you for advice because they know that you’ll love them for who they are and put yourself in their shoes to look at the world. Your advice, although varied in delivery, usually boils down to “be true to yourself” and “listen to your heart.” You are also an excellent confidant because things told to you never return to anyone through the grapevine. You exude this quality so strongly that even strangers will sometimes spontaneously begin confiding their deepest secrets in you.

Advice boiling downt to "be true to yourself" etc. happens just because I can't give any better advice. Kinda like fortune cookies. Sure I can keep secrets when needed, but it's not like there were a line of strangers on my door waiting to get their turn to open up and share their lifestories with me.


Despite all of that, you are not much of a talker. In fact, words sometimes trip you up because you prefer nonverbal communication. Unfortunately, most of the world is not as attuned to nonverbal communication the way you are, so your opinion can get overshadowed if a more outspoken person is part of the decision.

Once again, I'm not vey good at picking nonverbal cues. On the other hand, I'm not that good at verbal communication either. I guess I want others to communicate verbally and assume them to understand my nonverbal communication. Atleast on personal/emotional issues.


You focus more on nurturing other’s self esteem than any other type. As a result of this naturally caring nature your close friends often turn to you for moral support.

There's nothing so rewarding than sarcastically crushing people's egos. One needs quite a good self esteem and sense of humor when dealing with me. Of course I've gotten into trouble with this and usually I watch out to not insult others. I say something sarcastic only if I know the person wont get offended. Complimenting others is not natural for me, it has taken practice.


some more stuff about nonverbal communication snipped...
If you have children your focus is making sure that your child has a strong self-image and high self-esteem. More than other parents it is important for you to be friends with your children.

If I had children, my goal would ultimately be raising them to independent rational adults with critical thinking skills. I think self-esteem is needed for independency.


You are more philosophical than most and passionately think about ethics and justice more than other types. It is when ethical issues come up in conversation that you most strongly sense that you are fundamentally different from other people. You become visually emotionally focused when these issues arise, while others easily laugh them off and switch topics to something trivial. To you, it seems that everyone should be passionate about ending racism, sexism and other social ills.

True, but I've come to conclusion that ending "social ills" is pretty much impossible. A few years ago I was a bit more of an idealist. Part of growing up maybe.


You go by the book and are suspicious of anyone suggesting that rules or laws should be ignored. You think constantly about improving laws, and see that at a major avenue for advancing social change because you see legislation and rule creation as the consensus opinion of the group working together. For you the focus is seeing everyone working together in harmony.
This is just stupid. I ignore rules and laws if I find them illogical or irrelevant, and firmly believe they should be questioned. That's one way to eventually improve them.
And everyone working together in harmony... :rofl: :rofl:


You are a healer and probably give great massages and know what foods will make people happy again. You prefer to surround yourself with direct, honest, authentic people who let you reinvent yourself every time you meet. You want nothing more than for there to be peace and harmony in the world, and your actions clearly reflect that vision.

Foods? I only eat cheese and macaroni. This paragraph is just beyond me. Expect the part about "direct, honest, authentic people". But that is obvious for INTPs anyway.


You are more strongly moved by poetry and artistic expression than any other type. You are interested in the finer points of different artistic mediums, having many complete and incomplete poems and stories in your head if not on paper.

This is true, emphasis on the words "incomplete" and "in your head".

Overall, some parts were accurate to a scary degree, others were WAY off. But it was far more accurate than most online tests. I give it 79 / 100

[Jkrs]

In the past I've scored on this test as.. ISTP, INTP (both normal functioning), ISFP (when tired), INFJ (when sleep-deprived). It's interesting to see the Feeling function take over at that point. Maybe part of the reason my error rate on calculus problems goes up so much when I've even slightly less than 8h sleep.

[INTrPosr]

I guess it suffices to say that there are probably two of the types that INTPs will usually get (Absent-minded professor and Healer). I did result in a third type which someone posted at one point. I knew when taking the test, I was agitated about something. I surmise that the results can show that our entire personality can change at whim, depending on our emotions. So, which is really us? I personally feel the Healer describes me best.

[zimbeline]

Keetah, you stole my test results.
That's interesting, I have the exact same results as you did.
And yes, I find the test pretty accurate.

[Radiohead]

Test sucks, 80% of the descriptions didn't apply to me.

[booyalab]

You are realistic, outspoken, direct, objective, practical, optimistic, adaptable. You are a fun person to know. You don’t mince words. People always know exactly where you stand and the way you present what you think often makes people laugh. You state the direct facts so objectively that even the most sensitive types usually aren’t offended when your statement reflects negatively on them.

I've noticed the parts in italics happen frequently.


You like your work to be exciting and new and open to your creative touch. More than other types you get bored quickly when dealing with the mundane and routine and are first to notice an opportunity for stimulation. As a child you were excited, high energy and curious and possibly mistakenly mislabeled as “hyperactive” or “unfocused.”

yes. I wasn't one of those typical "ADHD" kids though. I learned how to harnass my energy when I reached about 1st grade.


You get impatient when subjected to long theoretical explanations and prefer that people stick to the facts and get directly to the point.
this is true. I suppose I'll get accused of being a sensor now ;)


Your are skilled with equipment, and excel at making events sound interesting or points seem obvious.
I think so.


Of all types, you are the most likely to know where the action is. You are smooth and sophisticated, knowing what to say to who to get what you want.
this is true. I can usually get what I want from people without them knowing they were persuaded.


You rely on yourself and trust common sense to get things done in nearly all circumstances. You are concerned with what works rather than what meets social norms, although you know how to use social norms to your advantage when that’s what works.
very true, I know when it's best to be practical. The part in italics is VERY true.


You don’t get sentimentally attached to items or procedures the way other people do. This makes you particularly inventive because everything is negotiable on every new project.
yup

[nihilist]

I'm not trying to be difficult, but I found this test to be extremely inaccurate. I might as well have gotten random results.
The first part of this statement is true, while again the tool part is inaccurate.

I wonder what I selected on this test to get so many tool/mechanical/physical/activity type results.

I got exactly the same assessment while I have absolutely no mechanical ability. The test automatically assumes that taciturn people who seek to understand systems but have no intention of "contributing" anything conceptual or artistic have mechanical abilities.

[booyalab]

I got exactly the same assessment while I have absolutely no mechanical ability. The test automatically assumes that taciturn people who seek to understand systems but have no intention of "contributing" anything conceptual or artistic have mechanical abilities.
good point. But unrealized mechanical ability might still be referred to as such. I've never been very interested in cars or whatever. But when I've had to learn to operate or trouble-shoot some mechanical device in school or elsewhere, I've found I pick it up a lot sooner than most people. If someone wants to and is competent at understanding systems, they will be naturally better at working mechanical things than someone who's not remotely interested in systems, if they both have the same experience with them.

[Hexchild]

You are the absentminded professor, the same personality type (in at least one major system) as Albert Einstein. Plato said that the function of your type is to study nature and figure out ways to tame it. You see connections between concepts that others do not, and must sometimes stop to check in with your audience to see if you’ve made intuitive leaps that left them far behind. When you see a problem, you naturally apply technique or theory from an entirely different system and are the most likely type to make a conceptual, inventive breakthrough.

Ever since you were a child you questioned those in authority, not explicitly trusting teachers or other leaders to really be qualified enough to deliver the instruction they were delivering. You were open to their thoughts, but quick to identify biases or knowledge gaps in those in authority positions.

In fact, skepticism is one of your defining traits. You don’t trust titular authority, appearances, beliefs, traditions, customs, reputation, degrees, or credentials awarded by any agency or school. This is not conspiracy thinking or suspicion of bad intent, but an honest impersonal belief that no one holds anyone or anything to the high, accurate, objective standard that you do. You will be the judge of someone’s competence and no prior ratings by anyone else will sway your impartial evaluation.

You quickly brush aside prejudice, convention, custom and tradition for what works and produces results.

You define time by the event, rather than the reverse. You are certainly capable of making and keeping appointments by clock time (although you’re often a few minutes late) but in your mind you are living in a time interval based on a concept, activity or stage which you can clearly define. For you, a time period ends when a certain activity ceases, when a goal is reached, or when your attention naturally shifts rather than when a certain clock alignment occurs.

You are particularly concerned with the proper definition and usage of individual words. For example, you are likely to notice the error if someone describes something as “very unique.” If something is “unique” then it is incomparable to anything else. It can therefore not be qualified by the word “very,” because that word is necessarily used for comparison. You economize with language, using the fewest words, each highly defined, to get a point across assuming that others will feel bored or insulted if you over-explain.

You are prone to understatement. You will always err on the side of saying slightly too little, estimating slightly more problems or more cost in terms of time or money, slightly less exciting or beneficial results. This is done completely logically and you could go into more specific estimations if you thought the receiver would take such predictions logically, realistically and unemotionally.

Your special talent is understanding and optimizing complex systems. You can quickly explain how you personally fit into macro and micro social and economic machinery.

You are objective and when your friends come to you they know they can count on you to deliver the blunt truth. You recover quickly, if flinching at all, when someone puts you down or criticizes you personally. You realize that either the critique was deserved and you intend to correct it, or the person delivering it was incorrectly biased or misinformed and therefore the criticism was inaccurate and inapplicable.

You are known for your impatience with ignorance, incompetence, small talk, fake people, or too much time given to a small matter. You bring total involvement and attention to each moment in life.

As a parent you encourage individuality in your child. You particularly enjoy debating topics with your child. You encourage your children to be original, think actively, and take action on their own. If you see your child taking an unrecommended path you are likely to suggest alternatives, but wouldn’t consider forcing them or demanding that they act differently.

You face each activity with self-improvement in mind. While others think of games, work, even social events as a mere passage of time, you engage each activity as an opportunity to observe the nature of the event and further develop your mastery of the skills involved. For you, even relaxation is done with a sense of duty to optimize the rejuvenating effects.

You are an intellectual and enjoy logical investigation and theory building. You are honored when someone asks you to explain the rationale behind your latest project, but often find the audience uninterested in nearly the level of detail with which you are capable of discussing.

You respect yourself to the degree that you act independent of the impositions of other people. You would never just “go with the flow.” Your mind is always in motion and every action you take is by conscious choice.

Your type becomes most obvious in traumatic, stressful situations. While the rest of the world goes insane, you are the one who remains calm and collected, mainly because you realize that this is the best mindset for understanding and resolving whatever issues are at hand.

You are a true utilitarian. Your hallmark is your nearly empty refrigerator, containing exactly enough food for your next food interval and nothing more.

You have a wide variety of hobbies which get sporadic attention. Others may become frustrated with the fact that you start many projects but finish few.

Grade school can be particularly frustrating for your type because your desire to connect the music and mathematics lesson is out of the theoretical range of your respective instructors. You probably did quite well on standardized tests and found college style learning far more appealing.


These results were so accurate it's spooky.
Not 100% correct, but certainly not below 95% :)

[kendoiwan]

You are fun, spontaneous, clever and interesting. People like to be around you because of your easygoing nature.

True enough, until I get into my samuri debate mode, or I've been crossed, then all bets are off

You like to wake up each morning without a plan and see where the day takes you, hopefully on some safe but relatively exciting adventure.

yup

You excel in composition. You know what looks good together, what sounds good together, and what smells or tastes go together. This comes from a higher than normal tuned in attention to slight variations in color, texture, tone, and flavor.

I've said it before and I'll say it again born and raise in the hood, no real choice the matter...

You like to see everyone living harmoniously and can get irritated by whoever is currently rocking the boat and causing problems.

About 60% true. I love to read Shady's postings and I even find myself in agreement with him on occasion. Plus sometimes I'm the guy rocking...


When faced with a problem you are most likely to solve it in the most obvious way, not implementing cumbersome standard methods or finding what is “socially acceptable” first.

duh, doesn't everybody??? :whistle:


Most people you interact with do not really know you. This is partially because of your reserved nature (you don’t tell them much), partially because most other types are less reserved (they spend too much time talking and not enough asking about you), and partially because you accept people the way they are (you don’t feel much of a need to correct and evaluate others, so people don’t realize how you think differently).

Even moreso now that I've discovered intpc, and even here I monitor what I say and don't say about the inner workings of my noggin...

In fact, you have more interest in expressing yourself physically, through song, dance, or actions, than verbally, and you may give up too quickly when someone asks for a verbal explanation of your thoughts.

Show and prove baby, talk is cheap...

You prefer hands-on practical work. You may tolerate other types of work, but you’re never happier than when you’re building, fixing or creating something you can see, touch, taste or hear. You prefer work which is not fixed to a procedure, but which may, at any time, take an entirely new direction if the impulse hits you.

I'm a song writer...nuff said

As a parent or leader you are non-directive, preferring to see what happens on its own rather than lay down strict procedures and give orders. To you it is understood that any procedures developed by necessity today disappear tomorrow unless they are still absolutely required.

Within reason I believe in live and learn...

If you do become difficult or cranky it is usually a result of someone else trying to impose some rule or boundary upon you personally, although your discomfort is almost always short lived and relatively painless for all involved.

While I do get over myself rather quickly, I can't speak for how painless it may be for another person, that is so existential...

[nihilist]

good point. But unrealized mechanical ability might still be referred to as such. I've never been very interested in cars or whatever. But when I've had to learn to operate or trouble-shoot some mechanical device in school or elsewhere, I've found I pick it up a lot sooner than most people. If someone wants to and is competent at understanding systems, they will be naturally better at working mechanical things than someone who's not remotely interested in systems, if they both have the same experience with them.

That's one way to look at it. My argument of understanding systems referenced the holistic, conceptual side as opposed to understanding how the different parts of a system interact with each other. I think the personality test failed to label the reticent recluse who did his own thing. This kind of person could be as theoretical and abstract as anybody else, but he would more often than not keep thoughts to himself engendering the false impression of quiet submission.

That said, I retook the test. The only change (also inaccurate) I made was shifting from extreme pessimism to moderate optimism which resulted with the personality of the absent-minded professor. I don't see any connection with mechanical vs. conceptual ability to a universal attitude towards life. This test is too random.

[Hypnos]

Test sucks, 80% of the descriptions didn't apply to me.
Yup.

[cathmc]

Interesting that the stated ultimate purpose of this test is to match up singles!
I found it pretty inaccurate...but I did check the thing to try the next round of questions. What the heck.


You are quiet, skillful and reserved. You don’t mince words. When you finally speak, it is to let people know exactly where you stand.
Often I NEVER let people know exactly where I stand.

You are not bound by policy or standard convention, rather your mind is open to every possibility and you excel at finding novel approaches to solving problems because of this.
Fairly true, although I can be bound by policy or convention at times.

You are likely to adopt a hobby involving mastery of a tool, such as fishing or hunting, and since you have a special talent for mastering tools you are likely to achieve the highest level of skill in your field.
You are a master of the tools of your trade and an excellent craftsman. Better than most, you know exactly how to use tools for maximum advantage. You enjoy work where you can visually see your results when the project is complete, not matter how simple or complex.
Um....no.

You are not interested in small talk, and actually may speak very little in general when compared to other people. Because you are not very expressive, some people think of you as a loner, and teachers may have mistakenly labeled you as “dyslexic” when you actually were born with an inclination for communicating through actions rather than words. You learn by doing, rather than by hearing, seeing or reading.
First sentence ok but the rest...I am not 'action-oriented', I am very verbal, although I prefer written to spoken communication.

Standard grade school was not intended for students like you, and you probably found it incredibly tedious and boring. You were designed to use your hands and mind to master tools which other people cannot. When introduced to new tools, including weapons, your skill develops faster and further, and you speak more technically about it than other’s could even with more time and practice.
Again with the tools! Just not true. And I was a v.good grade school student and liked it pretty well.

You feel most comfortable when other people don’t know exactly what to expect from you. This leaves your options open to take whatever action you’d like without it being particularly shocking to anyone. In fact, even those close to you never know whether you’ll respond to something with instant enthusiasm or reserved thought.
Not sure about this one.

You particularly enjoy unexpectedly stepping up to tackle a mechanical or instrument problem and then solving it with ease, although you’ll steer clear if the problem involves people or attitudes. If you absolutely must refer to the directions then you will read only the part which specifically applies to the problem at hand. You like work which has a definite end, a completion point, rather than “research” or “administration” which could continue on forever.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.

You are observant and will watch your environment, collecting data, constantly. This makes you especially valuable in an emergency because you are the most likely to have spotted things going wrong and know the source of problems before anyone else.
I can be observant, but in an N-ish not S-ish way. True I often spot the problems early.

You don’t waste energy on creating plans which might not work out anyway. You prefer to face each day anew and tackle problems as they arise. You rely on yourself and trust common sense to get things done in nearly all circumstances.
Meh. Dunno...maybe.

You may attend a big party or social family function, but without a doubt you prefer the company of a few close friends and the tool of your hobby, be it a fishing pole or a guitar.
True enough, except AGAIN WITH THE TOOLS...

[sbw]

You are the absentminded professor, the same personality type (in at least one major system) as Albert Einstein. Plato said that the function of your type is to study nature and figure out ways to tame it. You see connections between concepts that others do not, and must sometimes stop to check in with your audience to see if you’ve made intuitive leaps that left them far behind. When you see a problem, you naturally apply technique or theory from an entirely different system and are the most likely type to make a conceptual, inventive breakthrough.

INTP, YADDA YADDA


Ever since you were a child you questioned those in authority, not explicitly trusting teachers or other leaders to really be qualified enough to deliver the instruction they were delivering. You were open to their thoughts, but quick to identify biases or knowledge gaps in those in authority positions.

YES DEFINITELY BUT I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY APPLY TO MOST OF US HERE


In fact, skepticism is one of your defining traits. You don’t trust titular authority, appearances, beliefs, traditions, customs, reputation, degrees, or credentials awarded by any agency or school. This is not conspiracy thinking or suspicion of bad intent, but an honest impersonal belief that no one holds anyone or anything to the high, accurate, objective standard that you do. You will be the judge of someone’s competence and no prior ratings by anyone else will sway your impartial evaluation.

YES DEFINITELY AGAIN, SEE ABOVE


You quickly brush aside prejudice, convention, custom and tradition for what works and produces results.

I DO IGNORE THOSE THINGS


You define time by the event, rather than the reverse. You are certainly capable of making and keeping appointments by clock time (although you’re often a few minutes late) but in your mind you are living in a time interval based on a concept, activity or stage which you can clearly define. For you, a time period ends when a certain activity ceases, when a goal is reached, or when your attention naturally shifts rather than when a certain clock alignment occurs.

I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE THIS ONE


You are particularly concerned with the proper definition and usage of individual words. For example, you are likely to notice the error if someone describes something as “very unique.” If something is “unique” then it is incomparable to anything else. It can therefore not be qualified by the word “very,” because that word is necessarily used for comparison. You economize with language, using the fewest words, each highly defined, to get a point across assuming that others will feel bored or insulted if you over-explain.

GRAMMAR NAZI TO A FAULT, THAT'S ME--(their example, "very unique" drives me nuts and I hear it at least once per day)


You are prone to understatement. You will always err on the side of saying slightly too little, estimating slightly more problems or more cost in terms of time or money, slightly less exciting or beneficial results. This is done completely logically and you could go into more specific estimations if you thought the receiver would take such predictions logically, realistically and unemotionally.

YEP I TRY NOT TO CREATE EXPECTATIONS AT ALL FOR MYSELF BUT ALSO WITH REGARDS TO OTHERS


Your special talent is understanding and optimizing complex systems. You can quickly explain how you personally fit into macro and micro social and economic machinery.

YEP IT'S FUN


You are objective and when your friends come to you they know they can count on you to deliver the blunt truth. You recover quickly, if flinching at all, when someone puts you down or criticizes you personally. You realize that either the critique was deserved and you intend to correct it, or the person delivering it was incorrectly biased or misinformed and therefore the criticism was inaccurate and inapplicable.

DOESN'T EVERYONE DO THIS?


You are known for your impatience with ignorance, incompetence, small talk, fake people, or too much time given to a small matter. You bring total involvement and attention to each moment in life.

YEAH THE DUMB PEOPLE AND EXCEEDINGLY FAKE ESJ's TEND TO HATE ME


As a parent you encourage individuality in your child. You particularly enjoy debating topics with your child. You encourage your children to be original, think actively, and take action on their own. If you see your child taking an unrecommended path you are likely to suggest alternatives, but wouldn’t consider forcing them or demanding that they act differently.

NOT A PARENT


You face each activity with self-improvement in mind. While others think of games, work, even social events as a mere passage of time, you engage each activity as an opportunity to observe the nature of the event and further develop your mastery of the skills involved. For you, even relaxation is done with a sense of duty to optimize the rejuvenating effects.

NO NOT REALLY


You are an intellectual and enjoy logical investigation and theory building. You are honored when someone asks you to explain the rationale behind your latest project, but often find the audience uninterested in nearly the level of detail with which you are capable of discussing.

PRETTY MUCH, YEAH


You respect yourself to the degree that you act independent of the impositions of other people. You would never just “go with the flow.” Your mind is always in motion and every action you take is by conscious choice.

YEP, AGAIN, SEE US ALL


Your type becomes most obvious in traumatic, stressful situations. While the rest of the world goes insane, you are the one who remains calm and collected, mainly because you realize that this is the best mindset for understanding and resolving whatever issues are at hand.

VERY TRUE IN MY EXPERIENCE


You are a true utilitarian. Your hallmark is your nearly empty refrigerator, containing exactly enough food for your next food interval and nothing more.

NOT QUITE BUT NOT TOO FAR OFF


You have a wide variety of hobbies which get sporadic attention. Others may become frustrated with the fact that you start many projects but finish few.

GUILTY


Grade school can be particularly frustrating for your type because your desire to connect the music and mathematics lesson is out of the theoretical range of your respective instructors. You probably did quite well on standardized tests and found college style learning far more appealing.

DIDN'T LIKE COLLEGE EITHER BUT ALWAYS DID WELL ON STANDARDIZED TESTING

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what was the point of this again?

Scott

[ChristiRB]

I really want to take this stupid test, but it never works for me. The page always times out and I have to start the test all over. Grrr...I'll just take it another day.

[sbw]

I really want to take this stupid test, but it never works for me. The page always times out and I have to start the test all over. Grrr...I'll just take it another day.

I think it was just basically (for me) repeating an assessment of INTP tendencies with different verbiage.

Scott

[ChristiRB]

You are exceptional and unique. Your quest in life is to identify exactly who you are and why you’re here. What’s important to you is the journey of self discovery, determining who you are today is not the same as who you’ll be tomorrow.
Ya got that right! :)

You resist being categorized and are quick to question any social standard that you sense someone imposing on you. Stereotypical gender roles always interest you and, in your mind, connect to issues that most other people would never consider related.
Hmmm..pretty accurate

You are particularly accepting of other people and have a special talent for seeing people’s true selves instinctively. It takes time for you to trust your gut instinct about people because even you don’t believe that someone could be so right about another person’s nature so quickly. This intuitive sense about what people are thinking is your special talent. You may think it is available to everyone and that others just ignore it, but in truth others could never develop the skill to the level which comes naturally to you.
Told ya I'm an N ;P

To you everything happens on a personal level. Your friends come to you for advice because they know that you’ll love them for who they are and put yourself in their shoes to look at the world. Your advice, although varied in delivery, usually boils down to “be true to yourself” and “listen to your heart.” You are also an excellent confidant because things told to you virtually never return to anyone through the grapevine.

You focus more on nurturing other’s self esteem than any other type. As a result of this naturally caring nature, people often turn to you for moral support. You exude this quality so strongly that even strangers will sometimes spontaneously begin confiding their deepest secrets in you.
Yup. Very true.

You are by far the most talented of all types at reading nonverbal cues. In your admirable attempts to convey a message diplomatically, those who aren't sensitive to inflection, tone, insinuations or body language sometimes simply do not get your message because they only receive the verbal half of what you said.

In the same way that you're the best at reading nonverbal cues, you're also the best at sending them. When you speak they miss the nonverbal half of your message, then they speak and transmit twice the message (verbal + nonverbal) which often gives away more than they intended but is sometimes carelessly inaccurate since they don’t send nonverbal cues as well as you do. When you're tempted to assign bias based on someone’s tone or other nonverbal cues it is wise to have them restate what they said and see if ignoring the careless, unintentional nonverbal half of their message lets their true meaning through.
Hmmm...I would like to think that this is true...however..I tend to second guess other people's nonverbal signals a lot and I cover up my own out of fear/anxiety. I'm working on it though. And I agree that I am pretty good at reading other people in person. I can pick up on people's energy very fast.

As a parent you are very supportive and start educating your child early according to your values. Your children know exactly where you stand and what is expected of them. You overflow with positivity when your child sticks to the program, and reflect any negative behavior directly on yourself and the quality of your parenting. Your focus is making sure that your child has a strong self-image and high self-esteem. More than other parents it is important for you to be friends with your children.
Too soon to tell yet.

You are more philosophical than most and passionately discuss ethics and justice more than other types. Your life has meaning, your life is significant. It is when ethical issues come up in conversation that you most strongly sense that you are fundamentally different from other people. You become visually emotionally focused when these issues arise, while others easily laugh them off and switch topics to something trivial. To you, it seems that everyone should be passionate about ending racism, sexism and all the other –isms out there.
On good days.

You go by the book and are suspicious of anyone suggesting that rules or laws should be ignored. You think constantly about improving laws, and see that at a major avenue for advancing social change because you see legislation and rule creation as the consensus opinion of the group working together. You want nothing more than for there to be peace and harmony in the world, and your actions clearly reflect that vision.
Yeah.

While you can instantly tell what’s on someone else’s mind, you can sometimes be confused yourself when it comes to the mixture of your own emotions. This, mixed with your reserved and complex nature can make it difficult for others to get to know you.
Yes..and that is probably part of why I second guess people's motives all the time.

You have a special interest in figurative language. You are more strongly moved by poetry and literature than any other type. You are often interested in the finer points of writing and studying literature because you believe that how something is written or spoken is inextricably connected to its meaning.
And music and movies and books and art...etc. Sigh.

In school you were an excellent student, the teacher’s pet. More than the satisfaction of learning, you enjoyed pleasing your instructors with your hard work and thoughtfulness and delighted in the personal praise they gave you in return. You got to know your instructors on a personal level and may have even kept in touch with certain of them after moving on to other classes.
Heh. Yeah, that is true.

You can “connect” with any individual person and practically read their mind, but you have a natural tendency to match your actions to the expectations you read from their mind and yearn for company that lets you truly, naturally be yourself. You struggle between letting yourself naturally match the sentiment of the group (which feels like putting on a façade) or letting your individuality shine, which may allow people to see how different you are.
OMG! YES!

Your life has meaning, your life is significant. You think all people should spend more time thinking about who they are and what their purpose in life is.
Heh. VERY true.

[Winterpark]

I LOVE YOU ChristiRB

[elle]

really accurate test.... thanks....

[b9588]

Yup, I got the absentminded professor description.

[zago]

I wasn't really feeling this test. I especially disliked its immediate decision that I need a J type person so they'll do all my bullshit for me. Great. We will live happily ever after as the domineering chore maven wife and her lazy husband. Thanks, personality expert!

[Karl]

It called me an istp. I'm not even kidding; this sounds like MBTI and not something original like the guy claims.



You are likely to adopt a hobby involving mastery of a tool, such as fishing or hunting, and since you have a special talent for mastering tools you are likely to achieve the highest level of skill in your field.

You are a master of the tools of your trade and an excellent craftsman. Better than most, you know exactly how to use tools for maximum advantage. You enjoy work where you can visually see your results when the project is complete, not matter how simple or complex.



You learn by doing, rather than by hearing, seeing or reading.

[zago]

It called me an istp. I'm not even kidding; this sounds like MBTI and not something original like the guy claims.

Yeah, after all of that build up at the beginning, I was really expecting something out of this world..

[kali]

This test sort of pins me as an ISTJ. Uh...!


You are not bound by policy or standard convention, rather your mind is open to every possibility and you excel at finding novel approaches to solving problems because of this. Yeah.


You are a master of the tools of your trade and an excellent craftsman. Better than most, you know exactly how to use tools for maximum advantage. You enjoy work where you can visually see your results when the project is complete, not matter how simple or complex. Hahahaha.


You are not interested in small talk, and actually may speak very little in general when compared to other people. Because you are not very expressive, some people think of you as a loner, and teachers may have mistakenly labeled you as “dyslexic” when you actually were born with an inclination for communicating through actions rather than words. You learn by doing, rather than by hearing, seeing or reading.
No! My teachers found me annoyingly verbose rather than dyslexic. And I learn by reading, not doing. I would rather read the textbook than use the microscope.


Standard grade school was not intended for students like you, and you probably found it incredibly tedious and boring. You were designed to use your hands and mind to master tools which other people cannot. When introduced to new tools, including weapons, your skill develops faster and further, and you speak more technically about it than other’s could even with more time and practice. What on earth?!