crule81
17 Sep 2004, 09:01 PM
I managed to dig up this gem:
http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.10.9.111543.378.html
Maybe it's been posted before but I haven't been here long.
In sum, he attempts to re-order the hierarchy of society based on MBTI types. And guess what? INTP's and INTJ's are the "Untouchables" - the lowest caste in his utopia. Here is his description of us (and INTJ's):
At the bottom - INTP, INTJ. Here we should have all the INT's - that is to say, the iNtuitive Thinkers, be they judging or perceiving. These types tend to care very little about other human beings, as they value logic and are very cold. They live in thir own mathematical world, removed from all human concerns. The INTPs are the lowest of the low, and can also be quite dangerous. They are best left to work on simple tasks that all the other types hate, as they have very high boredom thresholds and can be left to work on boring columns of figures, or program computers, or work on assembly lines, without any real personal problems. They enjoy being ordered around and told what to do, and as long as their orders don't involve interacting with other people they are very happy. These types are very autistic in nature, and like most idiot savants they can sometimes show a remarkable facility for impressive but ultimately useless tasks, such as typesetting in TeX or memorising Star Trek dialogue. These types tend to look quite thin and pasty, and take little care over their personal appearance. They often have small, peering eyes and tend to be quite short and ugly. Spots are common. They do not make suitable romantic mates for anyone, and are really best kept away from the opposite sex.
At first I believed that this was all tongue-and-cheek, but if you read the author's response to the feedback, it is clear he is at least somewhat serious. It is humorous that without an INTP's and INTJ's he would not have the MBTI system (Jung) with which to contruct his hierarchy or the means to disseminate this theory on the internet (computer programmers).
(I must, however, admit that people have jokingly described me as both autistic and an idiot savant.)
http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.10.9.111543.378.html
Maybe it's been posted before but I haven't been here long.
In sum, he attempts to re-order the hierarchy of society based on MBTI types. And guess what? INTP's and INTJ's are the "Untouchables" - the lowest caste in his utopia. Here is his description of us (and INTJ's):
At the bottom - INTP, INTJ. Here we should have all the INT's - that is to say, the iNtuitive Thinkers, be they judging or perceiving. These types tend to care very little about other human beings, as they value logic and are very cold. They live in thir own mathematical world, removed from all human concerns. The INTPs are the lowest of the low, and can also be quite dangerous. They are best left to work on simple tasks that all the other types hate, as they have very high boredom thresholds and can be left to work on boring columns of figures, or program computers, or work on assembly lines, without any real personal problems. They enjoy being ordered around and told what to do, and as long as their orders don't involve interacting with other people they are very happy. These types are very autistic in nature, and like most idiot savants they can sometimes show a remarkable facility for impressive but ultimately useless tasks, such as typesetting in TeX or memorising Star Trek dialogue. These types tend to look quite thin and pasty, and take little care over their personal appearance. They often have small, peering eyes and tend to be quite short and ugly. Spots are common. They do not make suitable romantic mates for anyone, and are really best kept away from the opposite sex.
At first I believed that this was all tongue-and-cheek, but if you read the author's response to the feedback, it is clear he is at least somewhat serious. It is humorous that without an INTP's and INTJ's he would not have the MBTI system (Jung) with which to contruct his hierarchy or the means to disseminate this theory on the internet (computer programmers).
(I must, however, admit that people have jokingly described me as both autistic and an idiot savant.)