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If you don't know what your type is, you can take a test here (http://www.discordia-inc.co.uk/misc/mbtitest.html) (other suggestions welcome)

Any theories about which types would be more likely to take an interest in bitcoin and why?


UPDATE:
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Dataset must be manually updated, so bump this post if you want me to update the latest data (don't feel like figuring out how to automagically scrap data from the forums into a google docs spreadsheet).

I'll start off by guessing that rationals and idealists (with a little bit of enthusiastic explanation) are most likely to take interest in bitcoin. The paradigm of the protocol itself is the appeal for rationals, while the promise of a better, fairer monetary future will appeal to idealists.

I took this awhile ago. Interesting, until I got to this wiki page...


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42612/image.png


I'm sure others would highlight some of the economists...

I would have liked it if all the "I---" were grouped together, and the "E---" grouped together!

I think we have a good mix of people here, Architects, Scientists, Trustees, Artisans, Journalists, Administrators: A good place to start exploring this experiment.

Masterminds? Are you guys telling me this forum is 40% filled with what would only be 1% of the general population... That is most excellent.

Inspectors make up 20% and Architects another 20% too... wow... wow... I think we got a great team to build the infrastructure. Combined with the Crafters, Supervisors and Champions... we may very well have brought together the greatest, most adept work force ever assembled in history.

You talk about problems trying to explain something to an engineer? All the INTPs immediately understand what I am referring to and just a small change in tone or style and I can lose every engineer on the forum! Left-brain types respond to logic and lack the creative depth to allow any challenge to preconceived held viewpoints. ;)j/k
I found some old links from earlier discussions:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47053.0;all

That list is bogus. INTJs are one of the types that tend to attribute INTJ-ness in many non-INTJs (usually very successful people). Bill Gates for example is widely considered an INTP (even on this INTJ forum (http://intjforum.com/showthread.php?t=58857) he was voted as an INTP).

I'm a little surprised by the amount of INTJs here. I expected many rationals, but not that many, and not that many J's...

It says I'm an ENFJ? I guess I shouldn't be here at all or perhaps here just for the entertainment value.

Bitcoin needs more ENTJ's to explain and persuade the sheeple :)

INTP here.  


Take a look at the demographics on these forums, and compare them to the general population.  I saw a similar trend on libertarian forums that I'm a part of as well:

- only about 6% of the general population are INTP or INTJ, compared to over 75% here.

- 75% of the general population are "sensors" (S) versus 25% "intuitives" (N), compared to about a ratio of about 1:5 S:N here.

- about 50% of all women are "SF" types (sensing, feeling).  

- almost 50% of all men are "ST" types (sensing, thinking)

http://www.capt.org/mbti-assessment/estimated-frequencies.htm

Yay more ESTJs!

I got pissed off at http://www.discordia-inc.co.uk/misc/mbtitest.html because of the checkboxes (select multiple) for seemingly bubble (select one) answers.

So I took http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html and got INTP.

I'll go back to the first one and select multiple boxes now. Ah, it allows max 2. First one says I-N-tied between T&F-J

Heh. I read http://www.typelogic.com/infj.html and most of it resonated with me, but a bit was just WTF.

http://www.typelogic.com/intj.html was mostly WTF. So I guess without reading all the rest, the tie would break in favor of F and not T.

/facepalm

Not at all surprised that INTJs dominate on here.

Very interesting!  INTP myself.

Actually, as of the time of your post, there are an equal number of INTJ's and INTP's.  Leave it to you INTJ's to rush to.. Judgement  ;)

Sorry, I didn't mean dominate the majority of the poll, but are one of the dominant groups on the forum. Also I've always thought of INTP and INTJ to be very similar. I'm a J, but am very close to a P.

As for the poll competition, you INTP's may have Einstein, but us INTJ's have Hawking who disproved some of his theories, so  :P

Not sure if that makes up for Ben Bernanke :P

Awww, no other INFJs (yet) :(

We've got the welcome mat laid out here in house INFJ.  Einstein? Hawking? pshhhh..

We've got MF'n Tom Selleck (http://www.typelogic.com/infj.html)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lIbRA2UPWdE/TPBIqZvciEI/AAAAAAAAASI/6XQK9mU5vOQ/s1600/magnum_pi_tom_selleck.jpg

...oh and Martin Luther King Jr.

I'm INFJ I guess. It did hit most of the points though some were a bit exaggerated.

C'mon INT's, stop littering every corner of the internet with your INTP vs. INTJ threads!
But seriously, INTs, and rationals in general are more expected to be early adopters of something like bitcoin... As peer to peer as can be, running a bitcoin node means trusting no one (I) but your own logic (NT) ;)

If anyone is interested in reading about their type, I really recommend this guy (coincidentally an INTP):
http://oddlydevelopedtypes.com (http://oddlydevelopedtypes.com)

I directly blame my INTP personality for discovering Bitcoin in April 2010. I was researching disruptive technologies of a financial nature and discovered little ol' bitcoins @ $0.006!
Nice website find... Are you the author of said works?

Really cool website :D  I punched in a few of my characters to see if they'd line up with their supposed personality types.  So far they've been spot on, one an ESFJ and another an INFJ, and they both match up with what this website is saying.

Not being an INTP, I cannot be the author of said works...

However, I particularly like this series (warning, it finishes halfway through):
http://oddlydevelopedtypes.com/storylines/life-raft-types (http://oddlydevelopedtypes.com/storylines/life-raft-types)

Was there  a conflict going on around here? Didn't notice.

Nothing too serious...






It's all fun and games!  :P :D ;)

... until someone gets disintegrated by an INTJ super-weapon  :P

Something I'm not particularly waiting for.

Bump for someone to make a chart comparing these demographics to the general population

Updated OP. Just for you ;)

Updated Data Extrapolation Ionizer.

this test has got to be flawed somehow mine says INTP (1%): "Architect". Precise in thought and language.  but so does mostly everyone elses so something doesnt seem right lol

There just happens to be a large amount of INTX on this site.  Probably a lot of on the Internet all together, it's a very introverted thing to do.

Imagine a test that would tell you if you're interested in bitcoin (<1%), but so does mostly everyone else on this site, would it not seem right?

Updated dataset. Yeah, that's right - I'm bumping.

I'm yet another one who is an INTP...looks like I'm in good company.  ;D

Bump.

This data is a total cliché.  ;)

You know these personality tests are all a lie right? None of them are true, all of the results are generic results that can match any individual. Try it, read your own personality's description then read another. It works if you really believe that this new personality type was tailored for you. They did an experiment on it, people were given a personlity test, everyone gave out different answers but everyone received the same type and result, everyone thought it was true and it was specific for themselves but in reality everyone got the same thing.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect

It's not a horoscope, read this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator).

If there were a rolling eyes emoticon I would put it here lol, what do you think this entire thread was about?

I've read other type descriptions. They seem mostly wrong.

Yes; to assert that the ESTJ is anything like me:

http://www.truity.com/sites/default/files/estj_0.png?1362419815

...is to assert lies.

Compare this to my personality:

http://www.truity.com/sites/default/files/infp_0.png?1362419851

These are completely contradictory.  Certainly I can perform with qualities of my opposite...I just don't do them nearly as well as the people who I know have that personality type, nor can they do what I do very well at all, for if they could: why don't they?

took the test in college and i forget which i am.. INTP or INTJ, but i don't think the results really mean that much. i guess i'm no one special among the bitcoiners  :)

Whoops, forget my post. I think it may come as offensive to some people who are resisting 'new ideas', so I apologize. It might be better to give my own experience.

Let me just say I've been there and done that. In my high school every year we were given out these myer-briggs personality tests to take, and yes they were mandatory. My first year: One day during 5th period my teacher explained that we were about to receive these personality tests and this extra instructor came in to answer any questions we had and to explain what the test was for. It was supposedly so the teachers could better understand their students and our indvidual learning styles. Anyway I took the test seriously and a few days later our results came back with a brief description of what we got, I thought I was the shiz for having "ENTJ Inventor".

During lunch period that day I talked with some people in my class and no one else took it seriously, they just laughed about what they got and didn't believe it was something to be taken seriously. I was very young, gullible, and honestly did not know much so I took the test result pretty seriously because it matched me exactly, I thought. So I ended up reading on the other personality types and what behaviors they had. During my first year my personality type became a 'self fulfilling prophecy', I believed I had those characteristics, so it became true. One of those things was handling multiple tasks but not finishing any of them, so I took up a bunch of projects and did not finish any, there were lots of others but I don't remember.

Next year though we took the test again, this time not during class, but we were given a mandatory assignment to have it due by a certain date. I got a different result. Completely different. Wtf? I thought personality types were permanent? Nope. I talked about it during lunch with some other students because this was a new year, new friends, and all their personality types changed too. It turns out personality types can change in as little time as a few days. Next few years taking the test got very annoying and repetitive, I didn't care at all about it anymore and by my last year just picked random answers to get credit for the assignment. It wasn't until after graduation I found out about the very interesting Forer effect experiment around the time Myers-briggs test were becoming popular.

Anyway that's just my two cents, I've been through 4 years of myers-briggs, each time a different result and now believe it or not, my personality does not match anything it offers. Read up more about it in the skeptic's dictionary before thinking this is something that is true: http://skepdic.com/myersb.html (if you don't want to read all that, in summary, you can safely conclude Myers-Briggs is a cleverly written statistical test in which a majority of people would fit any given result). Imo, it's impossible to write up a 'personality type' for anyone.

^ i think a lot of these tests exist to make people feel special. it mostly highlights positive attributes, so people use it as some sort of comfort.. especially the people who feel like they are different than others.

i read a book recently about introverts vs. extroverts.. and i think part of its function was to make introverts feel better about themselves. but it also had some good insights on what it means to be introverted vs. extroverted... so the book wasn't completely useless to me.

another thing that strikes me: there is a trend, so doesn't that mean there is at least a little something to the system? 60% of the people here account for 2/16th of the entire population.. that number is staggering and it's likely not coincidental.

How old are you at this moment?  I ask because people can act wildly different while their minds are still maturing, so if you were taking these tests in your teenage years, it's no surprise that the results were flaky; I was far different in HS than I am now, though I can't say if I would've gotten different results since I didn't know about it until recently.  You don't begin activating all of your cognitive functions until ~25-30 years of age I think...

i think i was an INTJ in college.. i have taken a few tests in the past few years and i've consistently scored as an INTP, if that means anything.

That's interesting; consider your cognitive functions:

INTP
Leading   Introverted Thinking   Analyzing, categorizing, and evaluating according to principles
Supporting   Extraverted iNtuiting   Interpreting situations and relationships and pickup meanings and interconnections to other contexts
Relief   Introverted Sensing   Reviewing and recalling past experiences and seeking detailed data
Aspirational   Extraverted Feeling   Connecting and considering others and the group

These are flipped in the INTJ:

Leading   Introverted iNtuiting   Foreseeing implications, transformations, and likely effects
Supporting   Extraverted Thinking   Segmenting, organizing for efficiency, and systematizing
Relief   Introverted Feeling   Valuing and considering importance, beliefs, and worth
Aspirational   Extraverted Sensing   Experiencing and acting in the immediate context.

It's entirely possible to mistype of course; I thought I was an INTP for a while, while I was in college, but now that I've been away from studying and learning (at least not for pleasure), I've come much closer to an INFP, which makes more sense to me; I'm extremely interested in people (as you can tell with my interest in the MBTI :P), I'm an avid fiction writer, I have a huge interest in ethical philosophies and understanding myself and my own values...and of course, I'm very sensitive, which many personalities are (INTJ seems to be the least emotional of them all), but INFP seems to take the cake with vulnerability.

I think it's a combination of two factors. First, yes, personality types can change. I was much more introverted and shy in school then I am now, and I was much more of the touchy-feely sensitive type before I became rather jaded. Our life experiences can definitely change our personalities. Second, the different aspects are not completely binary, but on a scale. I used to be almost entirely I, but now I'm closer to 60% I and 40% E. Partially it was because I trained myself to be more outgoing, and partially it was because life simply changed me over time. I am still definitely an I, as I like to spend time on my own, reading or studying, as opposed to paying and going to bars, but you wouldn't notice it if you were to meet me at a conference. So, as people take these tests, they will notice their results change, and some of the results may match them as well as others. Still, I think these tests are useful, since they can give you a base from which to start understanding yourself, as well as a good description of the types of people you can come to interact with.

CoinGeneral as you could have seen on page 1...


It's not a matter of "resisting new ideas" or anti-skepticism. MBTI is flawed IMO, but not utterly without merit.

1) I was exactly tied between two acronyms according to the numbers of T & F. There was MASSIVE variance between their descriptions IMO, from just a bit WTF to mostly WTF. To approximate, 2% to 98%.
2) I read the other type descriptions months ago, on my own, after testing my parents and seeing their numeric results have near-ties, and their descriptions be similarly divergent to my own tie, with "this one, NOT that one" being the conclusion. The other type descriptions I read were wayyyy off my current personality, and as I thought back to my past, they would have been wayyyy off throughout, as well.

I don't see how the "majority of people would fit any given result" let alone could. Unless my parents and I are in a massive minority.

Definitely an INFP... ;)

MBTI is a tool that can give insight into human behavior.  It made a big difference for me.  

When I was growing up, I was often told "treat everyone the same", and "people are basically the same".  That was wrong.  That does not work.

MBTI sorts individuals based on their own stated preferences.

Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I).

Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).

Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).

Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided or do you prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

And this produces 16 types.  Not too many to assimilate if you devote some time and effort to it.  With practice and feedback it is possible to become proficient in determining someone's type by observation (but remember that introverts can be giving off contradictory signals as a mechanism).  If you are tied in any category, look at the other categories.  

First: Understand yourself
Then: Understand other people
Profit

woah, just searched for this thread to show to a friend, and I see you've made a spreadsheet comparing the demographics to the general population.  Where's your tip jar!?

bottom of the excel spreadsheet.. or here 13qcLj8Cy6qkoX9SJqDRoECjwFZEP6iGm2

Whoa. Totally forgot about this thread. Updated the data, new sample size is n=90. Yay!

Well this is not really good... anywhere where you have only one sort of people, there exists a propability of an error in the assumptions, their theories etc.

I see, and i thought so before even finding this thread, that a LOT of the people here are INTJs, and here it is... Its true...

I didnt read the thread yet, but maybe bitcoin might fail, because a lot of people here belive in it, and a lot of people here thinks in the same way, so theres a propability they might omit some big problem or threats bitcoin might face...

I for example really dont know why so many people can belive in bitcoin and not realize that it can be so simply banned by govs. If governments say so, the bitcoin price will fell drastically and its done... A lot of people as it seems here dont realize that fact... INTJ are often described as soliters not in touch with the majority, independent... So they might not see a terrible problem the bitcoin could face, as the authority of gov. is (which intjs tend to not respect a lot)...

what do you think about the probability of an error due to the same "psychological" type?

Thats right, everybody gots a role... now shut up and dance!  ;)

I dont belive the personality changes a lot, you might think so, but just some mask or pretending...

you have to answer the questions honestly and subjectively. If you are dealing with people in a day to day basis (as a teacher or HR or PR person) you get use to it, and might even score as an extrovert, even when you are introverted. Just figure out every questions, if you are replying honestly and if it is really YOU that is replying and not the MASK person you might (have to?) put on at work, for your children, wife, friend, spouse etc. mistress.

you personality really doesnt change that lot, if yes, you are either psychopath or the above mentioned applies to you.

The tests are kinda bogus anyway; the ultimate deciding force between two polar opposite people is a simple question of whether you like to keep your options open or prefer to stick with a plan, or whether your room is clean or messy, which anyone could potentially be either or.  The best approach is to understand all 8 cognitive functions and figure out where they really sit in your stack; I went months at a time thinking I was someone I wasn't :P

INTP and INTJ are needed to make things work. Others are needed to make things pretty and entertaining, and convince others to use it. We hope that others will use things because they work, not because they are pretty. I'm sure we can get some people to make bitcoin pretty when we need it, too.
As for governments banning bitcoin, hah! Of course we considered it. We just understand that it'll be as effective as banning Bittorrent. I.e. not very.

Really... i dont belive that.. just read the description of the type you got and tell yourself if it fits you, if yes, good, if not, read the other types description, which fits you the most...

I got one type and it was pretty accurate (intj), but i was quite close in the letter to the other, so i read the description also, and it was also quite true, but i still was more leaning towards the type i got in the first place.

ENFP here, looks like I'm in the minority  ;D

Mmmmm... Bump!

I seem to be 1 of only 2 ISFP, this one paragraph stuck out the most as being pretty much all true:

I tend to only get INTJ on those personality polls so I guess I'm that :P

Did anyone get I S T X?  :o

I know of quite a few people who would argue that you can't be X between J and P...

Updated dataset. The INTJ's have closed the gap on INTP's. *queue dramatic music*

This is an interesting forum to say the least. Well, if you're into MBTI...

i'm INTP and i don't feel special at all. it's a small sample size, but damn, more than 60% of us are either INTP or INTJ.

Depending on the test i take i either get INTJ or ISTJ
Its odd, i think I'm somewhere between the two of them.

I'm a Leo. Born in the year of the sheep

You realize you're mixing Vedic astrology and Chinese astrology together, right? There is no Leo in Chinese astrology.

Decentralise all the mumbo-jumbos.

Your test:

I S T X


Introversion (I):   9   
versus
Extroversion (E):   2

Sensing (S):   14   
versus
Intuition (N):   5

Thinking (T):   9   
versus
Feeling (F):   3

Judging (J):   5   
versus
Perceiving (P):   5

Here:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

ISTJ

So I think it is ISTX in fact

Good answer. rofl

+ 1 ENFP here

I know this is an old post but i really like MBTI stuff. glad to confirm what i thought was true. a lot of INTX's here. I am INTP