Haha yes. Especially when he said that he hates losing!
Maybe you remember my attempt at an ILE-ILI conflict where I tried to to explain the conflict in terms of cognition. However I failed at that so I won't even try to have an opinion on DA cognition this time
I wrote a blog entry about the possibility of Light being LIE [1] but I don't expect anyone to read it. Not even I want to read it - it's too long. (Same goes for LSIs [2] and LIEs [3] in fiction.)
My main points where:
1. Light's program function is typical for LSIs. He is precise in his tests and executing [4]. If you want to take Gulenko's cognition style into account; his reasoning is deterministic ("everything went according to plan) and his biggest weakness is unforeseen events (Ne-Polr)
2. His goal of establishing social order ("I'll be the god of the new world") is classic Beta rational quadra (according to Start.)
3. He's a detective - detectives are Ti D: (I declare it lol)
IMO LIEs [5] don't give a shit about establishing rational social structures. Actually not even their cognitive style (chaos! rapid thinking when the right time arrives) would permit that
There are of course cases where LIEs are involved in social causes - for example Magneto who fights for his mutant "brothers and sisters" but he never attempts to pass judgment according to rational principles (rules). His way of thinking is more like "There are mutants- my people- and everyone else" - similar to ESIs who also make a clear cut between "my people" and "my people". In short LIEs are motivated my Fi. Light on the other hand uses Ti (fairness, rules, order, rational judgment, laws etc. Betas tend to be more egalitarian)
There are LIEs who make plans that drive the plot (Ocean's Eleven, Miss Sloane) but they are reckless, almost fantastical and not solid. LIE's (and EIE's) plans always have room to breathe (4D Ne). They are flexible - unlike Light's plans.
[1]
http://www.the16types.info/vbulletin...people-are-LIE
[2]
http://www.the16types.info/vbulletin...I-Byronic-Hero
[3]
http://www.the16types.info/vbulletin...IEs-in-Fiction
[4] compare to other fictional LSIs like Dexter(2006), Michael Scofield(Prison Break)
[5] Indiana Jones, Magneto (X-Men: First Class), Danny Ocean (Ocean's Eleven)
just my opinion though - I watched Death Note so often that I'm probably a bit too passionate about it