Originally Posted by
SkyNova20
Cooking meth is definitely a sensory thing to do, especially if the goal is to achieve as much power and money as Walter did. Walter clearly understood power dynamics. If he didn't, he probably wouldn't have teamed up with Jesse and having to come out on top. Walt was the one who asked Jesse first to partner with him after all. An ILI would likely be more hesitant compared to Walt in this situation.
Speaking of which, ILI's would've probably taken a different, more intuitive approach to chemistry, there's nothing intuitive about cooking meth and sacrificing the lives of others. An ILI would have already warned themselves about the future consequences of such actions in the first place, so they would hesitate to get into such illegal businesses. Walter wasn't ever concerned about the consequences of his own actions until it was too late.
People seem to confuse Walt's chemistry knowledge with intuition, when it's actually Ti. I did this too in all fairness, but the motives for doing something science-related is important to consider here. He's not one to come up with new ideas and methods, but rather using his logical knowledge and basic rulesets of chemistry to make all his meth.
Walt is also supposed to be a family's man, which I associate more with LSI than ILI. If an LSI's closed one is in danger, they will do anything in their power to protect them. Go back to the very first episode where Walt protected his son from the bully by slamming him in the ground and kicking him. His family was also threatened by Gus, and he decided it was time to take initiation for how much of a threat Gus was. This is a Beta approach to situations, since they put more importance into societal groups like families. Betas are collectivists, Gammas are individualists.
He clearly knew how to use force since the first episode. Proof being the fact that he was able to kill drugdealers like Emilio and Krazy-8 as a means of self-defense. ILI's are Se dual-seeking, they need the help of their dual to do all the protection for them. Walt didn't need Jesse to do these things for him, he did them on his own. Then again, the video above is also a sign of an aggressor type, no sort of hesitation of using force. Victims are more prone to being helpless under these circumstances.
I'm assuming people type him Gamma because he was selfishly making a lot of money. When you think of it though, he didn't see money as a source of freedom but as a source of power. Gammas are more into individual and monetary freedom, Betas are more into achieving power and success, Walter was the latter. He felt he was an overachieving teacher so to clear that perception from everyone, he decided to go all the way through with his drug empire to become truly successful. This is a Beta Aristocratic mindset.
I don't see irrationality in him either, considering how he clearly criticized Jesse for being a "junkie", which is what Gus criticized Jesse for also. Then again, as someone said here, Walt and Gus are pretty much the same and I agree with this. Both controlling, pedantic, demanding, detail-oriented, knowledgeable, both capable of power and violence. Walt related to Gus, but because of his affiliation with Jesse, Gus took that for granted and told Walt that he was not cautious like him.
And yes, Mike is indeed LSI and I do believe he's the same type as Gus and Walter while sharing the aformentioned traits with them. The main reason why Mike didn't get along with Walter though is because of Walter's ego. At that point, Walter was already becoming self-delusional and arrogant, so nobody had an ounce of respect for him anymore.
Walter didn't develop his Se, he always had it in him, just never really tried to show it before the show started.
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