If you feel as though I'm presenting an intellectual persona, then so be it. Impressions are subjective and so there's nothing I can do to change your mind. In fact, the entirety of "impression-based typing" works like that, which is one of its downsides if the typer isn't willing to consider more information. I don't know if you're openminded or not. Don't take that as an insult. I want to get to the bottom of your typing, which is why I'm responding in the first place.
I see myself as a smart person (and I have frequent doubts about that as well), but I don't think I ever claimed to be or suggested that I am an intellectual. The questions were asking what I am doing and what I like to do. I am doing math and physics and I like to solve problems. Perhaps I was a bit arrogant in my phrasing of the answers, but the answers stand nonetheless. In reflection of what I've wanted to do with my life (something I've had to do a lot given the decisions I have to make at my age), I realized that solving problems is what I care about. I want to learn things but also apply them to interesting problems. While I'm obviously not doing that 24/7, I try to improve my skills in those areas because it's what I like. That's the honest truth. If my presentation led you to believe that I'm trying to be some "intellectual", then I apologize that I was misleading.
I'm also not completely against your 3w4 typing. I considered 3w4 as a potential type before (alongside 6w5 and 1w9). However, if we're basing type on the core fear and motivations, 3, 6, nor 1 fit it as well as 5 did. I'm not an id base type nor am I a reactive base type nor am I a superego base type, which are three reasons (among many) why I settled against 3, 6, or 1. However, I knew I still had the 6 and 3 motivation. Thus, I settled on a 6 wing (influences 5 motivations/behaviour) and 3 fix (secondary coping strategy/secondary motivation). I think this is a reasonable solution. If you have other evidence to indicate type 3, let me know since I'm willing to open up enneagram again if there's a reason to do so (I'm mostly uncertain about gut fix, though some of your comments indicate you dislike tritype).
What I don't understand is your ESE typing. That would entail a number of things that are simply untrue about myself. Firstly, I'm not Fe base. Genuine emotional expression I find to be very difficult. It's one of my biggest weaknesses. I have a good understanding of how others are feeling by reading their words/body language, but I don't know if it's strong enough or if I care enough for Fe to be my leading function. Moreover, I'm not even sure if that's related to Fe or Fi since the differences seem to be subtle. Secondly, I'm not Ti seeking. Logic, structure, systematizing, categorizing, etc. have been strengths of mine for quite a while. In comparison to my family (mostly F types), I'm much better (again, I'm not trying to be arrogant - it's just the truth. They are better than me at a number of things.). My family all attest to this, with my parents both having said that I am a very critical thinker, when I was required to fill out a form of my strengths in my leadership class. To be Ti seeking would be completely contrary to these observations. Thirdly, I'm not Ni PoLR. Time management, imagining likely causes or effects, detail orientation, and noticing contradictions are strengths of mine rather than weaknesses. I also like to see these strengths in others. In fact, I frequently guide my friends on the optimal path to take in the future since they are often uncertain of it. I can provide you no proof of these statements, so you'd have to trust that I'm being honest, which you may or may not. Lastly (of the points I can think off the top of my head), I am not passionate or engaged enough to have 4D Se and Fe. I'm very distant from people and prefer to contemplate in my head rather than engage with things regularly. If unperturbed, I can be left to my own inertia for a long while, which is a big weakness of mine. That's what I meant by my productivity being somewhat controlled by my mood. I'm able to construct plans and schedules, but sometimes the execution of those plans I find too difficult.
My questions are basically as follows: why do you type me ESE besides the impression? Do you think I'm lying about what I said in the video? What "tipped you off" that made it seem like I am projecting an "intellectual" persona?
All of this is only of use to you if you're willing to trust that I'm not lying. I have no reason to lie since I'm not out to project an image of myself but rather to determine my true type. If I were out to create a positive image, then I would have stuck with MBTI, calling myself the "mastermind" and trolling on reddit forums to assert my "intellectual dominance". I could have simply denounced Sol's test or typings, which led me to reopen the possibility that I'm LII in the first place. I could have prepared a script for this video to make myself look better, or denounced your typings as invalid. However, I don't do these things because I believe that people have things of value to say, and I want to listen to them before denouncing them. I've been criticized of denouncing things too early in the past (as I mentioned in my video), and I don't like that about myself since it means that I'm not able to consider as much information as I can. It prevents me from getting closer to the truth, which is a great fear of mine (another reason for typing myself 5).
If you believe I am lying after this post, then so be it. However, I ask you to provide me more evidence in support of your claims since they are so drastic in comparison to the norm. I'll consider them more if I think the evidence is valid and the reasoning is sound.



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