INTP: Introvert iNtuitive Thinker Perceiver
“The Logician” (Temperament: Mastermind)
INTPs are independent thinkers and problem solvers.
They can process logical input very quickly and are often exceptional at understanding complex systems.
They have a tendency to see all information as inter-related and will go to great lengths to understand how information fits into coherent and elegant theories.
INTPs are independent thinkers and problem solvers.
They can process logical input very quickly and are often exceptional at understanding complex systems.
They have a tendency to see all information as inter-related and will go to great lengths to understand how information fits into coherent and elegant theories.
INTPs and Experimentation
INTPs enjoy novelty and experimentation, which helps them develop and mature their understanding of the world.
This tendency towards the novel and absurd combined with their objective, logical disposition can make INTPs very good at comedy. Examples include Tina Fey, Jordan Peele, Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
Many well-known philosophers, physicists and pioneers in the tech industry are INTPs.
Their tendency towards precision and creativity can also make them very talented musicians.
Highly effective INTPs are avid learners who continually push themselves to new levels of ability and understanding.
INTP Cognitive Functions
INTP Celebrities
- Buckminster Fuller
- Richard Dawkins
- Robert Greene
- Tina Fey
- Albert Einstein
- Jordan Peele
- Bill Gates
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Carrie Brownstein
- Jacques Fresco
- Glenn Greenwald
- Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle)
- Eben Pagan
- Nathan Fielder
- Marty Friedman (Megadeth)
- Stephen Hawking
- Charles Eisenstein
- Nikola Tesla
- Trey Parker
- David Keirsey
- Rick Doblin
- Magnus Carlsen
- John Nash
- Howard Hughes
- Jeffrey Allen (energy healer)
- W. Edwards Deming
- Niels Bohr
- Krysten Ritter
- Neil Strauss
- M.I.A.
- Ray Kurzweil
- Neil Peart (RUSH)
- Kate Micucci (Garfunkel & Oates)
- Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
- DeAnne Smith
- Jesse Eisenberg
- Larry Page
- Sergey Brin
- Terry Bozzio
- Keith Emerson (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
- Bob Moog (Inventor of the Moog synth)
- Lily Allen
- Hannibal Buress
- Rachel Mac
- Matt Stone
- Adam Grant
- Yuval Harari
- Aaron Koblin
- John Mulaney
- Gerard Piel
- Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)
Fictional INTPs
- Gale Boetticher (Breaking Bad)
- Jane Margolis (Breaking Bad)
- Dr. House
- Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
- Eugene Porter (Walking Dead)
- Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
- Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Spock (Star Trek)
- Steven Meeks (Dead Poets Society)