They're wrong because you don't take into consideration all the factors you need to draw the conclusion that you have. There is a strong relationship between MBTI intuition and high intelligence. What surprised me the most about this article is how P's were given a step up to J's. Those with who can find a balance between their logical and emotional reasoning when they make decisions are capable of solving a puzzle that many on either edge don't know how to attack. And I mean no disrespect -- I actually agree with much that you have said, however now I'm trying to find out why this agreement, could be based entirely on individual and/ or group bias, and I'm just trying to royally rip apart my argument for such assumption And it's working. These highly aesthetic individuals have a mindful presence, always acting in the moment. they dont specifically state that the most "intelligent" is the intj (multiple were included in this article). Are there any patterns in MBTI/Cognitive Functions that can be used for intelligence? INTP Are there more geniuses among one type? INTP and INTJ are actually the precise opposite, which becomes clear when you learn the theory and stop basing things off the inaccurate tests. I expect I'll offend, and I expect in many cases I'm wrong, but I suspect many who flail around their IQs and personality types as credentials are a lot like me, basing their self-worth on abstract numbers and combinations of letters because they haven't much else to prove it, be it as obvious as a scientific discovery, or subtle as a well-worded, original argument not relying on self-professed expertise as evidence. Not with the MBTI types, that's for sure. I've been studying it for over a decade and I think it's amazing. that is why they often do better on these exams - Not because of being smarter but because they are great "guessers". They have a high capacity to cope with stress. Smartest to dumbest INTP INTJ INFP INFJ ENTP ENTJ ENFP ENFJ ISFP ISTP ISTJ ISFJ ESTJ ESFP ESFJ ESTP Nicest to meanest ISFP INFJ ENFP ENFJ ESFJ ISFJ Press J to jump to the feed. They revel on manipulating systematic structures. As an INF, "I" alway push INF to review their weakness, find it out and to fix it. Oddly, ISTJs comprise the second highest MBTI type among geniuses, so Im not sure I would say IQ tests are favorable to intuitives over sensors. But strictly on its own, it's borderline useless. But I wrote a simple article to illustrate a simple point. Are the best .Im one and very proud of it - so there ! This is a different spin on smarts, but they're the invaluable people you want around when you're trying to put that complex furniture from IKEA together. BTW im an ENTP It saddens me when there's negative perception on the MBTI and personality type science. Or should it be Extroverted Intuition? Regarding your question about EQ, ENFJs and INFJs dominate in this area. "ISTPs learn through working with their hands," she explains. Intelligence.. shall we break it down ? INTJs and ENTJs introvert feeling, often being seen as self-centered or cold, when really, they just get all emotional validation from within and don't see why everyone else can't, although that's an assumption. ENTP: Loss of respect for mankind in favor of the superiority of machines and technology. ESTP- I would put them lower, but I put them here because they are very real world people, they have alot of common sense and do not put up with crap. i think this is an interesting "start" to answering this idea of smartest type, but at the end of the day its convoluted because to mbti there are 8 functions of general strengths and only a handful of different ways to see intelligence quotient. "They are resilient, always working, moving, thinking of the next best thing They think ahead of situations and people are often threatened by them.". This needs to be emphasized because the other stuff really matters very little compared to the S and the N. Are E's or I's more intelligent? And that is the paradox. On the flip side, even though the feeler is using emotion the way that they are pulling the emotion through introversion is going to bring a great level of precision and accuracy. In terms of household income, ENTJs came out on top, while INFPs came in dead last. xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); ESTJ- This type I would say, is the smartest of all the sensors. I can think logically, but I do not believe I should always follow it. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Im not saying that all people on one side of the chart are stupid when I think of ESFJs, actually, the first person I think of is one of my friends from my advanced Latin classes in high school, but I just did not know many in school. Emotion is a physiological reaction that is required to process both forms of rationale - of feeling and thinking to reach judgment and decision mechanisms. "The ESTJ has a gift for seeing what's happening around them (because of their sensing function) and making it more organized," she says. If you're a Sensor, you're going to think people are smart based on the decisions they make. There morals can make them selfish and kinds stupid. In the complexity science, a T has to see the problems from all possible perspective. Of course there are exceptions, but this is the trend. You are simply wrong if you think we're close-minded. Well you're clearly not one of them, cause less geniuses than more fail in life. To one person it may be creativity. Why don't I go outside of personality and start talking spirituality? Bias? Idealists i.e INFP, ENFP, ENFJ and INFJ in my opinion are the most spiritual of all types.If there was spiritual intelligence these types would easily top all other types with once again the top being a possible tie between INFP and INFJ.When it comes to logical and mathematical intelligence, its unfortunate idealists are behind rationals.It is the precise reason why most scientists are rationals or NT types. They are the most carefree of all times therefore the least intelligent. I think that there is a space for political correctness in certain forms. Surprisingly, most ENTJs score pretty high on this as well, so I think any intuitive extrovert who does not struggle with autism would probably score somewhere between average and high on EQ. Okay, now what about T's and F's? We constantly strive to provide you with the best information possible. They can be ambitious, forceful, optimistic, and even egotistical. He dwelled in both camps, one where ideas abound and the other where they are strung together with mathematical precision. Someone has been keeping track and produced some graphs. The actual scientific studies done with that model to establish actual correlations between personality and intelligence show a very mild correlation at best, and even that correlation is restricted to one trait - openness. Although they have the Ni as their secondary function which means they are constantly thinking. In conclusion, they're actually just as dumb as ISFJs in the end. I am an INTP so I am theoretically flattered, and would tend to agree. If you're an Intuitive, you're going to define intelligence as related to the informational knowledge in their brain. Does that not imply they've had a larger influence on society? Born leaders, these brilliant people are always working and thinking. sorry but how the hell is an NF smarter than an NT? Intelligence has nothing to do with independence, you can only say that the extroverts get their energy from the outside, which does not even represent a dependence (moreover), because we live in a human society, not on the moon, the world is full of people from whom extroverts can get energy. 15. They tell the exact same story. I have never seen someone use both their logic and their "feelings" simultaneously as she does. Also Ps are open minded to last minute creative possibilities while Js are much better at getting the job done in terms of project distribution and such. Te of course is extraverted logic, but Ne has to do with imagination and Si has to do with memory. By holding on to this concept; before appointing it's substance as a substrate, perhaps it can help define the boundaries in which to progress. ESTJs are the eleventh most intelligent personality type. The MBTI just isn't accurate enough and can only tell you about the way people might prefer to do things, it can not estimate intelligence because even the concept of intelligence is biased by what you think it is. The INTJ is thought as having an edge due to their logical reasoning and the way they can see patterns and fix things. Our team of editors strives to be objective, unbiased, and honest. Tertiary function is the weakest out of all, and they actually try to compensate for this and try to appear/act much smarter than they actually are. (emotional, social, mathematical, logical, kinestethic, etc). So that, I think that many agree INFP and INFJ are the so most unpredictable type, expecially INFP. Opinions are baseless unless confirmed by some hard data .. and there is no data here .. It explains quite a bit of the intellectual gap I feel is between me and my significant other, considering I'm an ISFJ and he's an INTJ. The know-it-all who can answer every question at trivia night. I remember reading a comment on here about the different personality types and how they fare in different types of intelligence. Why don't we talk lots of other things that would also lead to greater understanding? But we can put the two together if you like. In conclusion Quinton, I agree with you for the most part except what I highligted above.So perhaps the homework you need is to first ascertain what type of intelligence you are rating the mbti types.Some have said define "smart".As for me like I said , I was focusing on Logical and mathematical intelligence.Sorry again for using D. Kerseys terminology.Please do look at his classifications, he is of the most accurate mbti analysts in describing and classifying the 16 types.HTH. In fact, this is considered the INTP's Achilles heel). So this begs the question, would it be better to have an accurate representation of something that is a little bit lacking (INF) or a less accurate representation of something that is a little bit more true (ENT)? PPS - Also interesting that, in my very unscientific survey of the number of these kinds of posts out there, Ns overwhelmingly seem to want to prove this issue more than any other type. Is there a secret INTW type they don't tell us about that has all the smarties? You're not saying what exactly is wrong. I's derive their energy from the universe. Being smart isn't about being a thinker or being a feeler. There is an ongoing emphasis placed on intelligence. I think this is terribly inaccurate and biased by your own world view instead of objective analysis. I personally think it's accurate in the way that it captures sixteen general personality types which you can divide the population into. The absolute best you can then say is that maybe being an N type means you are slightly more likely to be marginally smarter than an S type on average. You stated correctly that this is your opinion, frankly, your opinion does not matter at all because you have nothing to support it, which makes me question its validity right away, as well as its replicability. If you actually look at ISFJs (just like the INFJs) they do this exact same thing because they have Ti in their tertiary too. Enstein was only 160 IQ (15 sd) I am talking in general. This combination is the fourth most common type 9% of the general population, with slightly more women than men. You have to define this first before trying to come up with the conclusion! Fair enough. Anyone who has intuition first or second is going to generally be more intelligent than someone who has intuition as third or fourth. These people often have high logical-mathematical intelligence and are good with logical reasoning and analysis. Believe me, there are PLENTY of examples of genius S types and N types who are dumber than rocks. 'Intuitive' models so to say.However sensory types are certainly more intelligent than intuitive types in say Bodily/Kinesthetic intelligence or musical intelligence.I would see SPs leading in such.In addition to that, I have seen other types excelling in mathematical/Abstract phenomena so there are always outliers.Such include ESFJ and ISTP. The ENTJ is just stubborn. INTPs want to understand the world in all its glorious complexity, and love using others as a sounding board for their brilliant ideas . Lack of source, logically inconsistent (why if it's a measure of 2% of smartest population, no type goes over 2%), methodology is dubious (how were types identified?, so far there is no empirically proven way to measure them; also, the whole data almost follows a close pattern IN>EN>IS>ES: real world data are rarely this clean). INTJ (Introvert, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging) type scores the highest on conceptual IQ tests among all 16 personality types. ESTJs can combine high intelligence with a strong sense or gut feeling. Absolutely. An ENFP with an IQ of 142, which means nothing, because I could be socially and emotionally retarded, and therefore not even categorized as human. Thought Catalog mentioned in an article on how why intuitives dominate the MBTI Community and why sensors feel alienated. Please read more about Jung cognitive functions and how Meyers & Briggs created types by combining them. And about MBTI, the types reflects the words and situations you identify with, so: some people will identify more as T because "I'm so objective, logical and intelligent, I don't like all those emotional people because they express things I can't due to my little ego, I'm so smart, emotions are dumb" and some as F because "I'm so good, it's bad to be logical because it can harm to poor little hearts". Now for my two cents: in contrast to traditional "intelligence", I see propensities for consistency as alternate forms of intelligence. Overview of 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Types, Common Questions About the Smartest Personality Types, 29 Spot-On Signs You Have An Intense Personality, 21 Extraordinary Things To Be Passionate About This Year, 21 Soul-Crushing Signs He Is Not The One For You (Even If You Love Him), Guys, Dont Ignore These 17 Signs Of An Emotionally Immature Woman, 31 Ridiculous Things Covert Narcissists Say in an Argument, Make Some Happy Today With These 41 Bliss-Inducing Ideas, 17 Signs Hes Hurting After Your Break-Up, Does Your Guy Run Hot And Cold? Let's start by breaking things into categories. Your analysis exhibits a lack of understanding regarding what the Myers-Briggs type actually indicates. You'd have a hard time being understood if you attempted to compliment someone's ability to influence society using the word 'smart'. What is "intelligence"? Its all a matter of perspective oh ya and bias. And for the record on the NEO-PI-R Big Five test, I also score very high in openness, again demonstrating how the correlation is far from perfect. Which means that this answer is okay; it's valid and could be, but doesn't have to be, nor is it maybe, necessarily sound. Why don't I include the Enneagram? I say NF's use critical thinking as well primarily because we simply tend to use our critical thinking in insight and in finding universal truths to apply to common (or even rare) life circumstances. Of course these types vary in IQ - there are also pretty dumb ENTPs and ENTJs. For argument's sake, I'll go with it. ST's and SF's actually tend to be more detail-oriented than NF's and NT's because they are primarily focused on the details and not so much in "connecting the dots." It would be rather interesting for you to write the same article and explain how each order of the cognitive functions contribute most to influence because you would really be going out on a limb even more. 8. There's a lot of different ways you could take a shot at it using these personality profiles. Of course animals feel emotions. -We don't write decent articles on feelings. INFP: Getting heartbroken one too many times. 207.231.106.34 And found in health care, teaching, and child care. Get over yourself. While Introverted Intuition is very magical and very focused, its actually quite inaccurate and bias (in alignment with truth/logical deductions and conclusions) with it's faithful Extroverted Feeling companion. Verywell / JR Bee. (Correlation does not imply causation). I'd agree with your conclusion on that thinkers are more "smart" than feelers in this context, however, as strong emotions are far more easily arised from ethical evaluation, which is subjective by nature. Amazing. I studied actuarial science in university which is a pretty tough discipline.We did all kinds of mathematics(both abstract courses and more realistic courses) and a few programming courses.All the time rationals came top of my class.If I would order them ENTPs seemed to be top of all, followed by INTJ then ENTJ and lastly INTP.Of course this order could be biased as you know INTPs are slackers/lazy but could be in fact be most intelligent of all if they put equal effort with other rationals.In fact I had an INTP friend that ended up dropping out not because he was not smart but he got distracted and fell in love with politics. Or an INTJ? For example try to bring up the subject of "intuitive bias" within the MBTI Community and there would be RAGE and trolling immediately. This may seem like a rare case, but a case I see far more often is a NT growing up in a family of sensors. T's care about things. Personally I think I might give the edge to the xNxP types, but type doesn't really correlate much to intelligence. It's like Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw at a quiz bowl. But that still leaves a level of dissatisfaction for most people, especially feelers who know that they aren't stupid. Introverts are most likely to spend time by themselves studying stuff. Personality types don't exactly judge intelligence (despite what I said above) but how a person solves a problem and what problems the person is most likely to solve. In fact, humans are social creatures. lol. - ESTP/ISTP: Most Skills Smart (Tend to be naturally very good at a lot of things, and are usually the best at hands on making/fixing things) etc. >carry out what intps think INTJs also have a better shot at this than INTPs, because while INTPs think the deepest thoughts the most, INTJs validate what is biased and not biased much more, therefore being the more accurate to the outside real world. Honestly, we don't really know how Donna is so smart. This content includes information from experts in their field and is fact-checked to ensure accuracy. We carry out what the "background philosophers" dream about. I think intelligence is, as you've stated, a lot more complex than a simple dichotomy, but there are obvious traits that society in general determine as smart. Other than that, the conceptualisation of the subject is great. Some are more focused on social issues and are open minded about listening to everyone's point of view , then narrowing it all down to the big picture according to the humanitarian aspect of the basic human needs if survival to basic emotions and thoughts regarding life on earth. The way we define smart matters a lot on the application at hand. ESFP, eh? It is the most common personality type in women and occurs in 14% of the population. 5.Let's just say there's no other type or temperament except SJ, we would have still been stuck in the stone age. My close INTP friend while incredibly intelligent and can remember details in a phenomenal way that I usually can't, can many times not realize how sometimes people can react badly to things she does and turns to me for advice. Se lives in the moment which has its positives but it is short sighted and has 0 intrest in learning. They commonly work in religion, teaching, and the arts. learn the cognitive functions. I agree completely with Khalil El Alami. S-types are generally more practical than N types, but are far more rigid. This is kind of like the J/P relationship. According to the MBTI, maybe not. The most prominent feature was the frequency of the NT combination: all four NT groups displayed the greatest frequencies. "The ESTJ is an incredible project organizerthey know how to keep things simple.". There are several theories revolving around the mutual effect of personality and intelligence. Quinton, why is it that you completely avoid developing your knowledge of cognitive functions? Assessing someone's Myers-Briggs personality type requires examining them on four facets: Introverted vs. Extroverted, Sensing vs. Intuition, Thinking vs. Using a self-reported questionnaire, the test determines whether you lean toward Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I); prefer to use Sensing (S) or Intuition (N); tend to be more Thinking (T) or Feeling (F); and are more Judging (J) or Perceiving (P). They are idealistic and sensitive and are referred to as The Insightful Visionary or The Advocate. Although they have little emotional intelligence I put them higher than ISFP because they can get things done much, much quicker than they can. Even if an extroverted thinker is using reason, the way they are focusing and putting the data together may be lacking due to the extroversion. I published this information knowing there are going to be tons of people who get upset about it and disagree with it. ENTJ- They are incredibly smart people and incredibly. Whereas INTPs are better with logic of the kind A+B=C. There do seem to be far more geniuses among the Delta Quadra socionics group, which use Te, Ne, Si and Fi as their functions. Animals share the emotional traits that humans possess, but they don't share the reasoning traits. People who are smart generally rise to the top of influence and are revered and sometimes even worshiped by others. (This explains the reason why you must state in advance whether or not you are into hugging!) These are the people who breezed through exams at school because they "test well" or who can rattle off every state capital on a whimthey'd likely be your "Phone-a-Friend" on an episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Logical and Interpersonal were the lowest. I think IQ is a measure of some cognitive "divergence", but intelligence seem to be nothing more than what people actually perceive and decide to define as intelligence. By the way, if this doesnt convince you, maybe this will.http://advan.physiology.org/content/262/6/S1.full.pdf Also, of course there are going to be exceptions. Feeling however is regarded frequently to having close ties to emotion due to cultural bias (although I agree, irrational physiological processes tend to gather around more subjective processes, such as evaluation of ethics). As an intuitive person myself, I know this may sound self-obsessed and biased, and truth be told it is but show me a piece of research, no matter how scientific that does not have any bias at all and it will be impossible. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Your ability to cognitively abstract the types beyond the stereotypes that are presented to you despite knowing about the theory behind the letter code, shows that one can indeed be dumb and still be a supposed N, lol. People with a preference for F doesn't mean they think less, and vice-versa, and it's also possible that yes, some think less, and vice-versa. Love his sense of humor too. That is why early on I defined smart as something like influence as opposed to sheer technical ability. This bar graph from Business Insider provides an important contrast to the previous one: Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is another measure of ones ability to fit into society and exhibit empathy. Personally I'm Enfp and I wouldn't say I am anywhere less intelligent than my Intj best friend. Extroverted, intuitive, feeling, and judging types are also among the most intelligent, Joseph Puglisi, CEO of Dating Iconic, explains. I am an INTP with iq 152 in mensa and i believe Intp/intj are the smartest and moat intelligent. The INFJ is actually pretty brilliant, and the smartest person I know both scholastically and in life in general. Do you honestly believe this yourself? I think they are kind of a blank slate because they can almost become anything if someone tells them to. But the average IQ for INTx people are generally higher than the average IQ of other MBTI types. ENFP 6. You do realize that sources are not required when you post the actual calculations, right? I could go on further, but in short I believe some types are more keen to become smarter but the potential is a mix of genetics and education. Tied with Ne doms as quickest to find patterns) This also helps my development of F. In reality, that is what they extravert, or use most in interactions. ISTP- I think they are so smart because they know the solution to so many things, they are good with their hands and quick on their feet. PS - you do realize that often one question separates an n type from an s type. It's damning! So E's are in a way dependent upon I's. Intelligence alone won't get you nearly as far as you think. But I'm smart, somehow. In addition you're using MBTI when the MBTI does no actual research on the Jungain personality types unlike these people http://cognitivetype.com . (I know this does not equate to intelligence, but it is a good measurement). Idealist organizers, ENFJs are energetic and often overextended. I can name countless influential E's and I can name countless influential I's. Existential intelligence involves puzzling over abstract ideas, such as the meaning of life. Introverts are most likely to spend time by themselves studying stuff. Smart can mean a lot of different things to different people. First of all, it just means that, based on IQ test results, if you have a group of 100 INTPs and a group of 100 people of all types, the INTPs will probably have four geniuses in the group when the other group has two. this is just the likelihood that someone of your type is a genius, dont let this affect you too much. I agree with many of the comments that NT's surpass in sciences for their natural skill and capacity for growth in these areas. Interesting, though i think it might be misleading! Throughout my whole life I have enjoyed building real businesses by solving real problems. My family is comprised of the N-J types. TOO RIDICOLOUS. INTJs have a Te function, otherwise known as extroverted thinking. - ExxJ: Most Manipulative/Leadership Smart. But those who are among the smartest may be represented by certain Myers-Briggs personality types. Don't quote me on this because I forget where I read it, but according to the article, INTJ's had the highest average IQ, and INTP's came in a near second. (Or maybe you're a god and you're smart in all ways.). We periodically take informal polls on this topic on a Mensa forum - just asking people to report their type. And feelers aren't stupid. Online tests have given me IQ ratings of 135-143. I'd try if I could, but I've never been inside an INTJ brain before. Is it fully accurate? Often we'll question it if this isn't the case. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. So no matter what I will say, or anyone else will say, you will not be convinced that it is possible to rate intelligence. ENFJ: Grandiosity fueled by admiration from others. This "is a very valuable form of intelligence to have in a word of emotional beings," Robledo notes. This can be a pointer to intelligence. I don't think you can just say "smartest". For example he mentioned on how F and T can be tyed 50 / 50 but went with T in comparison that pets can love but can't reason like human beings can. Doubt it can be a deciding factor on smartness. ;) i have many INTx friends (also members of mensa) whose average IQ is between 130-163. 5. Understanding math is a piece of cake comparing to understand emotions. If you think this article is wrong: either live your intelligence on your own or make your own article with your personality type ranked first. They have no time for analysing and often dont know what to say, but they understand human beings and humility which puts them higher than the ESFP. At a more intellectually devolved and immature state, Es definitely would do better with moving on from thoughts to survive with better efficiency, and F types would definitely be better at emotional motivation. And traditional intelligence does not necessarily correlate to success or even happiness. 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