The post and followups sound more like mistyped ISTP's than INTP's ... typing is hard and self-typing is harder, because we misconstrue what we are for what we like to think we are. ISTP's share Ti dominant with INTP's and often mistype as them due to their inferior intuition attraction. What they want to think they are, in other words.
Extensive travel? Hiking? Woodworking? Snowboarding? Seriously? While there are exceptions it is the _very rare_ INTP that would be bothered to get off the computer for these activities. It's the ISTP and their penchant for _action_ who do it. INTPs can and do engage at physical action activities, but you can spot them as they peter out after a half hour while the dominant S types keep going.
Look deeper guys, plumb your stack and understand yourself, especially from an outside perspective. I've known a number of people who after extensive research are the best examples of INTP I've found, am one myself and happened to have an INTP child. Look closer.
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The post and followups sound more like mistyped ISTP's than INTP's ... typing is hard and self-typing is harder, because we misconstrue what we are for what we like to think we are. ISTP's share Ti dominant with INTP's and often mistype as them due to their inferior intuition attraction. What they want to think they are, in other words.
Extensive travel? Hiking? Woodworking? Snowboarding? Seriously? While there are exceptions it is the _very rare_ INTP that would be bothered to get off the computer for these activities. It's the ISTP and their penchant for _action_ who do it. INTPs can and do engage at physical action activities, but you can spot them as they peter out after a half hour while the dominant S types keep going.
Look deeper guys, plumb your stack and understand yourself, especially from an outside perspective. I've known a number of people who after extensive research are the best examples of INTP I've found, am one myself and happened to have an INTP child. Look closer.