The one who calculates ahead. Reads the future with an intuition of time and trims waste with practical logic. What they want most: the force to push and take. What they are worst at: emotion that warms the room.
Types that fit INTP, and types that need distance
INTP (the 16Personalities Logician) with the other fifteen types and its own, sorted by kind of fit. The order is a rough guide to what tends to last, not a score. Each link opens the page for that pair.
Fits wellESFP (Duality), ISFJ (Activation), ENTJ (Mirror), ESTP (Semi-duality)The four that fit naturally. When it starts to work differs.Stands closeINTP (Identity), INFP (Kindred), ISTP (Business), INTJ (Quasi-identity)The four that are alike or can move side by side.Needs distanceENFP (Illusionary), ISFP (Super-ego), ENTP (Extinguishment), ESFJ (Conflict)The four whose closeness needs design. Decide the distance and they last.With a directionESTJ (Supervisor), ENFJ (Supervisee), INFJ (Benefactor), ISTJ (Beneficiary)The four that one side feels strongly. Seen from INTP's side.
How this type meets eleven situations. Not fortune-telling that comes true: how this type moves in each scene, written from the arrangement of its functions.
WishGranted, if you move. The forecast is right; not moving is the problem.
The one you wait forWill not come, if you only wait. Do not refuse the person who takes you out.
Lost thingsWill turn up. You know where it is. Go and get it.
Setting outA trip you are taken on: good. Alone, it ends at the planning.
TradeForecast: good. Execution: leave to others. Team up with someone who goes and takes.
StudyExcellent. You read deeply. But practise putting it in front of people.
DisputeYou win by waiting. But wait too long and the chance is gone.
LoveThe one who pushes is the real one. Do not test with indifference; they leave.
ChildrenYou will be a parent who reads ahead. Warmth and outings: leave to your partner.
IllnessNot moving is the illness. Cured by being taken out.
MarriageIt will come together, with someone who acts. With another quiet one, a long wait.
A gift that lands
Action. Take them out. Book it and pick them up. The movement INTP does not start alone.
What suits them
Part-time jobs, work, places to travel, clothes, music, anime, films, TV drama. From what the type is good at and what it wants.
Part-time jobMarking, programming, research assistant Thinking alone, reading ahead.
WorkAnalysis, research, investment, programming, criticism Reading ahead and trimming waste.
TravelQuiet mountains, rainy towns, rail journeys Where there are few people. Loose plans.
FashionPlain, function first Clothes that need no thought.
MusicAmbient, jazz, old rock Quietly deep music.
AnimeMystery, battles of wits, surreal comedy The kind you almost predict but cannot.
FilmSuspense, SF, wry comedy Quietly deep films.
TV dramaDetective, period drama, uneventful daily life Nothing too heated.
Questions this type wants to answer, and what lands
QuestionWhere do you think this is heading?
QuestionDo you really think that will work?
What lands"Your prediction was right." Praise the forecast. Do not press with heat.
If they were a country or a place
The temperament of the type, likened to land. One each: a country, a Japanese prefecture, a US state, a European country.
CountryCanada Calm. In no hurry.
PrefectureNagano Calm. Reads ahead. Mountains.
US stateWashington State Reading ahead, in the rain.
EuropeBritain Irony, calm, and waiting.
Values
What will happen. Sees first the reasons it will not work. Dislikes waste, dislikes fervour, freezes when asked to express emotion. Waits rather than moves. Knows, too, that waiting too long loses the chance.
Money
Trims waste and protects by reading ahead. Good investment foresight, weak push on execution. Keeps rather than earns. Team up with someone who has the force to go and take, and the assets move.
Parenting
A parent who reads ahead and avoids danger. Calmly calculates the child's future and cuts pointless lessons. Emotional warmth and taking the child out physically are hard. Leave those to the other parent.
Work
Analysis, forecasting, research, investment, strategy, criticism. Reading ahead and trimming waste. Sales, customer service and emotional labour are draining. As a boss, calm; as a subordinate, wants an active boss.
Friends
Few, and long. Chooses people to talk with wryly. Does not invite; saved by friends who take them out. Poor at emotional comfort; gives calm advice instead.
Hobbies
Reading, chess, strategy games, investment, history. Hobbies of reading ahead in the head. Physical hobbies last when someone drags them out. Does not go to warm places on their own.
INTP's Model A
Where this type places the eight information elements. The top two are strengths, the next two weaknesses, the next two what it wants from others, the bottom two what it can do but does not care about. Compatibility is the overlay of two such arrangements.
1NiLeading: Ni introverted intuition — the flow of time, foresight, "this is where it goes". Strongest and always on. The way this person sees the world.
2TeCreative: Te extraverted logic — facts, efficiency, "how to make it work". The tool that serves the leading function. Used flexibly, when needed.
3SiRole: Si introverted sensing — comfort, bodily sensation, pleasant and unpleasant. Adequate but unconfident. Performed when required.
4FeVulnerable: Fe extraverted ethics — the mood of the room, atmosphere, moving feelings. Weakest and most sensitive. Remarks here hurt.
5SeSuggestive: Se extraverted sensing — force, presence, taking the ground. Cannot produce it; feels safe receiving it from others. The dual's leading function lands here.
6FiMobilizing: Fi introverted ethics — personal bonds, likes and dislikes, distance. Gets moving when helped here. Grows with praise.
7NeIgnoring: Ne extraverted intuition — possibilities, ideas, "it could also be otherwise". Capable but does not value it. Used silently when necessary.
8TiDemonstrative: Ti introverted logic — structure, consistency, "does it add up". Strong without noticing. Comes out unasked.