ISTP Computing:About

This wiki is about the INTP personality type, one of the sixteen personality types of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and various INTP interests and issues such as technical issues, social issues and anything that is complex and is analytical. This wiki critiques and analyzes various ideas and articles on the Internet for logical consistency and accuracy.

Certain persons are driven by a strong moral cause, but INTPs on the other hand are driven not by values, but by truth. One may logically suggest that this is, in itself, a moral value. Moral values can be encoded in a rational framework, which suggests that rational thinkers (who stereotypically lack feelings) can and do have morals. Yet, INTP descriptions found on The Internet seemed to be heavily biased, or incomplete. Some are based on incomplete theories in cognition, such as the Jung cognitive theory, which lacks empirical support.

The purpose of this wiki is to provide a website where articles can be easily expanded and updated to account for new knowledge that this INTP learns. Unlike an INTJ, who considers that a theory has been soundly proven and unlikely to change, an INTP on the other hand considers the possibility that the theory could be wrong, subjecting it to evaluation. This means that an INTP will more easily change a theory or opinion as new data becomes available, whereas an INTJ, may not be so willing to change their opinion unless the new data overwhelmingly refutes the previously held position. To facilitate this, a wiki presents the opportunity to easily update articles as this INTP integrates new knowledge.