I can't really tell >.< He seems to use a fair amount of Si.. almost everyone seems to think he's INTJ
How so?Don't confuse his asperger with Si guys.
As I've read somewhere, Sheldon is beyond MBTI, he has evolved ^^
I stopped being surprised over that a long time ago lol. So many myths about Ni and who are Ni on this site.Why the hell are people suggesting INTJ, an Ni dom?? Do people truly have no idea what an Ni-dom looks like?
The guy creatively comes up with new scientific theories. How does he do that without Ti, Ni, or Ne in his top two functions? There's no way an ISTJ could compete with a Ni, Ne or Ti user at such exploits. I don't doubt a highly intelligent ISTJ could outwit a dim INTP at using Ne, but we're dealing entirely with super genius scientists.That being said, I think Sheldon is an ISTJ. He uses past comparisons way more than an INTP usually would.
I've seen someone use that exact same argument in reverse. Their argument was that Si likes repetition and Se doesn't.I see ISTJs eat really nice, varied, and healthy food (dom Si) whereas Sheldon gets the same boring thing every time he goes to see Penny at the Cheesecake factory. (inf Se) Every INTJ I've met eats the same, boring food (inf Se), claiming that good food is boring. Even though I have inf Si I wouldn't be able to eat such a restricted diet and yet I get into the "same food over again" loop, but it is more varied than the INTJ's.
Sheldon is bound to evidence because he is a scientist and a logical thinker. If he were not bound to evidence, he wouldn't be a respected scientist. It's a discipline and an intellect thing. There are INTJs who blow off evidence (though, presumably against their Te), and INTJs who won't budge without it... the latter because of their scientific discipline. Sheldon is not remotely bound to immediate evidence - other than that he comprehends the rational value of empirical logic. Logic demands evidence. That being said, the thirst for evidence is something I associate more with Te, for good reason. The rational requirement of evidence is a Thinking thing... the perception of it, and how that is gone about, would be S... but everyone has S, and the attitude of it is not hugely significant here, if I understand you right.ISTJ..
INTJs aren't detail bound. They may ask "where's the logic", but they rarely ask "where's the evidence". sheldon is bound to immediate evidence.
INTJs are described as masterminds remember- mastermind implies creative. Sheldon is bound by the tangible.
I've met ASD people whom I believe are very much SJ types who come across very..... well, in ways like Sheldon. They talk about big things, in a way that can be seen as theoretical, but is more just on the subject of theory than anything. If you really listen, an autistic ISTJ will come across perhaps like an N, but they are mostly just giving Te-opinion on things that are already out there. It screws with our perception of N and S but mostly only in the realm of stereotype. Autistic people can carry with them some tropes we associate with N types as well as them seeming more inclined to subjects of interest we'd associate more with N types.Whaaaaaa....
I'm with ballast. I am simply shocked that anyone at all, let alone a majority in this thread, believe Sheldon is an S. He is the epitome of anti-S. It is a running joke on the show that he is so abstract and theoretical that any task relating to the physical world renders him helpless. He taught himself to swim out of a book, even though he has never been in the water and never intends on swimming, apparently. Classic inferior S / excessively dominant N.
This is not up for debate. It is so not up for debate, it makes me want to poop. If you don't recognize Sheldon is an N, you know less about personality type than someone who has never even heard of it. And that's kinda disturbing.