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rocksteady
11-18-2007, 05:13 PM
I have been doing some reading in some rather profound topics recently, and have been using my "intuition" ability to extrapolate some theories based on the information I've absorbed.

idea 1: Technology as an extension of the evolutionary theory
as identified by Ray Kurzweil (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) in his theory of accelerating change

idea 2: INTJ as part of next step of human evolution, discarding emotion
this is just a crack-pot theory of my own, implying that as INTJ, we have been improved by the evolutionary process in riding ourselves of emotion, and concentrating on pure thought, much like machines. This positions us well for the coming Technological Singularity (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

idea 3: relationship between INTJ thought process and technology
if technology is the result of evolution, it would not be a huge leap in logic to presume that in making our minds more "technological" by getting rid of emotion, we are bridging the gap between evolution and technology

obviously this is all speculation. I am just a first year college student that is reading some cool stuff and drawing my own conclusions, I have no idea if any of these ideas have been discussed anywhere before.

any thoughts?

(mods: i think maybe this should be moved to the personality theories forum)

AJ
11-18-2007, 05:50 PM
While I believe in the theory of evolution, I would say that attributing the theories of personality as a result of evolution is too much. This is considering that throughout history the INTJ personality has been prevalent, unfortunately our type composes a small percentage of the population seen as often as other types.

rocksteady
11-18-2007, 06:21 PM
While I believe in the theory of evolution, I would say that attributing the theories of personality as a result of evolution is too much. This is considering that throughout history the INTJ personality has been prevalent, unfortunately our type composes a small percentage of the population seen as often as other types.

what are the determinants of personality, are they biochemical? They have to come from somewhere, no?

also, it could be possible that when humans started using technology, certain personality types developed alongside it, adapting to take advantage of the new surroundings (domestication of animals, agriculture etc..)