My Blog’s Personality

I just ran my website through Typealyzer, a tool that calculates your Myers-Briggs Type Indicator based on the content of your blog. According to the website, “When all features, words and sentences, are statistically analyzed, Typealyzer is able to guess which personality type the text represents.”

I assume it’s only analyzing the front page, so it might not be very reliable. However, at the time of submitting my site, the homepage was filled with content that is extremely reflective of my writing style and interests: a science/tech/futurist-related essay, an article related to the design of this website, a post about a movie trailer, and a few short blurbs regarding some of my photographs.

After a few seconds, Typealyzer declared the author of this blog (me) to be an INTP: Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving. Considering that this website is in many ways the digitized contents of my brain, I wasn’t surprised that Typealyzer was spot on. I Googled INTP and found this: Portrait of an INTP. INTPs are called the “Thinkers,” and I’ve extracted a few of the descriptions that I found to be very accurate, as if they were written just for me.

• INTPs live in the world of theoretical possibilities. They see everything in terms of how it could be improved, or what it could be turned into.
• They seek clarity in everything, and are therefore driven to build knowledge.
• They love new ideas, and become very excited over abstractions and theories. They love to discuss these concepts with others. They may seem “dreamy” and distant to others, because they spend a lot of time inside their minds musing over theories.
• The INTP is likely to be very shy when it comes to meeting new people. On the other hand, the INTP is very self-confident and gregarious around people they know well, or when discussing theories which they fully understand.
• The INTP is usually very independent, unconventional, and original. They are not likely to place much value on traditional goals such as popularity and security.

Typealyzer also drew up this visual analysis that shows the parts of the brain that were dominant during writing.

Again, quite accurate, particularly the almost 50/50 division between practical and idealist. Anyways, give Typealyzer a try. I’m curious if it works as well for anyone else.