Continuing with my series of Star Trek 40th anniversary posts, I thought it would be fun to point you to a site that will tell you what Star Trek character you are based on your Myers-Briggs temperament. I am told that some fiction writers use MB to help develop consistency in portraying their characters.
My Myers-Briggs type is Introvert-Intuitive-Thinking-Judging (INTJ). I have taken this test three times over the past twenty years with the same result. All three times, I tested only slightly toward the introvert side, which one counselor said makes me neither an extrovert nor an introvert but an ambivert (which is at least better than being a pervert.) The J has also moved toward the middle, but the N and T are at the edges.
So which Star Trek Character am I? Here is what this website says, with some of my commentary added.
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INTJ: MASTERMIND
You share a basic personality configuration with Jean-Luc Picard and Seven of Nine. [Picard is probably my favorite of the characters.]
People like you are generally autonomous, aloof, and intellectual. You sometimes give the impression you have no need of others, but you're intensely curious and driven to learn. [Me? Intellectual? …Who needs you? I've got study to do.] You're cautious with others socially and respond best to people who don't push you to be friendly or affectionate [Office parties, salespeople who I have never met calling by my first name and all other events requiring mindless chit-chat are surely evidence that hell exists.] You appreciate when others follow your lead and accept your criticism in the helpful spirit in which it is intended. You're calm by nature and feel off-balance when confronted by highly emotional people. [Though asking Melissa several times, I still haven't mastered the difference between "It's so cute!" and "It's so cuuuuuuuute!!!"]
You're highly organized and expect the same of others. You analyze automatically and enjoy seeing patterns and trends. [I wonder what the author meant by this and how it fits with everything else he just said?] When your mind is made up, that's it, which means that while you're definitive and strong, you can be stubborn and arrogant. [Stubborn? Arrogant? I will never, never give in to such a characterization of my superior abilities!]
You respond best to other people's needs when they tell you about them clearly. [Preferably with instructions about how exactly they think I am to address these needs and on what timetable.] You value honesty greatly. You prize people who listen to you and respect your ideals. You are somewhat contemptuous of those who don't pay attention to what you say. [Hmmm…I have never considered myself to be contemptuous of clueless morons.]
You're a conservative dresser, but you have a unique and personal style. [I have a style?]
Your primary goal in life is achieving independence and being able to live according to your own standards. Your reward is continual expansion of your competence and knowledge. [My independent assessment would suggest this is true, but I'll need more research.]
Good careers for your type include being a starship captain, intellectual property attorney, news analyst, design engineer, software developer, inventor, Webmaster, architect, and ex-Borg. [Starship captain? Oh Yeah! "Make is so." Borg…General Assembly Council … pretty close. "I am Mikutus of GAC. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."]
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If I went to the Extrovert side I would be Q. Which Star Trek character are you?
(Seriously, for a more legitimate look at MB types, you can go to Type Logic and look up your own type. The INTJ description is very close to describing me. You can take a short test to determine your MB type by clicking the "Is there a test?" link. In addition to temperament, they also list real and fictional people that share your type, although I question some of their analysis here. For instance, I don't think JFK was an INTJ. However, Hannibal Lecter is spot on. Some liver, fava beans and a nice chianti, anyone?)
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