Formerly I self-typed as 5w6 and also seriously considered 9w1 and 1w9 from time to time. While all three of these types have been suggested by various people at various times, I think I am most likely a 6w5.
It took me a long time to see the light on this. I had a rather soul searching discussion with a friend of mine who knows alot about the topic and one of the key things he picked up is how I doubt everything. I'm never completely sure, it's like I go look for this certainty but never obtain it because it only leads to more questions. Additionally, I am always striving for security, people I can really trust about things.
6w5 commonly mistypes as 5w6. Both have intellectual interests but being intellectual oriented does not make you a 5. I'm more likely the compliant triad than the withdrawn triad, although as an introvert I do withdraw a fair amount.
I was reading about type misidentifications and when comparing the 5 and the 6, it's clear I am closer to 6, minus the part about academia. That kind of environment would stress me out.
Fives and Sixes are both Thinking types and, when educated, can both be quite intellectual. It is far more common for Sixes to mistype as Fives, but for some easily understood reasons. Of the two types, Sixes tend to be more linear and analytical in their thinking because they are interested in troubleshooting, in prediction, and in establishing methods that can be repeated. Thus, contrary to popular belief, the world of academia and higher education is more the realm of Sixes than of Fives. Academia teaches students to work with advisors and mentors, to cite sources and back up arguments with quotes from authorities, to follow proper procedures in papers and theses, and so forthall type Six values.
Fives are much more non-linear in their thinking. They are interested in finding out where established theories break down and in developing iconoclastic ideas that shake up structures and established methods. Fives are, generally speaking, bolder than Sixes in their positions and creativity, but also far less practical. Fives feel that they can only trust their own minds to come to conclusionsthey believe that everyone else is likely to be less well-informed. Sixes get frantic trying to find something to trust precisely because they do not trust their own minds to come to meaningful conclusions. The difference between them can be seen in the difference between Umberto Eco ( a Five) and Tom Clancy (a Six), or Peter Gabriel (a Five) and Bruce Springsteen (a Six).
It took me a long time to see the light on this. I had a rather soul searching discussion with a friend of mine who knows alot about the topic and one of the key things he picked up is how I doubt everything. I'm never completely sure, it's like I go look for this certainty but never obtain it because it only leads to more questions. Additionally, I am always striving for security, people I can really trust about things.
6w5 commonly mistypes as 5w6. Both have intellectual interests but being intellectual oriented does not make you a 5. I'm more likely the compliant triad than the withdrawn triad, although as an introvert I do withdraw a fair amount.
I was reading about type misidentifications and when comparing the 5 and the 6, it's clear I am closer to 6, minus the part about academia. That kind of environment would stress me out.
Fives and Sixes are both Thinking types and, when educated, can both be quite intellectual. It is far more common for Sixes to mistype as Fives, but for some easily understood reasons. Of the two types, Sixes tend to be more linear and analytical in their thinking because they are interested in troubleshooting, in prediction, and in establishing methods that can be repeated. Thus, contrary to popular belief, the world of academia and higher education is more the realm of Sixes than of Fives. Academia teaches students to work with advisors and mentors, to cite sources and back up arguments with quotes from authorities, to follow proper procedures in papers and theses, and so forthall type Six values.
Fives are much more non-linear in their thinking. They are interested in finding out where established theories break down and in developing iconoclastic ideas that shake up structures and established methods. Fives are, generally speaking, bolder than Sixes in their positions and creativity, but also far less practical. Fives feel that they can only trust their own minds to come to conclusionsthey believe that everyone else is likely to be less well-informed. Sixes get frantic trying to find something to trust precisely because they do not trust their own minds to come to meaningful conclusions. The difference between them can be seen in the difference between Umberto Eco ( a Five) and Tom Clancy (a Six), or Peter Gabriel (a Five) and Bruce Springsteen (a Six).