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Elon Musk MBTI Personality Type

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What personality type is Elon Musk? Elon Musk is an INTJ personality type in MBTI, 5w6 - so/sp - 513 in Enneagram, RCOEI in Big 5, ILE in Socionics.

[1/4] [On Introverted Intuition] ¶ To my knowledge, Ni is the cognitive function that represents objects by focusing on a central idea of the facts involved (Se). This singular idea is at the center of speculation and is developed through synthesis of previous insights as more facts are observed. And it speculates on where certain things came from, and where they're ultimately going. Per Jung: ≻ "[Ni] perceives the image that gave rise to the impression. … It adheres to [this] vision, observing with fascination, how the image … unfolds. … Its prophetic prevision is to be explained from its relation to the archetypes, which [in this case] represent the law-determined course of all experienceable things." • In laymen's terms, Ni is characterized by intuiting big-picture trends. ♦ Here, we see how Elon musk characterizes the meaning of life: ≻ "When I was a kid, I was wondering, 'What's the meaning of life; why are we here; what's it all about?' I came to the conclusion [that] what really matters is trying to understand to understand the right questions to ask. And the more that we can increase the scope and scale of human consciousness, the better we are able to ask these questions. So I think that there are certain things that are necessary to ensure that the future is good. [For example] … to be a spacefaring civilization, and to be out there among the starts, and be a multiplanetary species. [I think these] are important for the long-term survival of humanity. … Life can't just be about solving problems. Otherwise, what's the point? There's got to be things that people find inspiring and make life worth living." — https://youtu.be/y43IwWMjRY0 • All things being equal, the INTP is less prone than the INTJ to concern themselves with such questions when it all comes down to it. When the INTP does concern themselves with such questions, they're prone to take a more dethatched and technical approach on the basis of 'pure reason.' For example, the philosopher Gottfried Leibniz (INTP) approached such concerns based on syllogistic-like propositions. • Moreover, the INTP is more likely to appeal to pure 'noetic' principles (Ti) that are aided by uncertain speculation through various sources of insight (Ne). As a result, these principles are intended to apply to a wide range of hypothetical situations. The INTJ, much like Elon, is concerned more with *essential* insights. As Michael Pierce metaphorically wrote: ≻ "Ni looks at the stars, and sees what it wants to see. Ne, however, rejects the subjective factor, in order to see what connections “really” suggest themselves. But, once we refuse to see what we want to see, then the number of possible constellations multiplies towards infinity." • 'Asking the right questions,' therefore, appeals more to Ni than Ne. ♦ In the same interview when asked, "What is life?" he gave the following answer: ≻ "Particularly when you see the advancement of something like video games. Like 40 years ago, the most advanced video game would be Pong. … And it was like wow that was a pretty fun game at the time. But now you can see a game that is almost photorealistic and millions of people playing simultaneously, and you see where things are going with virtual reality and augmented reality; if you extrapolate that out into the future with any rate of progress at all—like even .1% a year—then eventually those games will be indistinguishable from reality." • Psychologically speaking, Elon represents life as a series of progression and trends. What cognitive function does that remind you of?

Biography

Elon Reeve Musk FRS (born June 28, 1971) is an entrepreneur, investor, and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; co-founder and CEO of Neuralink; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder and co-chairman of OpenAI; and co-founder of PayPal. With an estimated net worth of around US$216 billion as of June 2022, Musk is the wealthiest person in the world.