Observe an Inventor Rational: Nathan Myhrvold

[keirsey]

Following is a nice interview by Charlie Rose, of Nathan Myhrvold, which I think clearly illustrates the iconic (brilliant) Inventor Rational.

Nathan said his mom tells that he announced "at two years old" he wanted to be a scientist. If you are wondering about some evidence regarding "inborn" temperament, this might be one of the more clearer anecdotes regarding how early Temperament appears.

An Interview of Nathan Myhrvold

[charliebrown]

Following is a nice interview by Charlie Rose, of Nathan Myhrvold, which I think clearly illustrates the iconic (brilliant) Inventor Rational.

Nathan said his mom tells that he announced "at two years old" he wanted to be a scientist. If you are wondering about some evidence regarding "inborn" temperament, this might be one of the more clearer anecdotes regarding how early Temperament appears.

An Interview of Nathan Myhrvold

'uber nerd of cosmic proportions' Gladwell on Myhrvold

[shytiger]

OMG, he thinks just like I do! I thought I was going to keel over when he said he gives people money who don't know how to solve a problem yet.

[Goodrum]

YES!!!

Double rainbows!!!!

[Goodrum]

I mean that's Robin Timms, yes, yes, and yes!!!

You are brilliant. Thankyou.

[charliebrown]

that was very interesting. He really transmits enthusiasm for his ideas.

- all of the personality types ending with a P under the MBT system which under KTT are all the 4 Artisans, the Advocate and Healer idealist and the Inventor and Architect Rational... I have found have this extreme spider web kind of curiosity (curiosity in different domains of course), i.e a central area of concern and then it radiates out into many different areas. In Myhrvolds case, he admits it was a problem that he cannot specialize but he has made it work very well. Vindication for all the non-schedulers

[shytiger]

His philosophy is exactly mine, that you just need to ask the right question and work toward the solution. I've often thought I was crazy for doing that. Everybody tells me, "you need to know how you're going to solve it before you can solve it!" I don't know how I'm going to solve it till I sit down and solve it. Shytigress says I'm like Scotty from Star Trek.

@CB, I can't specialize either. I never will. Like he says, "why do you have to choose?"

[charliebrown]

actually under MBT I always had a hard time distinguishing between the Extraverted Intuitive Function and the Introverted Intuitive function. But what he does with the dinosaur tail is something that I see as something that people with an EN component to their personality do a lot [b](in different domains of course)[/b]. i.e they look at something... in this case a dinosaur tail and it prompts an actual question i.e what is that long tail for and it is related to constellation of different ideas. There is developing a rich pattern of associations[url]vis a vis the external world.[/url] Tacticians typically form associations by handling things.



[size=150]DISCLAIMER: MBT is different from KTT. This is a KTT forum. MBT is wrong and misleading in some areas. These are my own thoughts and speculations only and have nothing to do with KTT.[/size]

[Goodrum]

OMG he is even re inventing source of fundings for self sustaining funding...this is why I will NEVER make an interviewer, I'd have been up and scrambling over the table to hug this guy. How's the vaccine dispenser! Actually we have loads of uranium, we need this guy here, now

[Narnia51483]

actually under MBT I always had a hard time distinguishing between the Extraverted Intuitive Function and the Introverted Intuitive function. But what he does with the dinosaur tail is something that I see as something that people with an EN component to their personality do a lot [b](in different domains of course)[/b]. i.e they look at something... in this case a dinosaur tail and it prompts an actual question i.e what is that long tail for and it is related to constellation of different ideas. There is developing a rich pattern of associations[url]vis a vis the external world.[/url] Tacticians typically form associations by handling things.



[size=150]DISCLAIMER: MBT is different from KTT. This is a KTT forum. MBT is wrong and misleading in some areas. These are my own thoughts and speculations only and have nothing to do with KTT.[/size]

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