Smilexian socionics: Si column

[Beautiful sky]

Cheers, just a random update on my column. Nice to see this place is still going on. Maintains a bit of constancy and faith in the world.

I just moved to the capital and expect to finish my surgery training in the next couple of years. Sadly had to leave my gf due to the move. Still hoping she'll join me later, but who knows.

Restarted doing research. More fun brain imaging equipment lying around than I can shake a stick at.

On socionics front I'm still trying to get better at quick typing. I found a new hobby of typing CBS Survivor participants. I saw there were some threads but rather incomplete ones or if there was a complete one, I didn't find it. Anyway, I might or might not surprise you people with another catalogue thread some time. For fun. To reiterate, for fun, not doing this intensely (checking and rechecking etc.)

That's all methinks. Just touching base. Have a good one y'all.

Here's a collection of some of my guesses
Winners:
Richard Hatch Borneo ENTJ (really obvious)
Tina Wesson Australia (No immediate hunch, would have to rewatch)
Ethan Zohn Africa ENFp
Vecepia Towery Marquesas INTj
Brian Heidik Thailand ENTj
Jenna Morasca Amazon ISTp
Sandra Diaz-Twine Pearl Islands ESTp
Chris Daugherty Vanuatu ENTp
Tom Westman Palau ISFp
Danni BoatwrightS INFp
Yul Kwon Cook islands INTj
Earl Cole Fiji ESTj
Todd Herzog China ENTp
Robert "Bob" Crowley Gabon INTp
James "J.T." Thomas, Tocantins ISTj
Natalie White Samoa ESFp

Amber Brkich All-stars INFp
Parvati Shallow Micronesia INFj

Other contestants (for obvious reasons):
Russell Hantz Samoa ESTj-Te
Benjamin "Coach" Wade Tocantins ENFj-Fe
Ace Gordon g Gabon ENTj-Ni
Andria (Dre) "Dreamz" Herd Fiji ESFj-Si
Jonathan Penner Cook Islands ENTj-Ni
Ian Rosenberger Palau ESFj
Twila Tanner Vanuatu ESTj-Te
Rupert Boneham Pearl Islands ESTj-Si
Rob Cesternino Amazon ENTj
Susan "Sue" Hawk Borneo ESTj-Te

Are these people in sports? If yes then N's can not compete with S's; we arn't quick enough, strong enough, or fast enough.

[Smilingeyes]

Are these people in sports? If yes then N's can not compete with S's; we arn't quick enough, strong enough, or fast enough.

Some of them are involved with sports. Both Benjamin Wade and Ethan Zohn are intuitives who are involved with soccer. But mostly these people are involved with the social sport of "Survivor" reality game show.

[UDP]

Oh my, I wonder how this will turn out.

[Lobo]

yay, Ojos Sonrientes is back .

[Smilingeyes]

hi, you're back! any chance you'd pick sth that's not such bad tv..? no offense meant, i just can't watch reality shows. cheers

Uh, well, the only meaningful tv material to analyze is stuff without a script, so what's left? Analyzing sports? Talk shows? Televized cabinet sessions? Doesn't seem as good. The very core of the Survivor show is about forming social relationships, alliances, trust and breaking them. That, if anything, is great material for socionics analysis.

I can't really agree on it being bad tv either. 20 seasons in the US, syndicated and sold as a format to who knows how many countries. Voted "the most influential show of the 2000 decennium" (or something like that), with massive audiences (at least in the beginning), creating a new tv genre. That's a success story. That's good tv in my book. But I agree that as entertainment, it's kind of uninteresting and I find it almost impossible to watch an entire episode (watching the challenges is particularly boring.)

[Creepy-Cyclops]

On socionics front I'm still trying to get better at quick typing.

I'm not a VI proponent, but i've noticed the more people I type the more I notice some similarities between them.

The issue with VI though - if it's purely facial, i've noticed is the actual looking at a person. Well, looking at someone gives them the wrong idea unless it's nothing more than a cursory glance. They make think I fancy them (female), I want to fight them (male) or I fancy them (male).

I've been working in different teams of late in relation to my job, so more people is increasing my typing abilities. Probably answer is like most things...experience experience experience...meet more and more dudes and dudettes.

However, there's a lot to be gained from watching someones actions. I've noticed ENFp's can tend to be somewhat ungraceful when they walk, they sort of plod from A to B for instance, yet somehow get there. Not that little cues like that actually make a type, but I find that it is useful enough to give a cursory consideration - it can just as easily be discarded on interaction with the person, nothing particularly lost in that respect.

[UDP]

I'm not a VI proponent, but i've noticed the more people I type the more I notice some similarities between them.

Which is how it should be. You realize what things are actually related to socionics, and what things aren't. And you can see how those socionics related things manifest themselves. . .