Posted by Psilocybin at 8:04pm Aug 22 '19I get a lot of Quora questions about Myers-Briggs. Today I received an answer from Andreas Hofer in my email box, an answer wherein he linked to his blog on evolutionary psychology.
Hofer says NP's (INFP, ENFP, INTP, ENTP) are usually hunter-gatherers and SJ's (ISFJ, ESFJ, ISTJ, ESTJ) are usually farmers. These are two inborn mindsets that evolved with humanity. We started out hunter-gatherers, but then farmers become dominant over the centuries as the world became more agricultural. Agricultural societies tend to be authoritarian and have a xenophobic fear of the out-group, viewing nonconformity as a threat to their society and to their own good.
You can read the blog entry here:
https://the-big-ger-picture.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-evolutionary-psychology-of.html
I, [private], am:
High on personality trait "openness", low on "conscientiousness"
Strongly (actively) egalitarian
Tendency towards out-group sociality, more accepting of diversity (e.g. different sexuality, refugees, etc.) (and myself bisexual!)
More liberal ideology
Less sexual dimorphism (androgynous)
Earlier onset of puberty
Neither monogamous nor adulterous -- I don't date
Tendency to wanting fewer children (zero children to be exact)
Relaxed child-rearing attitude
Night owl
"Lazier" (when it comes to physical work and chores)
Highly rebellious when feeling personal freedom and values are threatened
Higher interest in small-talk and gossip
That makes 10 hunter-gatherer traits and 2 farmer traits, plus 1 "neither" (although zero partners is closer to one than many, so I guess that could make 11 hunter-gatherer traits).
Plus, I'm an ENFP, which is a hunter-gatherer type.
What are you?