Here is a problem with my introversion and intelligence:

@ daveb, I’m serious, why should you separate one from the other? Why can’t one be easy going and deep thinking?
Why can’t one be a sociable, charismatic introvert? We all have certain levels of introversion and extroversion, some people’s are different than others. Labeling yourself as introvert or an extrovert is kind of hard to do, because even though one trait might out weight the other, the other is still present, it still affects you.

actually Tine, I don’t think he’s wrong. I think that finding balance between the two and avoiding the extremes is important, and suggested Jay experiment with being different than he described himself. as I see it, this matches with James’ idea that one can be a charismatic introvert but you are probably right about the wording being confusing.

James: I didn’t mean to imply that there are any impossible combinations. mix and match those four words from my post any way you like. I’ve known deep-thinking extroverts and introverts who were social butterflies. change amounts to turning up the volume on the aspects that aren’t being expressed, different for each of us.

A: It depends on the introvert.

you think too much about yourself IMO

I think introversion is detrimental to intelligence because you never put your ideas out there to have them be bettered by the competition of other ideas.

I think that my own personal sense of introversion comes from a sense of perfectionism. I want to build a worldview that I completely understand. But that isn’t the way of building a good worldview; nothing can be static.

If introversion comes from not wanting to be proven wrong (and I think that much of it does) it usually only serves to help you harbor delusions.

Of course sometimes being delusional can get a lot done… definitely a mixed bag. I just think it’s good if you are inspired by others rather than shut down by them.