The thing about these scales is that they are actually numeric. (And not real good, but that’s another story.) I’m an INTP, but really close to the middle on the I and the N. It changes things relative to some coworkers who are much more I than me.

Some people are introverts like “I just want to be alone to work and recharge”.

I’m an introvert like, “ I’ll do this on my own, but if you want to help, I’m happy to have you along.”

Social situations don’t really stress me out, but I don’t do well in group conversations.

On the random site I just used it did have a "turbulent" or sense of urgency result, which was a hair off 100%. Maybe that's the bar that determines fast or slow thinkers? Assertive vs Turbulent was the scale.

As an on again off again anxious mess, maybe I think fast so I can have multiple answers ready in case my first isn't good enough? Maybe my thinking will slow down over time (in therapy, anxiety is one of the things I'm working on). It's a hypothesis anyway.

If that is the case then at the extreme ends fast thinkers within INTP don't believe in themselves and slow thinkers do. Fast thinkers are cups half empty (and will likely fall on the floor if I'm not careful) people and slow thinkers are cups can be refilled later people.

It kinda checks out to me now I've typed it out haha.

I think the whole fast vs slow thinking is also a bit tied up with kind of like "raw intelligence" vs "trained skill". I think there are some people who are really really smart and fast thinkers, and some people who are less smart and slower. But the thing is, being smart doesn't mean being right. Especially as things get complicated where methodology or background research become critical components of getting the right answers. Knowledge is probably more important than intelligence in the application of knowledge. Intelligence may be more important in the discovery of knowledge, and even then, it require the sufficient patience to acquire prerequisite knowledge in the first place.

I'm not sure that one is better than the other, but I suspect there is a lot of frustration embedded in mismatching what you want to be doing vs what you are good at.

Honestly my comment is moot I think

I realised I was coming back to the thread to edit in new thoughts. This means I do both fast thinking (initial comment) and slow thinking (returning to add something else)

I no longer believe I'm solely a fast thinker, I just wasn't giving myself credit for the slow because I'm impatient af

I read this and I identify with it, and I also read tales from slower thinkers and I identify with that too. Really depends on the situation.

I wish there was more room in society for both types of thinking.

I think there's a book that goes into the two

"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahnmeman. I've yet to read it but it's on the list.

E: your comment made me realise I do both too. For example coming back to HN to add to comments I posted half an hour ago :-)

ADHS yes here too :)

Oddly enough the one I just did was asking questions that seemed relevant to ADHD, so in theory it should be accounted for. Things like being impatient and impulsive.

I got almost 100% on the turbulent "sense of urgency" scale haha