Are thinkers better than feelers?

Evaluating Thinkers' vs. Feelers' Approach to Emotions. Clearly, thinkers and feelers approach emotions (especially negative emotions) quite differently. Despite this disparity, we can't say that either approach is inherently better, as each is oriented to and optimized for different outcomes.
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Is it better to be a Thinker or feeler?

People who prefer thinking aren't over analyzers, and people who prefer feeling aren't emotionally unstable. Both preferences are rational approaches to making decisions. Thinkers use a logical and detached approach, while Feelers make decisions based on personal values.
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Are thinkers more successful than feelers?

According to a new report from Truity Psychometrics, a provider of online personality and career assessments, "feeling" types made less money on average than their "thinking" type counterparts.
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Are thinkers or feelers smarter?

Bottom line. However, with all of that said, while being a “thinker” defines a preferred decision making process, it does not define one's ability to reason. Feelers can be just as smart as thinkers. Feelers can and do go into “braniac” fields.
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Why are feelers more common than thinkers?

It's about decision-making. A Thinker takes a fundamentally more pragmatic approach to life, while Feelers' decisions are based more on their emotions and values.
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Are thinkers rarer than feelers?

Statistics on personality types report that 75.5% of women are Feelers and 56.5% of men are Thinkers. So, right off the bat we see that a substantial number of men—about 43%—have Feeling preferences.
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Which thinker type is the most emotional?

I tend to agree on the INFJ being the most "thinky" feeler. They have Ti in tertiary position and often develop that trait, and they also tend to have a much more reserved exterior. I probably lean towards ENTP as the most "feely" thinkers, they're reaching out, engaging socially more often than not, expressive.
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Are thinkers and feelers compatible?

Relationships between Thinkers and Feelers, the “T” and the “F” of the Myers and Briggs personality system, are often well-balanced. Between them, these two personality types bring the right combination of logical thinking and emotional thinking to the table.
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What is a deep feeler?

A “deep feeler” is someone with sensory processing sensitivity (SPS). Another term for someone with this ability is highly sensitive person (HSP). SPS is a nervous system difference that causes increases in: processing depth. emotional and empathetic reactivity.
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Can you be emotional and logical at the same time?

Brain scans find that the two modes are mutually exclusive. Logic and emotion tend to be considered as polar opposites.
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Are INFJs thinkers or feelers?

INFJs are sensitive, compassionate people who care about other people's feelings and want to make the world a better place. But they are also deep thinkers with a clear sense of logic and, often, a love of science.
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What is a thinker personality?

Those with the Thinker (NT-Green) personality style tend to be mentally active, constantly questioning and pondering. Thinkers enjoy discovering the information behind the information and may know a little bit (or a great deal) about just about everything.
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Are there more Judgers or perceivers?

Judgers and Perceivers each make up roughly half of the population, with there being slightly fewer Perceivers. Males are somewhat more perceiving than females on average.
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How do you tell a feeler from a thinker?

Thinkers are goal-oriented, objective, rational, and impersonal—they are concerned with the outcome of decisions. Feelers are collaborative, sensitive, people-oriented, and empathetic—they are concerned with the impact of decisions.
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Why do I cry so easily?

There are a lot of reasons, besides having an immediate emotional response, why you may cry more than normal. Tearfulness is frequently associated with depression and anxiety. People often experience the two conditions at the same time. Certain neurological conditions can also make you cry or laugh uncontrollably.
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What is being emotionless called?

Nonmedical terms describing similar conditions include emotionless and impassive. People with the condition are called alexithymics or alexithymiacs.
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Why deep thinkers and feelers often struggle in relationships?

They overanalyze things, and if their partners say something negative, it affects their self-esteem so negatively that they start to question their self-worth. Deep thinkers tend to take rejection too personally and internalize their feelings to the point where they don't think they're worthy of love.
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Is it better to be logical or emotional?

In many ways, logic is better than emotion. The more you can think critically and objectively about a decision before you make it, the more likely the decision will be the best for you. The less you are drive only by emotion and instinct, the fewer impulsive or irrational decisions you should make.
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Is love emotional or logical?

Love generates the need for closeness, and is also accompanied by strong emotions, but love is not an emotion.
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How do thinkers communicate?

When communicating, Thinkers tend to reflect upon a conversation before responding. They like to analyze what they have just heard, explore the many ways they could respond, and choose the reply that most accurately and pertinently expresses their thoughts on the matter.
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Which MBTI type is the most affectionate?

ISFJs are very affectionate people, and enjoy being able to make other people happy. They will often enjoy giving and receiving hugs to their loved ones. ISFJs are not afraid of physical affection, especially when it comes to the people they care about most.
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Which MBTI type is most sensitive?

INFP. INFPs tend to be sensitive people, simply because they have such big hearts. They have a depth of emotion inside of them, which is extremely powerful and sometimes overwhelming. INFPs care about the state of the world around them, and also care very deeply about others.
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Can thinking types be emotional?

People with the Thinking personality trait can use rational thought to see that humans are inherently emotional – and that this is okay. Personality types with the Thinking trait are likely to evaluate things almost relentlessly. This isn't as bad as it sounds.
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What is the rarest personality type?

Overall, the rarest personality type is INFJ

INFJ is the rarest personality type across the population, occurring in just 2% of the population. It is also the rarest personality type among men. INFJ stands for Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, and Judging. This unique combination is hard to find in most people.
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Are Intj Judgemental?

INTJs generally have little to no interest in frivolous mingling but how people perceive or interpret this is their business, INTJs, however, are highly judgemental and consequently may be very disapproving of much of what they observe about human behavior.
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