Comments on: Logical Steps versus Intuitive Leaps

By: Loyd Case

Loyd Case — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:15:07 +0000

Yes; my review is at Maximum PC. It will also be in the print mag.

By: Jeffrey Obney

Jeffrey Obney — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:49:32 +0000

Was it the ATI 5870?

By: Tim Verry

Tim Verry — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:46:33 +0000

I’m agreed with Alfredo. You pretty much summed up what I was going to say lol.

By: Hans Brauer

Hans Brauer — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:56:15 +0000

I’m have the exact sentiment about the confidence part. Always do a reality check before opening your mouth. The biggest problem I have is to explain how I got the answer from seemingly random data. (It’s not random but just a lot of experience in most cases)

By: Alfredo

Alfredo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:27:48 +0000

The description of a INTP person seems to fit me fairly well, so I’m guessing I’m in that camp, but I’ve been trained to work as a logical thinker. As Steve pointed, I work well with logical thinkers since their approach gives me data to sustain or discard my ‘gut’ feelings. In the beginning, I used to approach the problems from a logical structure because it made it easier to explain and chart my route to a solution for peers. Now, as time has gone by, I still do, but more to keep me in check and avoid making big leaps that might fail, especially in new areas. I tend to be less structured on old paths that I’ve walked many times and my peers are more receptive to ‘leaps of intuition’ there since they have come to accept that they do work most of the time. What frustrates me most is a problem where I get no gut feeling at all. In those cases, I go to the old ‘break it in smaller parts’ until I get a sense of direction or ‘gut feeling’ to follow to the solution, which can take some time or none at all ocassionally.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:53:05 +0000

I’m one of the logical thinkers. I can frustrate myself at times. Just think about having the answer to some problem but not being able to stop working on it until you work out how to properly solve the problem. I’ve had PC build problems and then spent days working out why I had the problem after it went away. The value in this is that I am better able to solve problems in the future due to the “logic” tree in my head. Its just frustrating at the time.

By: Jason Cross

Jason Cross — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:39:22 +0000

I’m not sure if I’m INTP or not, but I’m guessing I probably am. Or something similar. I’m certainly more the stoic analytic type than the social and “feeling” type.

I too am curious about the Intel board. Expecially since I have a DX58SO myself, and am looking forward to installing one of those graphics cards you can’t talk about.

By: Loyd Case

Loyd Case — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:03:34 +0000

No idea what’s going on with the Intel board — but I’m reinstalling it into another case and will dig into the issue later.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:42:53 +0000

Any ideas on why the Intel motherboard showed no improvements?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:36:15 +0000

I too am a INTP. I love working with logically minded people in a team environment. Their logic gets me started. Like you, it take me longer for things to “click,” but when they do I become very proficient at it. The easy way to keep from being overconfident is to tell yourself and others that you have no idea about certain subjects that have not “clicked” for you yet.
when I set out solving technical problems by myself, I usually start with what I have learned in the past. If that does not work, there is always Google.