ILE - Intuitive Logical Energiser - "The Inventor"

This is the type profile for the Intuitive Logical Energiser (ILE). To see more type profiles, click here.

Albert Einstein

1. Ideas
ILEs are best characterised by their rampant curiosity for the latest idea to enter their heads. When they discover something new, they can intuitively grasp its potential to illuminate alternative avenues and open previously unconsidered windows. Those ideas which are most packed with possibility entice the ILE and can capture their obsessive interest until its potential has been fully explored. The more complex the idea and the more applicable it is to a variety of different situations, the longer the ILE's attention can be held. However, at some point another, shinier idea presents itself and the ILE will dart after the latest fascination, leaving the debris of numerous projects in their wake. ILEs tend to have a very broad range of different, unusual interests and will casually talk about these areas with others, likely coming across as a particularly curious person. The ILE draws from a large breadth of different topics or fields and is not hesitant to jump between them as and when the opportunity arises, often having something out-of-the-box to say in each situation, whether or not the thing said was entirely relevant.

Aušra Augustinavičiūtė

2. Laws

In their pursuit of limitless potential, the ILE readily and rapidly systemises the content of their ideas into a structural form. When ravenously exploring an idea, they will be assessing the integral qualities that make it up, divining the parts which are fundamental from those which are superfluous or contradictory. From here, they may take pleasure in playing around with its fragments to create new combinations, relishing the chance to take a concept to its logical absurdities, especially if doing so pushes the boundaries in some way. ILEs tend to place an emphasis on people making internal logical sense in their discussions and debates. However, their consistency is usually limited to that particular situation, with ILEs creating a good, clear argument in one conversation, but then debating a completely different line in another. For ILEs, multiple choice keeps things interesting, as long as each option is internally well reasoned. Such intellectual flexibility can be seen in how many an ILE, upon learning something momentous, can rapidly re-calibrate their entire perspective to assimilate this new piece of information into the overall structure.

Steven Spielberg

3. Force
ILEs are not natural fighters and dislike harsh action that can shut down new possibilities. Rather than take an issue head on, they prefer to divert their attention to the multiple, potential routes around an issue that may be more interesting. However, should ILEs feel that opportunities available to them are being shut down by someone else, or that something of particular interest needs decisive action, they should be able to put up a fight with some determination, provided they can articulate a logical reason for doing so. When in a position of leadership, ILEs will understand that they have to lay down the law for anything interesting to happen, and so will reluctantly impose some authority, rather than allowing things to drift apart. However, the ability to summon their willpower is normally short-lived, dying down when they lose interest as they lack the ability to force themselves to do anything they might find boring. This can mean that ILEs have particular trouble with procrastination, exploring other things and feeling unable to force themselves onto the matter at hand if it does not capture their interest. 

Tina Fey

4. Relations

It seems like the ILE can talk fluently about anything, except when asked how they personally feel about something. At this point, the ILE may clam up, or else, deviate from the question. ILEs are not good at forming value judgements of things, whether something feels 'good' or 'bad' and tend to suppress these attitudes. In the absence of a more logical reason, such feelings seem invalid and unjustified, becoming uncomfortable to bother anyone with. In practise this can make ILEs extremely non-judgemental, treating everyone the same, and having friendly conversations with those others may find morally detestable. If you then ask them if they like that person, they won't have a clue. It simply doesn't matter. A problem is that it matters to others, and the ILE may easily hurt other people who feel close to them, being too familiar with strangers or else, not treating their loved ones with the intimacy they deserve. ILEs without a handle on this may be unfaithful and end up with a string of failed relationships, which they may move on from in a coldly detached manner. With close friends, they may similarly come up short, wanting to spend time with new, interesting people rather than investing in quality time, and seemingly only returning to an old friend if they think they have something useful or interesting to offer. 

Leonardo da Vinci

5. Senses
Few things are more attractive to an ILE than experiencing a positive 'Nirvana' of physical pleasure, through any of their senses. Unfortunately, ILEs are at a loss on how to create and maintain enjoyable, physical experiences for themselves and others. With an often poor eye for detail and lack of moderation, ILEs may pursue sensations of inappropriate intensity, trying too much, or else, just end up making a mess. At the same time, when other interests and pressures take precedence, the ILE may neglect their sensory needs, staying up long hours, or going out without a coat. The minutiae of regular daily tasks, such as cooking, cleaning or ironing the creases out of shirts may elude them, with the logistics of such activities quickly draining them. Frequently, they will feel that something is needed to feel truly satisfied and they will respond very positively to those who are able to guide them on this journey of discovery, helping them to savour their experiences more and introduce healthy balances, while ensuring daily concerns are attended to. Although a type that likes to push at norms, ILEs don't actually like heated confrontations and appreciate someone who can help them to not disrupt social harmony with their innovations.

Felicia Day

6. Emotion

Although out of touch with their personal attitudes, ILEs are intrigued by emotional expressions and the effects they can provoke in others. Growing up, an ILE may play the fool, engaging in unusual or alarming activities to excite, shock or surprise people. When maturing, this interest in the emotions of others becomes a desire to create positive responses. ILEs love to be loved, and may treat their interactions with others as a performance to make people laugh or attain some other positive feedback. Even if they themselves do not have a subjective awareness of good or bad things, this doesn't matter if they can appeal to what other people want and be met with praise. Despite this, the wit and charisma of ILEs lacks finesse. In unfamiliar situations, a polished presentation may quickly appear goofy, insincere or even insensitive and many ILEs walk a fine line between social success and disaster which can come down on the wrong side. For this reason, ILEs tend to attempt emotional appeal when they feel accepted in harmonious, non-threatening surroundings, otherwise relying on a more logical, matter-of-fact way of communicating.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7. Telos

ILEs much prefer to keep themselves open to all possibilities and opportunities. As such, they are likely to find it too restrictive to visualise a single outcome and commit their lives to it. The best idea is the one that seems to have the most potential in the moment, and they will only jump into it for as long as it is interesting to do so. They will not hesitate to leave one thing to try out another and will refuse to allow future projects to be limited by things they have already started. Furthermore, ILEs are not the sort of people to be told that something is 'impossible'. They have the imagination to think far enough ahead to have a good idea of where a possibility could go, and trusting in their their resourcefulness to always find a way of getting things to work, they will not be willing to reject a desired outcome on the grounds of it being deemed improbable. This causes ILEs to delay giving up on projects others may have dismissed as dead ends, and it is not unusual for ILEs to hang onto a range of unlikely objects and projects in the belief that they might come in handy or be completed at some point, leading to much clutter, which can be frustrating to some.


8. Pragmatism

Grace Randolph

The ability to solve problems and figure out how to make things work is a skill that ILEs take for granted. They tend to be very good at making objective, intelligent decisions based on the information available. Factual information can be like food to the ILE who readily absorbs knowledge of whatever takes their interest, making them like walking encyclopedias. They have a fluid interplay between their large reserves of factual knowledge and the structure of that knowledge into coherent frameworks for explanation, allowing them to make sense of new information rapidly and flexibly. However, they are less motivated to do things for the sake of efficiency or productivity than because they find the area interesting and want to explore its potential, or because it feels fun to do. Although capable of confidently solving problems and articulately conveying their considerable knowledge, they don't place much pressure on themselves to work out the most efficient way of doing things and certainly don't expect similar attempts of others. Instead, their efficient, fact-oriented brains are taken for granted, and something safe to rely on when their latest social escapade has blown up in their faces.

Some famous people we think are ILEs:

• Douglas Adams
• Aušra Augustinavičiūtė
• Alexander Bard
• Roberto Benigni
• Nicholas Cage
• Cicero
• John Cleese
• Larry David
• Felicia Day
• Daniel Dennett
• David Deutsch
• Didius Julianus
• Albert Einstein
• Tina Fey
• Galileo Galilei
• Gallienus
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Hank Green
• James Gunn
• Hadrian
• Prince Harry
• Stephen Hawking
• Boris Johnson
• John Maynard Keynes
• TJ Kirk
• Amanda Knox
• John Law (economist)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• John Lennon
• Bill Maher
• Dmitri Mendeleev
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Elon Musk
• John von Neumann
• Bill Nye
• Conan O'Brien
• Linus Pauling
• Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
• Jean Piaget
• Henry Purcell
• Grace Randolph
• Chris Ray Gun 
• Bertrand Russell
• Carl Sagan
• Andy Samberg
• Alberto Santos-Dumont
• Peter Schiff
• Steven Spielberg
• Simon Stevin
• John Updike
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Voltaire
• William Whewell
• Ed Wood
• 'Weird Al' Yankovic
• Mark Zuckerberg

Some fictional characters we think are ILEs:

• Dr. Brief (Dragon Ball)
• The Doctor (Doctor Who)
• Saul Goodman (Breaking Bad)
• Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)
• Maurice (Beauty and the Beast)
• Rintaro Okabe (Steins;Gate)
• Sealand (Hetalia)
• Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Timon (The Lion King)
• Arthur Weasley (Harry Potter)
• Howard Wolowitz (The Big Bang Theory)

LII - Logical Intuitive Integrator - "The Analyst"

This is the type profile for the Logical Intuitive Integrator (LII). To see more type profiles, click here.

Immanuel Kant

1. Laws
Central to the LII is their coherent structure of laws and principles through which they formulate an understanding of the world around them. LIIs are motivated by a need to analyse and make sense of their experiences, abstracting from them certain rules or regularities and drawing them into a consistent, theoretical framework. For them, truth is the pinnacle of understanding and such truth can only be reached if everything accepted fits together and makes perfect internal sense. Only then can their structure possibly be correct. Many LIIs will be drawn to fields where they are able to make sense of the fundamentals that ordain our world, with many being found in mathematics, philosophy or even theology. Less intellectual or educated LIIs will nevertheless have an emphasis on the general principles by which they have naturally come to understand their experiences and will insist on trying to make sense of things according to these principles. Some LIIs can dedicate their lives to being system-builders, slowly and painstakingly piecing together a jigsaw in their minds that might revolutionise their chosen field. However, at some level, all LIIs will be driven to create a certain theoretical consistency in their lives, carefully ordering their thoughts and ideas through which to interpret a variety of phenomena.

2. Ideas

Emmy Noether

The structures of LIIs are usually theoretical, being general principles behind interpretations of a multitude of daily events. Abstraction is a key process in an LII's law formation, with the manifold possible happenings and instances in our complex world ideally being successfully and consistently explained by only a few axioms and their logically sound interactions. As such, the LII is often very intellectually curious, and regularly seeks a broad horizon of instances and examples that they can draw together into a systemic framework. This might also make them rather nosy, asking probing questions into people's lives in their drive to better understand and analyse a situation. Often they may resort to unusual thought experiments and previously unconsidered states of affairs in order to demonstrate the conclusions of their reasoning, thus demonstrating how their logic can account for any and every situation. Similarly, their interests and hobbies may be rather offbeat and quirky, with them trying out past-times that others would not think of attempting. 

Woody Allen

3. Relations

The LII is usually capable of being polite and formal around people they do not know so well. They are aware of differences in familiarity and can manage their relations with others to an acceptable level, which means that their small collection of friends is usually maintained over a long time. However, personal ties are by no means a point of precedence for the LII. Rather than side with a friend because of their relationship, an LII will always prioritise detached reasoning and will likely stay impartial in any interpersonal disputes. Loyalty for them will always take second place to the pursuit of truth, and a friend will need to make sure they are in the right for the LII to provide support. Similarly, despite being rather aware of their attitudes or sentiments and whether they like someone or not, the LII will prefer to treat everyone fairly, not varying their treatment of others simply due to having personal favourites in a group.

4. Force

Nicole Kidman

LIIs tend to be very gentle and abhor any sort of aggression or social pressure. Usually their idea of fairness and order has no place for forceful competition and they may naively underestimate the capacity of others to wilfully act in their interests against the tenets of the system. The LII may see their reasoning as an appeal to the higher virtues, failing to adequately confront the more brutal, primal instincts that demand more for oneself than is duly owed. They will likely show disdain for those who attack others on superficial failings or resorting to crude, unrefined behaviour, such as trying to get one's way through brute force, rather than sitting down and having a rational discussion. Often the LII will be rather brittle, being unable to force people into respecting their principles and snapping under pressure from others. In this way, they tend to make poor leaders, failing to establish dominance and either stepping down as soon as the going gets tough or stubbornly clinging to their principles until ousted. Occasionally LIIs may be sceptical towards the social machinations of others, believing that people are going to gang up on them and try to force them to do something that contradicts their principles.

René Descartes

5. Emotions

When leading the conversation, LIIs can come across as a bit stiff. Emotional expression does not come easily to them and their focus on detached logical thought can result in them being rather disconnected from the emotions of those around them and unable to communicate adequately how they feel to others. This can result in social awkwardness or them boring others when talking about a niche topic of interest, as well as being unable to tell that they are failing to impress. However, when a good mood is set by others around them, they can begin to cut loose and become surprisingly expressive in short bursts of happy emotionality. However, they will lack the ability to regulate this themselves and may just as easily fall into inopportune bouts of depression that can be inconsiderately expressed to others. They often need someone who can raise their spirits and keep them in a positive mindset. Despite often having something highly insightful and well-thought to say, LIIs are not very good at getting people interested and cannot adequately command people's attention. This can easily cause them to feel socially isolated and lonely. As such, they greatly appreciate engaging, charismatic individuals who are able to welcome them into the fold and communicate their insights to others in an exciting way. Furthermore, the doggedness of LIIs with their principles can result in a lacklustre existence. 

Mary Somerville

6. Senses

LIIs grow and develop by edging carefully out of their mental palaces to better appreciate the wholesome pleasures of the real world. A crucial aspect to helping LIIs emotionally unwind is in the creation of physical harmony in their surroundings and satisfying their more aesthetic tastes. LIIs tend to feel vulnerable to their physical surroundings and can find that it easily becomes overwhelming. As such, they can be quite picky and sensitive about their sensory experiences, with a fastidiousness over the things they like and a need to satisfy these preferences in a well-balanced moderation, enjoying very particular kinds of food and only liking physical contact in certain areas. Although trying to avoid anything that feels like a chore, LIIs will tend to attempt certain daily tasks as a therapeutic or enjoyable activity, such as cooking, jogging, painting or some other physically creative pursuit. Provided the demands are placed on attention to detail, rather than physical exertion, LIIs can do rather well for themselves. Such hobbies they will pursue with a highly self-critical perfectionism. However, they will be very responsive to the expressed approval of others in these areas and will swell with pride from compliments. LIIs can learn to dress neatly and well, but tend to remain modest, liking to show that they have a sense of taste but rarely feeling the need to change what they wear for new fashions. When they find a look they are comfortable with they may stick with that outfit for years. More often, their developed eye for detail can further embellish their theoretical constructions, giving them an appreciation for symmetry and making systems not only consistent and sound, but elegant and conceptually harmonious. 

Charles I of England

7. Pragmatism
LIIs' pursuit of truth is largely based on the theoretical structures they deduce from basic, self-evident axioms. When it comes to appealing to factual data or seeing how the structure compares to empirical tests, the LII is rather less interested. Although able to analyse the data if necessary to back up their theories, LIIs tend to be dissatisfied with the idea that truth comes from the statistics we happen to observe under arbitrary conditions. Instead of seeing this as the commonly-accepted standard for knowledge, the LII will prefer to acknowledge the only indisputable fact of scientific practice; that it is never perfect but always falsifiable. LIIs strive for perfection in their truth and such a thing can only be acquired through the intellectual purity of mathematical and logical thought. Furthermore, LIIs prefer not to assess the worth of their activities based on how helpful or productive it is. Although capable of working efficiently and creating helpful structures, the LII is unlikely to assess the merits of a system based on how well it works. Instead, their priority will be that all parts of the system hang together in a consistent, elegant and explanatory manner.

Angela Merkel

8. Time

Most LIIs are prone to deep thought and may spend an undue amount of time in their head, thinking about the world around them. They may give the impression of having great insight, being able to deliver sage advice on life, the universe and everything to those around them. Certainly, the LII tends to exist across time, seeing clearly how events in the distant past can bring about outcomes in our far-off future. However, the LII is unlikely to see a singular teleological purpose as the end goal for their thinking pursuits. Instead, the LII will wish to understand for the sake of understanding. In this way, they will channel their uncanny sense of the profound and far-reaching towards the close investigation of multiple interesting perspectives and possibilities, seeing which are most important to explicating the theoretical structures they are working on. They may know when an initiative is probably going to be fruitless at the end, but may nevertheless try to give it a chance and hear out the differing perspective, just in case they may be wrong. 


Some famous people we think are LIIs:

• John Quincy Adams
• Alfred the Great
• Woody Allen
• Thomas Aquinas
• Bashar al-Assad
• Bede
• Pope Benedict XVI
• Tony Benn
• David Bohm
• David Brooks (cultural commentator)
• John Calvin
• Neville Chamberlain
• Charles I of England
• Charles V of France
• Charles, Prince of Wales
• Noam Chomsky
• Frédéric Chopin
• Jeremy Corbyn
• James Damore
• René Decartes
• Duns Scotus
• Freeman Dyson
• Jesse Eisenberg
• Euclid
• Micahel Foot
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
• Kurt Gödel
• Tiberius Gracchus
• Hugo Grotius
• G. H. Hardy
• Henry VI of England
• Douglas Hofstadter
• Thomas Jefferson
• Immanuel Kant
• Nouman Ali Khan
• Nicole Kidman
• Leo VI the Wise
• Louis XVI of France
• James Madison
• Gustav Mahler
• John Major
• Dmitry Medvedev
• Angela Merkel
• Joseph Needham
• Emmy Noether
• Ron Paul
• Maurice Ravel
• Jacob Rees-Mogg
• Bernie Sanders
• Sejong the Great
• Dmitri Shostakovich
• Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
• Mary Somerville
• Albert Speer
• Baruch Spinoza
• Nikola Tesla
• Theodosius II
• J. R. R. Tolkien
• Alan Turing
• John Tyler
• Alexander Van der Bellen
• Max Weber

Some fictional characters we think are LIIs:

• Australia (Hetalia)
• Mary Bennet (Pride & Prejudice)
• Regulus Black (Harry Potter)
• Estonia (Hetalia)
• Vato Falman (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Ross Geller (Friends)
• Linton Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)
• Iceland (Hetalia)
• Japan (Hetalia)
• Iwakura Lain (Serial Experiments Lain)
• L (Death Note)
• Kurisu Makise (Steins;Gate)
• Tim Marcoh (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon)
• Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld)
• Shiro (No Game No Life)
• Sai Yamanaka (Naruto)

Quadra Values: Clarity/Integrity-Seeking & World-Accepting/Rejecting

Alphas are Clarity-Seeking and World-Accepting.
Betas are Clarity-Seeking and World-Rejecting.
Gammas are Integrity-Seeking and World-Rejecting.
Deltas are Integrity-Seeking and World-Accepting.

What does it mean to be Clarity-Seeking?

Clarity-Seekers value Emotions (E) and Laws (L).

The valuing of E makes these types appreciative of the mood or emotional atmosphere of the people surrounding them. Emphasis is placed on the sharing and showing of emotion and how those emotions affect the mood of others, with priorities given to emotions that raise and uplift how people are feeling or unite them and bring them together. It is important for emotions to be expressed clearly and openly, even exaggeratedly so that people easily 'get the message'. These types tend to associate subjective value based on how groups of people react to what is being expressed.

The valuing of L makes these types appreciative of clear rules, principles and ideologies by which one lives one's life. Having a clear framework is important to them as it delineates correct and incorrect actions and structures one's understanding fairly, consistently and impartially. Furthermore it demands a consistency of the individual in not changing their tune to suit the situation. Such types are quick to call out double standards and hypocrisy, demanding consistency in the actions of others. They tend to see truth as a more of a coherent or perfect whole, free from internal contradictions, rather than necessarily something that accurately reflects how things work in reality.

Valuing E and L together creates a collectivism in Merry types. While E serves to bring people together under a common, uplifting mood, L creates a consistent framework that all people in this collective can share and sets criteria for group belonging. These types tend to identify themselves by their feeling of belonging to these groups and subscription to the ideologies these groups follow, although how inclusive or specially exclusive this group can be varies between Alphas and Betas.


What does it mean to be Integrity-Seeking?

Integrity-Seekers value Procedures (P) and Relationships (R).

The valuing of P makes these types appreciative of the working productivity of the events surrounding them. Emphasis is placed on how things are being done and whether they can be improved to function more effectively. These types usually attempt to inform and educate themselves and others, delivering the facts without spin or affectation to make sure people are best equipped to perform tasks to the high standards. Regularly they will focus on the efficacy of why they are doing things, avoiding wastes of time and effort. These types tend to see truth as a 'work in progress', being based on whatever they can see to work in real life, but continuously needing to be updated.

The valuing of R makes these types appreciative of the quality and stability of their personal relations with others, trying to judge and assess the inner qualities of a person to see if they are good to be friends with. Such people will attempt to maintain a certain distance between themselves and the other until then. Once deciding on the friendship, these types will prioritize their loyalties to that person, defending them over others when they are in need and emphasizing integrity in these relationships. These types tend to assign subjective value to their personal attitudes of like and dislike, as well as the opinions of those individuals they trust.

Valuing P and R together creates an individualism in Integrity-Seekers. While R selects the good friends from mere acquaintances, P allows a mix of different points of view and provisions of information that, although inconsistent, can be helpful to the person. As such, instead of groups, Integrity-Seekers manifest webs of trusted contacts who are valued for the helpful information they contribute, associating with friends and relations in the manner that best suits their needs.


What does it mean to be World-Accepting?

World-Accepters value Ideas (I) and Senses (S)

The valuing of I makes these types appreciative of the unusual and interesting. These types try to broaden their horizons, trying a variety of different experiences and speculating about different possible scenarios. To them, the blatantly obvious is too straightforward to be interesting. Instead, there are always alternatives, other possibilities that should be explored or tried out to see if they have something new to offer. As such, these types like to view the world with wonder and fascination, looking to see where their curiosity will next take them.

The valuing of S makes these types appreciative of comfort, utility and overall quality of experience. These types want life to run smoothly and enjoyably, placing emphasis on the harmony of the here and now. Decisions are made in regards to what is pleasurable or painless in the moment and lifestyles are usually centered around deriving quality of life and satisfaction from the things one currently has, rather than striving or fighting to get more things. When changes are made, they are to improve the quality of one's current existence, often by removing disruption.

Valuing I and S together creates a contentedness in World-Accepters with their present situation. While I explores the many possibilities the world has to offer, S brings them together into our enjoyment of the present and the quality of life we are living now. As such, the actions of these types are centered around one's lifestyle and the appreciation of that lifestyle in a way that is both enriching and sustaining.


What does it mean to be World-Rejecting?

World-Rejecters value Force (F) and Time (T).

The valuing of F makes these types appreciative of what is straightforward and blunt. Rather than speculate, these types prefer to tackle issues head on, going straight at it and prevailing through the exercise of their will. Such an approach is accompanied by a desire to establish dominance of the situation, forcing the environment to bend, rather than operate unpredictably. Frequently, these types emphasize the audacity and resilience needed to confront reality and make it as you want it. Instead of harmony with their surroundings, these types seek to have the largest impact on their environment.

The valuing of T makes these types appreciative of some higher purpose or meaning to life that outlasts quality of life in the present. As such, these types detach from the mundane to think deeply about where life is heading or building up to, tracking their probable life path and trying to avoid distractions that can cause them to deviate from this path. An emphasis is placed on that which is transcendent, meaningful and profound in the long term, with these types cutting out daily luxuries and sacrificing alternative possibilities in favour of what will lead to the expected outcome. Instead of taking the view that many things could happen, these types are motivated by a sense of certainty, i.e. that certain things are inevitable and will happen no matter what.

Valuing F and T together creates a dissatisfaction in World-Rejecters with their present situation. While F demands the action to confront reality and make it suit one's ambitions, T provides a sense of purpose or preferred outcome to these confrontations. As such, these types pursue long-reaching outcomes and can reject the softer luxuries and distractions of mundane living. Instead they advocate tough dedication in seeing things to the end.

EIE - Ethical Intuitive Energiser - "The Icon"

This is the profile for the Ethical Intuitive Energiser (EIE). To see more type profiles, click here.

Oprah Winfrey

1. Emotions

EIEs are best characterised by the bright and vibrant emotional states they experience and emit to others. For these types, the meaning of life is to feel, not merely to feel content, but to feel intensely and passionately. For them, there is no place for apathy, a lack of care or an absence of feeling. EIEs need to communicate their emotions to others through authentic self-expression, raising the surrounding emotional state by drawing people's attention to how they feel. The mood expressed is often heightened, perhaps to the dramatic, with the intent that this be the clearest, least ambiguous sign of their own emotional state. For this reason, EIEs may dislike displays from others that they think are 'shallow' or 'fake', and even when acting themselves, may see the need to believe or become what they are expressing. With this comes the natural expectation that others will partake in the feeling, the mood growing to encompass all around them, whether joy, despair or rage. Often, EIEs assess their value through the impressions they have made on others, and may sometimes create an image or persona of themselves to project to the people around them, looking to have that persona validated by those around them. 

William Shakespeare

2. Time

Emotionality for the EIE has an ascetic, otherworldly nature, often aiming at the sublime, unusual and profound to encourage action for goals in the long term. They may express themselves in tones of inevitability, with something always going to happen, and may frequently have insights or hunches which come true despite all the odds. Rather than show nice, happy emotions, the EIE normally wants a deeper, more profound and authentic message to be displayed to those around them. In the crafting of this message, or the construction of a certain persona, image or desirable lifestyle, the EIE may give a great deal of thought, and spend time in their imagination, planning how something will be received and whether it will lead to the effect they wish to bring about, whether it is something that can be maintained over time. EIEs may fervently desire to belong to some group or circle, but such a circle will often have to have a sense of exclusivity to it, where only those on some higher or more important path are bestowed access.

Cleopatra

3. Pragmatism
The EIE is aware of the need to be competent and productive in their different tasks. They recognise that they need to show to others an ability to get things done properly and an awareness of the facts behind issues they are addressing. Because of this, EIEs can be productive organisers, with an ability to not just get people working together but to also make sure they are working effectively for any goal. However, EIEs prefer not to focus on just the facts for the sake of facts, knowing that they can be boring or unappealing to their potential audience. Instead, EIEs prefer to play on sentiment and convey not merely the informative information, but the emotion that gives people the drive to act and the will to bring about meaningful change in the world. EIEs tend to tire of dry facts and procedural steps, preferring not to have to continuously research into improving themselves and their methods. Instead, they desire clarity in an unambiguous framework or ideology, setting out a perfectly consistent order that needs no further improvement.

Nelson Mandela

4. Senses

EIEs tend to possess a fundamental discontent with the world around them and a need to avoid things that seem mundane or trivial. EIEs want to live extraordinary lives with purpose and meaning, and will quickly feel depressed in carrying out the humdrum of daily maintenance. The emotions they like to synthesise are rarely comfortable or restricted to the pleasant, resulting in these types often having a certain instability. Their passions may have them take things to the extreme, causing some EIEs to suffer mentally or physically. Indeed, pain and the darkness are all part of emotional authenticity, and often such dramatic intensity can wear away at their temporal, physical shells. Furthermore, details and the little things can remain a constant thorn in the side of EIEs when creating the perfect persona for people to admire them through. Some EIEs may go to painful lengths to make themselves look like beautiful demigods. Others will reject aesthetic as shallow, setting a more unwashed example.

Lady Gaga

5. Laws

EIEs tend to lack confidence in their reasoning, and so, when faced with an argument threatening their logic, they can often hype up the emotional rhetoric instead of properly addressing the points. The kaleidoscope of emotions and ideas in the EIE is hard to clearly express, often resulting in a sort of nonsensical 'mush'. While delivering rousing, thought-provoking messages to people, their actions may be inconsistent with their arguments, with some expressions seeming to contradict what was previously said. Furthermore, in their desire to meaningfully reach out to anyone and everyone, the consistency of their ideology, what is important and what is of lower priority, may be forgotten. In regard to order and chaos, the EIE represents a paradox. On one hand, the EIE loves their freedom and will not be subjected to the rules of another against their will. On the other hand, EIEs can be very appreciative of someone consistently and authoritatively stamping their structured priorities onto reality, bringing a much needed signal to the noise. Sometimes, the creation of different personae and identification with people's reactions to those personae can lead the EIE to have a poor awareness of who they really are. They can greatly appreciate a no-nonsense confrontation in impermeable logic to help iron out their identities and what they stand for in absolute, unquestionable clarity.

6. Force

Bill Clinton

Unstable in their energy levels, an EIE may cycle between periods of overactive, restless impatience and paralysing hesitancy or doubt.The emotions given off by an EIE may be pleasant if deemed appropriate, but more often, there is a harsher edge that seeks to inspire more intense emotions in other individuals. EIEs are willing to give out messages that may shock or anger people if that is the mood they feel will lead to greater passion in others. This can manifest in the belief that positive change is best brought out through rebellion or subversive action against an oppressor. When perceiving a threat, EIEs are usually able to defend themselves and their friends with short bursts of vehemence. However, while this may scare off some people, they cannot hold out against all threats, and may take on someone more formidable than they can handle. EIEs respect strength and aspire to be seen as strong and powerful, although they actually lack the single-minded determination of other types. As a result, they often try to look the part if they cannot be the part, dressing to impress and, when financially successful, trying to demonstrate their elevated status to others through displays of wealth. Occasionally, it can also make them perceive challenges to their ideology as threats to be responded to aggressively, often leading to overreactions in scenarios of conflict.

Joan of Arc

7. Relations

Despite being largely carried by emotional investment, EIEs place a clear priority on the expression of the emotional states they are currently undergoing, with far less attention given to more stable, consistent attitudes towards people and things. When taken up by anger, the EIE will want to express this with unequivocal clarity against the person who angered them, even if this person may be a very close or dear friend. Similarly, they have little qualm being warm and magnanimous to strangers if that is the mood they want to convey. Frequently the dramatic emotions they experience are more important than the nature of the relationship they have with another. Rather than judge people as 'good' or 'bad', the EIE is far more interested in the euphoria they feel around people and being subjected to an overly dry or boring person can bring about as intense a negative reaction as if someone had drowned the cat. Although able to keep close relationships with others, EIEs are often more likely to characterise people in terms of circles of identity, rather than in terms of the particular individuals making up that circle.
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8. Ideas

Steve Jobs

Often, EIEs can be the zany generators of new ideas, concepts and perspectives. In many ways, they are seen as eclectic, creative visionaries bringing about novel changes in vogue, excitedly charging after the right opportunity if it presents itself. Able to explore a broad range of influences, they can then synthesise this into a singular enduring image to convey. They are likely to place themselves in environments of creative novelty, enjoying the forward-thinking quality of such an atmosphere and the potential for great change to come from it. However, any ideas or tangents that are not in line with their sense of greater purpose are clearly given as silly distractions, rather than something to seriously spend time on. EIEs demand that people are completely and enthusiastically united on a task and tend to not appreciate people leaving the general direction on their own explorations. When something is explained to them in a purely theoretical or speculative manner, they may be frustrated by its lack of straightforwardness, eschewing ambiguity in favour for absolute clarity.

Some famous people we think are EIEs:

• Ben Affleck
• Alexander I of Russia
• Jacinda Ardern
• Asma al-Assad
• Julian Assange
• Eike Batista
• Aphra Behn
• Benazir Bhutto
• Joe Biden
• Justin Bieber
• Tony Blair
• David Bowie
• Russell Brand
• Richard Burton
• Lord Byron
• Caligula
• David Cameron
• Fidel Castro
• Nicolae Ceauşescu
• Charlie Chaplin
• Charles II of England
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• Cher
• Lee Lin Chin
• Cleopatra VII
• Bill Clinton
• Commodus
• Constantine the Great
• Stephen Crowder
• Salvador Dalí
• Michael Douglas
• Elagabalus
• Empress Elisabeth of Austria
• Mylène Farmer
• Ferdinand II of Aragon
• Zsa Zsa Gabor
• Muammar al-Gaddafi
• Lady Gaga
• Giuseppe Garibaldi
• Gaius Gracchus
• Joseph Goebbels
• Henry V of England
• Herod the Great
• Adolf Hitler
• Norbert Hofer
• Elizabeth Holmes
• Arianna Huffington
• Jesus
• Joan of Arc
• Steve Jobs
• C. S. Joseph
• Justinian I
• Ana Kasparian
• John F. Kennedy
• Alexander Kerensky
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Gazi Kodzo
• T. E. Lawrence
• Vivien Leigh
• Leopold II of Belgium
• David Lloyd George
• Douglas MacArthur
• Daron Malakian
• Nelson Mandela
• Charles Manson
• Shirley Manson
• Mao Zedong
• Ian McKellen
• Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
• Mehmed the Conqueror
• Freddie Mercury
• Moctezuma II
• Taylor Momsen
• Piers Morgan
• Muhammad
• Laurence Olivier
• Peter O'Toole
• Pericles
• Philip II of France
• William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Pompey the Great
• Rajneesh
• Ronald Reagan
• Matteo Renzi
• Richard II of England
• Charlie Rose
• Kevin Rudd
• Joe Scarborough
• William Shakespeare
• Wallis Simpson
• Theodosius I
• Josip Broz Tito
• Titus
• Jōsei Toda
• Trajan
• Robbie Travers
• Leon Trotsky
• Túpac Amaru II
• Carol Tuttle
• The Weeknd
• Anthony Weiner
• Kanye West
• Wilhelm II, German Emperor
• Oprah Winfrey
• Milo Yiannopoulos
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy
• Philip Zimbardo

Some fictional characters we think are EIEs:

• Aphrodite (Greek Mythology)
• Apollo (Greek Mythology)
• Caroline Bingley (Pride and Prejudice)
• Bulma (Dragon Ball)
• Cavendish (One Piece)
• Father Cornello (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• France (Hetalia)
• Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)
• Mother Gothel (Disney's Rapunzel)
• The Governor (The Walking Dead)
• Lori Grimes (The Walking Dead)
• Gellert Grindelwald (Harry Potter)
• Howl (Howl's Moving Castle)
• Italy Romano (Hetalia)
• Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)
• Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)
• Gilderoy Lockhart (Harry Potter)
• Draco Malfoy (Harry Potter)
• Melisandre (A Song of Ice and Fire)
• The Merovingian (The Matrix)
• Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With The Wind)
• Poland (Hetalia)
• Bernadette Rostenkowski (The Big Bang Theory)
• Sora (No Game No Life)
• Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club)
• Vivec (The Elder Scrolls)
• Debbie Wolowitz (The Big Bang Theory)