LSI - Logical Sensory Integrator - "The Inspector"

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Ludwig van Beethoven

1. Laws
The need for existence to align strictly to an order is the main drive for LSIs, who demand a structured and consistent way of viewing their world and acting within it. LSIs naturally direct their attentions to understanding the rules for how things are, how things fit together and whether they do so coherently. With great precision, they are able to assess the logical correctness of systems and whether they follow from evident truths, or else pick out exactly where an action or statement has deviated from underlying principles. From such structures, LSIs establish certainty in their lives, knowing exactly what is correct or incorrect, what can be expected and what should not be, while bringing such assurances to others. LSIs tend to serve as voices of justice or incorruptibility to their friends and communities, setting out precisely what is fair or in line with the true way, and holding to these dictates without personal wants, biases or compromise. Commitment to one's beliefs is of prime importance to LSIs and through such a lens, they are able to interpret the world around them, setting out the priorities for themselves and others to follow, with a guarantee of what can be expected should these standards be adhered to, or transgressed. 

2. Force

Emmeline Pankhurst

In service to their code of beliefs, LSIs readily take action to build order from chaos, disciplining themselves in line with their convictions, while enforcing what they think is right or legitimate onto any situation. When acting in a way they feel is righteous, they will become untouchable, immoveable forces that none might dissuade, and will brook no opposition to their dogged determination and often sharp intellect. In a way, there are two different understandings of the LSI, depending on how much their principles align with existing authority. They may operate as willing soldiers or enforcers of the law, while rooting out any resistance. Alternatively, they may lead a revolution against a system they feel is fundamentally flawed or unjust, with the goal to tear it down and start anew. Others may be content living their own lives by the beliefs they have come to hold, away from a society that cannot live up to their expectations. In each case, LSIs are very capable of asserting their will to reshape reality in line with their understanding, while resisting temptations or contradictions in the battleground of ideas. 

Che Guevara

3. Relations
LSIs are aware of the need to establish reliable relations with others and to know who they can trust. As such, LSIs tend to be careful in their associations with others, trying to make sure they know the people they are talking to. Similarly, LSIs usually know their personal attitudes towards others, being able to stick with people they personally like while avoiding those they do not. In the area of relationships, LSIs show a softer side to their personality, being more able outside of formality to make exceptions to their rules and give people personally close to them a break. For their friends, LSIs tend to show a strong loyalty and warm attachment. While laying down clear boundaries in their relations with others so that they know where not to cross, LSIs are better able to take the individual into account, working more closely to satisfy a close friend's needs. However, should the personal sphere conflict with the public, LSIs will readily prioritise the logic of their beliefs and commitments, not allowing their principles to be undermined by personal ties. The pressures of navigating this conflict between formality and familiarity can be a source of strain over time, and LSIs much prefer environments where everyone feels united under the set of priorities. In these situations, not only is everyone on the same side and able to be trusted to work towards the same goals, but also the LSI is not forced to justify any kind of special treatment.

4. Ideas

Hillary Clinton

In their maintenance of clarity and certainty, LSIs lack tolerance of ambiguity. While their logic enables the translation of a complex reality into a clear black and white, situations of ambiguity, where something could be one way or another, present a challenge to LSIs as they are unable to create certainty from this. In such scenarios, the LSI may hesitate, or else push forward blindly on what they are familiar with, not turning back or changing track even if the alternative hypothesis turns out to be true. LSIs tend to be very straightforward and stubborn in their worldviews, not being very open to the idea that their understanding may not be the absolute truth and that other people can have very different perspectives to their own for a wide variety of different reasons. It is rare for an LSI, once their mind is made up, to give anyone the chance of changing their mind. Instead they tend to assume that everyone must come to the conclusion they made from their own experiences, or else, have made a serious error. Consequently, the thought processes of LSIs may come across as overly confined and linear, lacking the flexibility and multiplicity to account for the more complex nuances and surprises that the world has to offer. Similarly any system they create may be too rigid in its precision and perhaps too draconian in its harshness, not accounting for new or unusual scenarios where what may have once seemed correct would end up being intuitively wrong.

Matt Damon

5. Emotions
For their formality, LSIs are socially conscious people who want to belong with a group of people. Although coming across as somewhat aloof to begin with, LSIs quickly thaw out in boisterous, fun conversations and can become quite expressive themselves, joining with the group mood. However, in their focus on thinking things through soberly and logically, LSIs are often the strong, silent types, coming off stiff or severe without the mood to pick them up. They may lack the social ease to express their emotions properly, or even recognise the passion within themselves. Often, an LSI will attempt to deliver information by virtue of the structure they have thought out, telling people what needs to be done in an overly technical manner rather than in a way that is uplifting to hear, or in a way which may unintentionally come across as rude or arrogant. They lack the natural charm and skill with emotive language necessary to persuade people that their structure is important to follow, and so may struggle to convince people outside of intellectual debate. As such, LSIs rarely succeed in contests of popularity and appealing to a large number of people, and may be restricted to preaching to the choir. LSIs long for an emotional stirring to bring what they believe to life and are very responsive to the passions of others that can ignite their hearts and minds. They appreciate the support of others who are more naturally charismatic, who are better able to engage with others on important issues and spread the right message to get others on board. 

6. Time

Nicola Sturgeon

While well suited to the order of a bureaucratic environment, LSIs are often discontent with sticking to something that feels mundane, or ultimately pointless. Instead, LSIs aspire towards a path of great meaning and purpose, that they can follow as a calling throughout their lives, while contributing to something greater than themselves. As such, LSIs are frequently motivated to apply their intellect in service of a higher cause, wanting to see the systems they believe in go on to meaningfully change the world. Although naturally strong at acting instantaneously in the moment, LSIs develop over time to think their actions through carefully and focus their efforts on planning ahead to see the right path or destiny ahead. As such, they aspire to know with certainty how things are going to happen and try to create schedules and strategies so that their projects remain neatly on track. However, such a desire to maintain singular commitments is often undermined by LSIs' inability to consider multiple possible ways an event can turn out. Certainty in their cause can cause their plans to lack contingencies, which they will pursue with great stubbornness, even to the edge of failure.

Malcolm X

7. Pragmatism
LSIs tend to be very knowledgeable, and clear in the articulation of what they know, while, through careful and exacting attention to quality, creating systems that run like clockwork.. When formulating their plans or coming to a point of view, LSIs may rely extensively on observations of how things work in real life to build their initial knowledge base. However, the optimisation of processes and further updates to what they think and believe, according to new evidence, can be rejected by LSIs in favour of the consistency or integrity of the structures already in place. LSIs devise their ideologies as a model of absolute truth and tend to reject the position that such models need to be updated and tweaked over time. After all, if they have already come to understand the truth, why would more data collection be necessary? In the rare occasions where an LSI does change their system, it is more a complete ideological shift after a life-changing event, rather than one in a series of upgrades. They also may resent those who pragmatically compromise on what they believe to reach 'working solutions', believing these to be the half-measures of those without the courage to fight for the right outcome.

  

8. Senses

Vladimir Putin

The LSI's affinity for maintenance of rules and standards frequently accompanies a meticulous attention to detail. LSIs are usually very aware of precise differences in the way objects around them are arranged and will be very thorough, keeping things neatly on the razor edge of perfection. Sloppiness can be ruthlessly scrutinised and LSIs may insist on a task being done again if a small detail is missed out. Additionally, when not imposing the severity of some rule or requirement, LSIs are surprisingly good at chilling out, harmonising peacefully with their environment after an intense and demanding period of duty. They may make very capable hosts, crafting the ideal, aesthetically-pleasing space in which to relax and unwind. In this way, LSIs exercise a keen attention to their physical needs, enabling them to pursue their higher goals with sustainability and arranging their domestic or daily life to line up with their ideals.

Some famous people we think are LSIs:

• Andrew Johnson
• Hafez al-Assad
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Cato the Elder
• Cato the Younger
• Chiang Kai-shek
• Elena Ceaușescu
• Hillary Clinton
• Sean Connery
• Oliver Cromwell
• Matt Damon
• Decius
• Diocletian
• Karl Dönitz
• Draco (lawgiver)
• Peter Dutton
• Edward I of England
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte
• Bobby Fischer
• Frederick William I of Prussia
• Sigmund Freud
• Sam Gerrans
• Maxim Gorky
• Robert Grosseteste
• Che Guevara
• Thomas Hobbes
• Saddam Hussein
• Pope Innocent III
• Isabella I of Castile
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• Jean-Claude Juncker
• Ted Kaczynski
• Ruhollah Khomeini
• Kim Il-sung
• Paul Krugman
• Christopher Langan
• Louis XIV of France
• Toussaint Louverture
• Martin Luther
• August von Mackensen
• Mary I of England
• Mary of Teck
• Ewan McGregor
• Josef Mengele
• Scott Morrison
• Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Emmeline Pankhurst
• Fred Phelps
• Józef Piłsudski
• Enoch Powell
• Vladimir Putin
• Qin Shi Huang
• Reza Shah
• Cardinal Richelieu
• Anita Sarkeesian
• Septimius Severus
• Joseph Stalin
• Nicola Sturgeon
• Tacitus
• Ibn Taymiyyah
• Theodora (6th century)
• Hendrik Verwoerd
• Paul Joseph Watson
• William the Conqueror
• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Malcolm X

Some fictional characters we think are LSIs:

• Alpha (Up)
• Alex Anderson (Hellsing)
• Stannis Baratheon (A Song of Ice and Fire)
• Batman (DC Comics)
• Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Pride & Prejudice)
• Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking Bad)
• Germany (Hetalia)
• GLaDOS (Portal)
• Beverly Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory)
• Sgt. Neil Howie (The Wicker Man)
• Javert (Les Misérables)
• Dawn Lerner (The Walking Dead)
• Lucius Malfoy (Harry Potter)
• Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon)
• Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)
• Sailor Pluto (Sailor Moon)
• Tao Ren (Shaman King)
• Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Agent Smith (The Matrix)
• Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter)
• Vegeta (Dragon Ball)