Doing a thing.

No, Seth is definitely an ENTJ. Michael’s definitely an ESTJ. The 100% tag was started with good intentions, but it’s a pain to keep up during retypings, so it’s more or less obsolete.

I mean… are you trying to tell me you think Colbert is an INFJ? – Not at all. Just that I know Fe users can be into LOTR the way many NTPs are.

Well, that leaves you ISFJs, who do catalogue information, but not about fictional universes and ENFJs, who… don’t do this? At all? And if they did, wouldn’t tell you about it on television because it’s not anyone’s business but theirs!

“Consider this: no ESFJ knows that much about Lord of the Rings.” I don’t know if this counts but I know an INFJ who is a LOTR/Tolkien obsessive.

I mean… are you trying to tell me you think Colbert is an INFJ?

Have you considered ESFJ for Stephen Colbert? ENTP does fit since the functions are still the same but in different order but I think his Fe is higher than his Ti and I think the Ne comes from his improv comedy experience, kinda like Kristen Wiig.

Consider this: no ESFJ knows that much about Lord of the Rings.

“I guess mostly I’m curious as to why you’d find it surprising?” Mostly interesting. You yourself said you notice a trend in musicians being SP’s. It’s even more interesting to me when a type chooses a career in contrast to what they would seem to like, for example an ISFP who becomes famous for doing standup. Or an INFJ actor. But then I thought why are certain types attracted to specific professions in the first place? What makes that perception? I find it interesting but you don’t have to.

(Ok, to clarify re: SP musicians, I don’t remember saying anything about a trend (could have, though) although there are plenty. Music is one of those things that draws people in irregardless of type, and there are plenty of musicians of all types who achieve a professional standard.)

Re: the rest of your comment, I guess I do find people being innately good at things less interesting, at least from a typing perspective? I mean, I can easily find you a couple hundred ES actors or athletes, but it’s hard to pin down exactly what draws them in, and it would get a little boring watching and posting the same types doing the same things (Variety! Spice of life!). I would say generally, some combo of initial ease, having encouragement and resources, and having the mental strength (or desperation!) to prevail through the hard parts.

Also, if you wanted to conclusively know what specific physical/brain things are making a type good at a specific task or activity, you’d probably want to have some scanning equipment. I’m assuming that an activity that draws a lot of the same type also caters physiologically to the way that type’s brain/body works. I can only really speculate about environmental factors (culture, upbringing, etc), which tend to be a little different for each person.

Likewise, it is more interesting for me to type the people in unexpected places, because if they’re the only one of their type in a field, you can pretty much pin their reasons for being where they are on environment. The ones in similarly unusual occupations have often been influenced, encouraged and promoted by the the same types of people.