[_gd3l]

I appreciate how this post doesn't posit that introverts "don't want to be around people", like many articles and essays do. I'm an introvert and love being around people; just not all people all the time. It's an important distinction.

However, something in this article that I pick up, and I see it in other writings, is that introverts like to think while extroverts don't.

Just as extroversion is dressed up in socially-positive words like "outgoing", "friendly", "life of the party", etc., it seems like more and more introversion-related articles are using equally seductive and over-the-top words like "deep", "intellectual", "pensive", and more. Just pointing out that a lot of extroverts aren't the former words, and a lot of introverts aren't the latter words.

I just seem to notice this in articles about intro/extroversion. People keep using words and terms to make it seem like there's a huge difference in intellect, etc. between the two groups. I don't think that's true.

[rizzom5000]

IIRC there was some evidence of this found in research -- cited in "59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot". IIRC the study was focused on characteristics of 'successful' people where 'success' was defined in terms of societal achievements (e.g. monetary success, status). Ultimately, the gist was that, among other personality characteristics, people who identified as 'introvert' were more 'successful'. This may have absolutely nothing to do with intelligence, per se, but in my humble opinion; it probably does (not saying this because I identify as 'introvert').