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it the least. This trend actually fits in with a general IN trend that Stever, the study's author (and<br />
apparently also a hardcore Star Trek fan, or as he puts it, a "participant-observer"), found in<br />
previous examinations of rock star fans. (Where does one go to get Stever's job?) Judging by his<br />
research, it is a pretty good bet that the top 10% most rabid fans of any celebrity or TV show are<br />
INs. Granted, there may be other type differences as well (for example, Stever found that Michael<br />
Jackson's fans were very NF), but IN seems to be the gold standard for the fannish personality.<br />
Stever found that Star Trek fans had two unique type/gender subgroups.<br />
The male segment of the fanbase (54 total) was of course strongly INT:<br />
INTP 5.42 times as many as would be expected in comparison to the general male population<br />
INTJ 3.01 "<br />
INFP 2.12<br />
ENTJ 2.08<br />
ENTP 1.73<br />
ISTJ 1.27<br />
INFJ 1.16<br />
(No other male types liked Star Trek more than average.)<br />
But the female segment of the fanbase (43 total) was strongly INF. Surprisingly, it was even more<br />
strongly INTJ than the male segment:<br />
INFJ 6.96 times as many as would be expected in comparison to the general female population<br />
INTJ 6.58 "<br />
INFP 3.20<br />
ISTJ 2.87<br />
ENFJ 2.08<br />
ENFP 1.98<br />
INTP 1.09<br />
(No other female types liked Star Trek more than average.)<br />
The study found that male Star Trek fans were more interested in the science fiction aspect of Star<br />
Trek, which is to say that they were mostly intrigued by the implications of copper-based blood or<br />
how a transporter might function in real life. The female fans, by contrast, were primarily<br />
interested in exploring the relationships between the characters, for example writing a story that<br />
tries to answer the question, "What if Kirk had to choose between saving Spock or Dr. McCoy?" I<br />
assume that this difference is due to the fact that the males were primarily INTs and the females<br />
were primarily INFs. It would not surprise me to find that female INTJs had a foot (or two) in the<br />
"male" camp.<br />
So why do INTJs like Star Trek so much? Perhaps it is because every Star Trek show has an INT<br />
character occupying an actual role in the story. (Sadly, the token INT hacker/inventor character that<br />
turns up in many shows is all too often a bland cardboard cutout whose only purpose in the<br />
storyline is to create things or facilitate missions for the show's real heroes.)<br />
One famous INTJ character is Jean-Luc Picard.
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