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Virgins.” Whether this idea is true or not is questionable; INTPs have a similar stereotype, but are
actually more likely to get married than average. 216 At any rate, INTs do seem more content to lead
single lives than most types. Remember how INTs were the only types not to give “Home and
family” the top rating? 217
There is no particularly convincing evidence that Newton was ever in love. His biographers make
much of this, seemingly unable to comprehend how a human being could go through life without
even one romantic attachment. It is less difficult for me to understand, since I have never been in
love myself. From my perspective, people appear rather fixated on the subject; not a day goes by
where I do not encounter a human extolling or bewailing their love life in a conversation, song,
movie, book etc. This is the equivalent of going to a modern art museum and encountering a group
of people staring at a canvas with some random-looking lines smeared across it. They're weeping
with emotion. “It's so beautiful. I-I've never seen anything more beautiful in my life! Now I can
die happy. Isn't this the most wonderful thing you've ever seen?” I shrug and smile politely. “I'll
take your word for it.” Theoretically I understand why they are so happy, but it is something that I
do not relate to from personal experience.
Though it is easy for me to see how Newton could have gotten by fine without a relationship, I'm
not sure whether his feelings were similar to my own. There is a little bit of evidence that suggests
that he had an actively suspicious attitude towards the opposite sex rather than just a meh neutral.
Whatever the case may be, I expect that he didn't suffer from the lack of romance as much as one
might expect.
Organizations
Newton ended up in charge of two organizations as president of the Royal Society and Warden
(later, Master) of the Royal Mint. If you're wondering how he got to be in charge of the Mint, it
basically went like this: Newton had been trying to get a job as anything but a professor at
Cambridge for some time; his friends were helping him out by passing his name around. When the
current Warden resigned, one of the people in his network said, “Hey, Newton's smart, right? Let's
make him Warden.” So they did.
Both organizations were in trouble when he arrived. The Royal Society was teetering on the verge
of bankrupcy, and the Mint was far behind on a project of national importance.
Newton fixed the Royal Society's problem by instituting a membership fee, selling some of the
society's stock, and various other means. Such decisive moves were a hallmark of his leadership
style, but they could also grate those who ended up feeling left out of the decision-making process.
Considering his tendency to be suspicious and oversensitive to perceived rejection, it was perhaps
only to be expected that he stifled debate as much as he could and ran the society with monarchical
authority.
One example of his heavyhanded approach occurred when Newton wanted to move the society's
HQ to a new location. He called together the council, and basically told them, “We should move to
a new location. I have reasons, but I'm not going to tell them to you. If you disagree, tough.
Meeting adjourned.” The lack of discussion angered some council members, who wanted time to
think the idea over. But the move was swiftly accomplished. Remember how the TJ group built the
Lego man fastest, but also managed to alienate one member? Newton wasn't good at making
people want to do what he said. He led by external force, not by inward motivation. That said, he
216 Otis & Louks, 1997
217 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998