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stories, and these do not furnish us with sufficient evidence to say what type he was. There was an
incident where he tidied up a snuff spill on his shirt perhaps pointing to Judging neatness, though
perhaps if he were a Judger he would not have been portrayed as spilling snuff on his shirt at all.
Or, we could point to his "habits," though alas, the question of whether the habits in question are
recurring scheduled events, i.e. Judging habits, or merely a set of proclivities without any recurring
schedule, i.e. Perceiving habits, is not specified.
There is also a point where Sherlock Holmes observes that Mycroft has the most tidy and orderly
brain of any man living, which sounds very Judging (indeed, Christie described Poirot in exactly the
same terms). However, Judging/Perceiving adjectives are the hardest to tell apart, and I have seen
an INTP's "organizational" abilities described in much the same words as were applied to Mycroft.
The problem is that all NTs will sort out ideas into clear categories their heads, organize projects,
and plan out far-reaching strategies. These practices are not specific to NTJs, yet the adjectives that
describe them are the same as those used to describe Judging ("organize a room," "plan a
vacation").
One final pointer towards judging is a brief scene in which Mycroft breaks into commands, an NTJ
tendency. 296 However, he was under pressure at this moment, and it is of course hard to say if this is
habitual given that we have only this one example. NTPs will use commands too, and I find that
one cannot really rely on this trait unless there is a lot of dialogue to study and the person in
question is a particularly strong NTJ or NTP.
INTJs place a very high value on "achievement." 297 Mycroft apparently has no ambition; this is
much more an INTP trait than an INTJ trait. Mycroft also feels no need to go out of his way even to
prove his own hypotheses. This behavior too is more closely associated with INTP than INTJ.
ESTP Foil
Naturally Wolfe needed an ESTP foil. In this case, the foil was a young man named Archie
Goodwin. Since Wolfe never left the house, Goodwin got more of a workout than most ESTP foils
do. He was actually the main character in a real sense, given that the Nero Wolfe series was written
Watson-style from his POV. It doesn't read much like Watson though, as you might imagine: the
writing is full of ESTP Artisanisms: slang, colorful similes, 298 and detailed descriptions of cars and
members of the opposite sex. Like all ESTP foils, Goodwin wasn't afraid to argue with his boss.
Wolfe's complete reliance on intuition was somewhat nerve-wracking for Goodwin. Although
ESTPs are one of the risk-taking types, they base their risks on hard evidence (Sensing) rather than
theories that cannot be substantiated or even put into words (Intuition). When Wolfe would decide
to prove one of his theories in a high-stakes experiment, Goodwin would close his eyes, wipe a
bead of sweat off his brow, and finally force himself to make the leap of faith.
Wolfe relied on the Goodwin's Sensing to collect facts for him to put into his intuition machine. He
would also draw on Goodwin's excellent memory for details and conversations whenever he needed
to refer back to old evidence. Their partnership was a classic sensing-intuition symbiosis.
Captain Picard vs. Professor Moriarty
As you'll recall from the Star Trek section, Picard is the captain of the starship Enterprise. What is
less known about him is that in his spare time, he liked to hit the holodeck (a virtual reality
296 Keirsey, 1987
297 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998
298 Keirsey, 1998