What is the personality type of Ian? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Ian from Liveta and what is the personality traits.
Ian personality type is INFP, based on the Myers-Briggs, and represents the yearning for a more intimate world. The INFJ is more reserved, and more socially adept. (Maybe he's been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome; still, the words he uses are more apt to those of an INFJ.)
With both, "mind-reading" is not a part of the same science. The P100X3 blog post has a better description of this.
However, when we look at the way the Myers Briggs works, we can see where the similarities are. The introverted intuitive is described as seeing patterns in things that other people don't see. They have a propensity to perceive connections in things that others do not. INTPs and INFJs are described as deeply interested in what makes things tick and to hold theoretical ideas about how things work. John's understanding of the world around him is clearly that of an INTP.
The differences between one and the other are really more in terms of how they express themselves than how they perceive things. This is why some people report them being similar in personality type, while others say they are very different.