Well, there's another problem with this (doing a study). *Not
   everybody understands themselves as much as they would like to.
   *It's hard to analyze yourself and come up with a true picture
   of the "real you". Others then, end up doing it for you, and you
   generally take their word for it. *It's truly impossible to know
   what's going on in another person's mind - although it's not
   hard to get very very close :-)
   > Yeah, maybe all people do have a desire to "know" - maybe they
   are just lazy?
   Well, some people view their purposes in life not as seekers of
   information or of self-perfection, but rather as being part of a
   grand process, whether that is as an accountant in your firm, or
   a printer in a print shop... *Or as a parent... *or even playing
   your role as someone who =doesn't= know what their role is yet!
   *(their role is usually the role of the seeker :-> ) == The
   greatest questions continue to stand without definitive answers.
   *Oh well - the search for answers is a personal journey that no
   one can take for you. == I would say so :-) *Trust, faith,
   compassion may exist in the animal world, but we are a long time
   from discovering that. *As it stands now, we are only certain
   that humans have that capacity. *(while it may seem that there
   are *some* people who don't have the ability to have
   faith/belief/trust/compassion - I think everybody does. *Even
   the most "vile"ist of criminals love their mothers, for example
   === Well, Lee, I would have to say "yes"! *How is it with
   another INFP around? *There are astounding differences between
   one INFP and another (Introverted, iNtuitive, Feeling,
   Perceiving on the Myers-Briggs Temperment Index for others who
   are wondering about this silly acronym :-) ).... and I wonder
   how easily it is to get along with another of the same type.
   Strangely enough, my two best friends are ESTP and ISTP. *I
   haven't figured out why, but maybe they are able to "keep me in
   line" or something. ====