SEE+LII

JOINTLY ACKNOWLEDGED TRAITS:

1. I value my independence above all.
2. I believe that intellectually I surpass 90% or even 99% of all other people.
3. In any matter, it is very important for me to preserve a sense of independence.
4. I respect the uniqueness of another person’s individuality more than their ability to fit into a group as a useful member.
5. I alone am the judge of my convictions and my words.
6. I find it extremely unpleasant to feel dependent on someone.
7. I am the best, and I know it, and people who don’t know this should be avoided.
8. Truth is always more important than public opinion, so I will never compromise my beliefs or principles just because someone around me might think something negative about it.
9. I am completely free of any kind of prejudice.
10. I do not need any leaders or chiefs; I am on my own.
11. Belief in miracles, the evil eye, magical talents, telepathy, etc., I consider a sign of a superficial and naive mind.
12. I am interested in how the state and its electoral system are structured.
13. I usually behave in a strictly independent and original manner - contrary to the crowd and common opinion.
14. I would rather live two hundred years in the future than two hundred years in the past.
15. As a rule, it’s true that I do not tolerate pressure on me from any general, collective, or “public” opinion.
16. I always get extremely indignant if someone is “more equal than me” and has broader rights, privileges, or advantages compared to me.
17. Emotional coloring of events is easily and intensely absorbed by me, empathized with, but just as easily and quickly erased from memory - by the next day I remember the meaning of the event but not the emotional experience.
18. I carefully avoid being near people with colds - I’m afraid of catching something.
19. Individuality is above all; any hierarchy, pack mentality, or clique behavior is foreign to me.
20. I hate when someone dictates or even simply suggests the order of my work.
21. My self-esteem fluctuates very little and almost does not depend on my current level of demand or on external approval.
22. I get very irritated when tasks are imposed on me.
23. Which trait is more valuable in human character? - 1) Loyalty above average, 5) Insightfulness above average.
24. I would prefer the profession of a sports referee to that of a cynologist (dog trainer).

JOINTLY REJECTED TRAITS:

25. Since youth, I have believed that scientific discoveries sooner or later turn into evil.
26. A person is not a patriot if he allows or, even worse, helps foreigners criticize his country.
27. I almost always stir water in a pot with my right hand.
28. It is usually easier for me than for others to put up with certain existing arrangements, even if I consider them wrong.
29. The most essential value for any society is unity and cohesion of the people.
30. Whatever you do, what is destined to happen will sooner or later happen.
31. In public life, the population must be educated to follow a single ideology.
32. I am able to enjoy the process of falling asleep, when a sweet inviting feeling of happiness and tranquility in semi-drowse gradually spreads through my thoughts, expands, envelops me, and pulls me into the depth of sleep.
33. My emotions are sometimes like a faulty faucet: you slightly turn the handle and the pressure gushes out at full force, and sometimes the opposite - you twist and twist the handle but it barely drips.
34. I tolerate hot weather very poorly (probably worse than many others).
35. Long periods of excellent, happy, energetic mood - lasting a month or two or more - alternate with equally long periods of melancholy and depression.
36. I am dependent on public opinion (at least not less, and rather more than others).
37. A person must submit to the opinion of the majority.
38. When stepping onto a stair or elevation, which foot do you put first? (Check.) If it is the right foot, put “5,” if the left - put “1.”
39. I derive pleasure from meeting someone else’s very strong desire, as if becoming an integral part of that desire (and if the desire is weak and unsure of itself, then I begin to resist).
40. Safety is generally more valuable than various freedoms.

So:

• Both value their independence highly
• Both rate their intelligence highly (even though their intelligences differ - one more scientific, the other more social)
• Both have high and stable self-esteem
• Both consider themselves free of prejudice
• Both are interested in politics
• Both tend to behave independently, without regard for public opinion, and do not tolerate societal pressure
• Both consider themselves people of firm habits and principles (yes, SEE has his own principles too, he is sure of it - though LII may not understand them)
• Both are solitary individualists, alien to any pack or clique mentality
• Both place the value of personal freedom above the value of public safety
• Both are cautious, avoid sick people, and fear catching illnesses
• Both are emotionally quick to “move on” from negative feelings
• Both consider themselves insightful (though one as an analyst, the other as a social manipulator - meaning in different domains)
• Both believe in progress and are future-oriented, not past-oriented
• Both are indifferent to “patriotic” values
• Both reject fatalism - humans and society are masters of their own fate; there is no “doom” or fate
• Both believe they manage their emotions well

As we see, SEE and LII have quite a lot of psychological traits in common. Therefore, in principle, it is not difficult for them to come to agreements and interact - especially in the workplace rather than in domestic life (the author himself had many years of such experience).

In domestic life, however, the LII will inevitably start getting irritated by the SEE’s hastiness, superficial decision-making, and of course their tendency to command and dominate; and the SEE will be irritated by LII’s excessive cautiousness, overdeveloped conscience, and (from SEE’s perspective) excessive “bookish” pedantry in practical matters.