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Originally Posted by athenian200
Well, I was pretty sure that I was an Intuitive of some sort. The problem was that I wasn't sure how to tell Ni (Introverted Intuition) from Ne (Extraverted Intuition). Also, I had been told by some people that I because I tended to be specific and rely on a lot of detail rather than than see things as general, I must be a Sensory type. So I just don't know, really.
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The Lenore Thomson book (and the
user wiki) has some good information on how to distinguish the two functions. There is also a basic function chart
here.
In my understanding, it's like this:
Ne is seeing what is possible in the outer world. It basically takes in data and tries to form patterns of what is happening in the world. Using Ne means that you are trusting the external world to give you details.
This is why INTPs are good at deriving conceptual truth from the external world (i.e., recognizing patterns based on external stimulation), or why an ISTP can be an excellent ballplayer (Se is collecting lots of real-time data and the Ti function is deciding whether the player should steal home, run back, how far to lead off the base, etc.)
Ni is different. Ni is internalized possibilities. Rather than trying to derive patterns from reality, it recognizes that lots of patterns exist and can switch back and forth between them. No pattern is really "true" -- there are simply different ways of looking at something, depending on the goal and situation.
In this sense, Ne is trying to find the "most true" pattern and respond/articulate it (it trusts the flow of data), while Ni is determining which pattern is most useful for the situation and distrusts the outer data stream -- no pattern has "inherent meaning."
I'm sorry, I feel like this is still very vague, but we can discuss it further and maybe find more specific examples. (Part of the reason for this site is to develop answers to questions like the ones you've asked here.
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