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Originally Posted by ptgatsby
Besides, it's all a gradient, despite MBTI. Preferences shouldn't be locked in the way even I was talking about above - the individual will find his own niche in line with their own abilities. For the most part, we tend to get what we are good and suitable for... as painful as the transition will be.
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Good points. It is important to realize a person is not comprised of only their first two functions, or even of just the four listed. For example textbook-wise mine are: Ni Fe Ti Se. For the strongest two, i believe i have also developed their opposites, Ne and Fi. However Te and to a greater extent Si are foreign to me. My lack of Te was a marked struggle for my intellectual pursuits and all things Si stress me out significantly. The relationships between functions are very complex for each type and can vary a great deal between individuals as we know. The following is intended to illustrate a point. As an INFJ, my tertiary function is Ti, and yet i scored in the 92 percentile for analytical reasoning on the GRE, the primarily logic based section of the exam. That's tough crowd to compete against, since they are all applying to graduate school. This is what i am saying about tertiary functions are not necessarily a weakness for people. Many Sensors have iNtuition of some sort as a tertiary function. For this reason it seems reasonable to assume there are some rather iNtuitive Sensors out there, and vice versa. A tertiary function can actually be a strength. Even as a strength it differs from a dominant function in that it is not home-base. It is not the overarching point of reference for all things.