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Originally Posted by substitute
I was just gonna say something similar, but you said it better than I would've so yeah, I agree.
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It's a funky one though. I'm sure there's more to it than I've said. I just mean to point out the contrast between the attitudes.
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We all know he worships at the Ti altar, but I think what he was trying to say was that a very active dominant function won't achieve balance without developing the auxiliary to act as a 'brake', and since it's ENTP he's talking about, obviously it's going to be Ti acting as a complement to Ne. I'm sure if he'd been talking about ENFP, he'd have said that development and use of Fi is just as crucial. Correct me if I'm wrong BW.
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Yeah I think so too. I was talking earlier with him about my ENFP brother and he mentioned exactly what you predict he would.
Clearly from the school of thought that too much of any function can be a bad thing.
One other interesting thing we were talking about (and i hope you don't mind my exposing BW) was how the balance can actually help both functions. At first it would seem that use of a single function makes it stronger. That's the immediate reaction that anyone would probably have. But function isn't like practicing an instrument or skateboard. Having good Ne Ti balance actually fortifies the Ne, because there's a stronger foundation. It can make large leaps, without having to backtrack because of false connections. Also, the connections can be made more quickly and with greater distance between concepts. The proficiency of knowledge and deduced understanding of concepts can help the ENTP to connect, and logically validate those analogies. I don't mean to steal the spotlight BW. Look at it as a virtuous act actually -- I'm clarifying so you don't have to after that enormous exertion.