Reading through this thread has not been particularly illuminating and perhaps someone else is in the same boat.
I could give specific quotes but anyone should be able to see:
Sometimes the way you guys talked about Ni (in terms of generating ideas for an essay) makes it sound more like Ne
Sometimes the way you guys talked about Ti (in terms of organizing and structuring an essay) makes it sound more like Te.
A lot of people probably think that just because it's being done inside, it's Ti, but all thinking is done internally (you don't say, Sherlock !).
Even if it's done using purely imaginary fodder, categorizing, structuring, and inductive reasoning seems to be the domain of Te to me. So in the case of structuring essays, wouldn't that be Te?
Similarly, analogies, logic problems, and deductive reasoning seems to be the domain of Ti, even if you are applying it to physical things in the outside world such as trying to solve a mystery involving diabolical hamsters.
My example of a Ni/Ti loop would probably be more along the lines of:
I wake up on a snowy day with the wind howling, and something inside(Ni) tells me to roll off the bed because the professor will be discussing something important today. While my Ti tells me that it's cold, windy, and I would be liable to freeze my dangly bits off.
Then Te would come in and say, "dude, just throw on a heavy coat and get your butt out there.If you stay in bed today, this will become a habit"
Finally Ne says, "perhaps this lousy weather is part of a nefarious plot by those diabolical hamsters..."