1. I didn't say anything inflammatory at all. I didn't diss any types, which I hoped to make clear in my last post. Evidently not. I almost think that some postmodernist social intuitions are kicking in here for you to seem to think that I am. Name one inflammatory I've said. No matter if you agree with my Ne = creativity thing or not, I don't see how anything I said is nasty, which you seem to believe given your analogy.
The statement is intrinsically inflammatory. Not nasty, inflammatory. It's similar to "Ti doms, supposedly the most intelligent type". How does that make you feel?
2. This discussion has evidently teased out something I guess I took for granted, but still believe in. I don't understand why creativity has to be seeing 'the right possibility' - what defines 'right'? I think a lot of artists will be in disgust just talking about creativity in such a way. I'm surprised at the rejection of N being directly related to creativity. Surely the very building blocks that build up an N's personality such as being imaginative and original naturally points towards creativity. The type descriptions for N's also have creativity as a common adjective, whereas S's do not. Wow, I like what's going on here, I didn't think that this would become a point of discussion.
I know there's a theoretical argument for it, I'm saying that's not looking at the big picture. Btw using biased type descriptions (they are, you know) is not exactly a supporting argument. And most type descriptions I've read do actually have "creative" under SP descriptions, especially ISFP.
How many musicians, artists, writers, actors, chefs, poets are Ne doms? Even N (ok, I'll give you the poets)? I'll give you a hint, they are not even close to the majority. So in real life, is this theory holding up? When the facts don't support the theory, it's time to change the theory.
I'm not arguing that Ne doms would tend to have an advantage at making connections. But this is not required for creativity, nor is it the deciding factor (of course it helps). I don't think creativity is finding the right answer, either - it's defined as "transcending traditional rules to create meaningful new things", which is hardly limited to the domain of Ns. If anything, I would think SP would have an advantage over NJ, if we assume that preference is the same as abillity (it isn't, though there would probably be a correlation).