The Ne attitude is not that digging for a specific pattern is important; no, no. The Ne attitude is that digging for anything is intrisically important because no matter what I find, I found something and I'll explore outside of the widely accepted presumptions to do it. How do I know that? I know that because I have extremely high Ne; it's my strongest function by far. I don't necessarily need patterns to form a new whole. I can form a new whole without existing patterns just as well by looking at the possibilities.
Are you assuming that Ne doesn't dig to find differences?
Yes, I am assuming another function digs to find differences. You as an INTP have a strong Ti and Si which is combined with a strong Ne used to dig deeper. Thats much different then FiNeTe or TiNeFe.