Night was describing Ni.
an intuitive person sees a combination of different parts, and understands that they work together to create a car.
Don't try to always make N complicated and profound... sometimes a car's just a car.
Although Ne has a tendency to see parts of the car, where as Ni likes the meaning and interpretation of the car as a whole.
A green car
From obvious to non-obvious
1. Green in color
2. Green as in energy saving (hybrid, battery, solar, hydrogen fuel, corn oil fuel)
3. Green as in untried (less frequently used, but the interpretation exists)
Process of Ni broken down
Cat smells green
Cat = cat
Green = something that's green?
Smell green... what's green that smells... grass
Cat smells like cut grass?
Cat, cut => bleeding, blood
Scent of blood on fresh cut grass.
Fresh => Old, stale
Dried blood and stench of decomposing cat on a patch of dried grass
A cat that smells green is merely a starting point. You can literally take any path from that and end up with something completely different. No single way is more "correct" than any other. Usually what an Ni dominant person do is to go through different possibilities until they find one that's most suitable for a given situation. If the purpose is to play with ideas, then you get something like "the cat smells green".
sensing shows the tip of the iceberg, whereas intuition is more concerned by what is below the tip. compare it to a person wearing a mask versus how that person's face really looks.
Well perhaps that's more Ne related. Ni doesn't seen it that way at all. Ni doesn't see what a person's face is really like. Rather it explores all the facets of the various masks people wear. Perhaps through examining all the mask you can find a pattern that represents person as a whole. But that whole is not the person's face, just a representation.
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I realize I'm not describing how a N dominant person will act IRL. I guess the inherent problem is that I rarely pay attention to my actions in detail. Absentmindedness. So when I try to describe it, I couldn't recall anything particular I can say is "N". Instead I describe my interpretation of N functions. It can be confusing to an S. My apologies.