I wouldn't really say that intelligence is owned by the intuitive function. Thinking outside the box is one aspect of intelligence, but there's a lot more. Your definition seems a bit self-serving, no, Dissonance?
it is self serving. on the other hand, you are straight up DUMB if you never use an N function. jump on me all you want, but it's true.
there are a lot of other aspects of intelligence, i agree. but i wouldn't call someone intelligent unless they could apply old ideas to new concepts, understand metaphor, widen their perspective, make connections between seemingly unrelated things, etc.
again, this IS self serving. i admit it. but it's how i've always judged intelligence, way before i ever knew about MBTI.
also, even though this should be completely clear by now, EVERYONE USES N FUNCTIONS. this is not an anti-sensor rant. this isn't a pro intuitive rant. this is just a claim that you need to use intuitive FUNCTIONS every once in a while. intuitive people often miss obvious stuff because they intuit too much. everyone has their flaws.
Re: dissonance
Wait a minute.. what about sensors that have highly developed thinking functions? They don't think outside the box?
well, sure they do, when they use N functions.
i dunno, maybe "the box" isn't very well defined. examples of thinking outside the box are using metaphor, seeing multiple perspectives, imagining, etc.
I agree with this.
Thinking outside the box helped with inventions and whatnot, but I can't quite commit to the notion that it is necessary to intelligence. Say intelligence is making the right decision at the right time. Sensors surely can be included into this group.
first of all, you saying "sensors surely can be included into this group" makes it clear that my point is being misinterpreted. sensors can surely be intelligent based on my claims. i'm not talking about sensors vs. intuitives. i'm talking about never using N functions vs. using them.
but i agree with you; if you define intelligence as making the "right" decision, then N functions are less necessary. still useful though.
you have to understand -- the way i think of functions is that they're mini computer processes. in a one second span, we probably use at least 10 functions. maybe we use all 8 of them. Ns use N functions more often than S functions, and vice versa. but this is a matter of percentages. maybe an N uses N functions 50 times in a minute and an S uses them 20 times.
Thinking outside the box is a P thing, not an N thing.
huh? how does Se think outside the box? how does Ni NOT think outside the box?
define the box.