has come up earlier but I couldn't find it in that case.
Are NT's initially uncaring and careless of anything with an emotional value?
Not really, but we tend to put much less emphasis on it, and don't consider it to be the primary choice. Emotions have value, obviously, love, hate, fear, etc, are all useful tools in one form or another. They can be used by the weilder, or used against yeu by yeur peers. Either way, they have their place.
They just... don't have *THE* #1 place out of everything.
Decisions based solely upon emotional conceptualization with no concept for logical presentation are flawed from the start and doomed to fail spectacularly, especially since, due to being based on emotion, they're more likely to be implemented widely and quickly, before anyone actually thinks to TEST it and find out the idea sucks hardcore.
Decisions based solely upon logic tend to be far more useful, but also don't spread very quickly, since people who prefer emotional attachment will generally go GRRRR strongly to them. The logical decision also rarely caters to these mindsets, and more or less ignores them. As such, it rarely gains the support required.
Due to this, though logical decisions are generally the better choice, they also ignore how it'll affect other's feelings alot of the time. Doing the "right" thing rarely makes people happy.
Have NT's not built their emotional system? or could an NT turn into NF by harboring F-functions?
Changing into NF? No. It's generally pretty consistent and solid; the point of it is whot yeur CORE VALUES ARE. I value thinking through problems to solve them, and hate watching people make terrible, stupid decisions just because they were pissed off or insistent that everything must match their beliefs identically. Common sense should be the first choice in decision determination; logic second, emotions are waaaaaaaaaaaay down the list. They're a factor to be considered, but not one that really holds much weight.
Does this mean that I don't have an emotional system? Hardly, I'm actually very emotional by default, far moreso than most NF's even. I just have learned to control such because of the crap it's gotten me into over the years, and moreso, the crap I've seen it get OTHER people into. As such, I've developed an emotional system over time to maintain such.
That being said however, many NT's are probably not like that. There's a good chance many actually are lacking that kind of emotional system yeu describe by default and need to develop such, especially earlier on in life. However, just because they develop one, it doesn't automatically make them NF. I think yeu're missing the distinction between T and F here; it's not whether yeu are purely 100% logical, or purely 100% emotional, but rather which yeu prefer to use in most situations.
How does that work in that case?
Oops I think I covered that in my last answer XD
My reasoning behind this is that I was once careless.
So careless that nothing had a value of an emotional type.
Now, is this the way some NT's function or have I gotten it all wrong?
"some" applies to everyone. It's how "some" NT's function. It's how "some" NF's function. It's how "some" SJ's function. But not SP's, screw them. >.>;
Actually I hold nothing against SP's, I just didn't want to write 'some' out again XD
Anyways, I do believe yeu may have an issue understanding this to a degree.
Things can still have a value of an emotional type; I still have many things which I hold dear to me. I won't throw out birthday or christmas cards; I still have a stuffed animal that was given to me on the day of my birth as the first item I've ever owned, and cherish it to this day; I have small gifts given from people I respect, and similar stuff. These are very important to me emotionally, and I think most people are the same way in some respect or another, though the way they express such is likely to significantly differ from my own.
That being said, however, there are always "some" who may loose all touch with emotions in general, and while there's the possibility an NT may be slightly more prone to than than an NF, or SF, an NT would probably also be slightly more resistant to emotional overload or burnout as well. So it kind of evens out. Then again, that's just my understanding on things, so I could also be wrong here =3
In any case, NT's are emotionally dead by any means. I'm sure there's a few out there who are exceptions, but most are still fully capable of emotions. They just generally don't put as much value in them as they do in actually using yeur head instead of yeur heart when making decisions.
