Ne envisions possibilities about how events could unfold. Ne users rarely state with complete certainty that an event will unfold in a certain way -- unless they're stuck in a Ne-Je loop, in which case they make one pronouncement with absolute certainty, and a minute later state the opposite with equal certainty.
Ne envisions possibilities about how events could unfold. Ne users rarely state with complete certainty that an event will unfold in a certain way -- unless they're stuck in a Ne-Je loop, in which case they make one pronouncement with absolute certainty, and a minute later state the opposite with equal certainty.
The "will" part of that statement is important, as it is essentially the single most noticeable distinction between Ni and Ne. From what I know of her, Cecilia tends to dislike brainstorming, which means she's either an Ni user, or has a very weak inferior Ne. The latter doesn't fit the above statement.
Ni is anything but random. Making connections at random is, itself, an external Ne process. Ni works by delving deep into a given concept or idea to find its hidden meanings, and solve seemingly complex or paradoxical problems through the device of a simple change in perspective. This leads to an idea, a fixation, of how things should be, which leads to an impulse for action to change the environment into that idealized vision.
Frankly no one knows how the fuck Ni comes up with the ideas it does -- least of all those who use it. That's the essence of Ni. Ne works more explicitly by finding connections and patterns, but Ni is more about "look at it this way..."
