Donna Cecilia
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- Joined
- Mar 19, 2010
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- MBTI Type
- INTJ
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- 1w9
Here's a question for you all. What do you think are some of the practical differences between Si and Ni? I've always had the idea that they are more similar to each other than either is to Se or Ne. I'd like to know what you all think about that, or if it's just me who sees the similarity.
Si relies on what is known (present facts, or information stored in memory from personal experience), to draw conclusions by contrasting past and present, easily spotting contradictions; while Ni relies on insight (possibilities, meanings, personal impressions), to change a future scenario starting from something completely new, since it can notice abstract patterns.
By the way, did somebody take you for an ISTJ (as I was taken for an INTJ before)? Just wondering.
The functions can be perceived as similar since they, at least for me, compliment each other. I use intuitive reasoning to overcome my Si´s major problem: missing, if nonexistent, information. I always start from what I know and what I see (the facts), and then start putting them in perspective (juggling with different possibilities and unseen patterns) to figure out how a situation will develop, or in which context it is situated, in order to get a solution, or a plan, which can be helpful also in the long-term.
There must also be intuitives who can follow this same process the other way round.