[MENTION=12341]SubtleFighter[/MENTION]
Yeah, a lot of what you say makes sense, especially when you're unable to make a hunch because you don't have enough data; it's almost like a function in algebra where you need to solve for y to find out the range of a chart! Dx
I feel as though a lot of what people are ascribing to Ni can also seem a lot like Ji plus Ne. When I learned about cognitive functions, I felt as though I might be Ni dominant although I'm nearly 100% P. Any other XNXPs care to chime in on this?
I apologize for the fact that I'm not Ne-user, but I thought I just might want to share my perspective on this question; I have an INFP friend who took the test and figured he was an INFJ like I am. However, I had my doubts, due to some subtle but still striking differences in the way we processed things, and the fact that he resembled another of my INFP friends, and had NONE of the sort of "objective" side I'd seen in myself and fellow INFJs. I can see how it might be confused; Ji + Ne combining together to form a desire or vision of the future could easily be mistaken for Ni, due to the piecing together of within and without. However, one needs to realize that Ni is, as a perceiving function, largely objective; we have no 'involvement' in what we observe, as it merely comes to us. We don't need to 'look inside ourselves' to really understand Ni-observations. (Sorry if this isn't more coherent; I'm a little nervous, since there's a thunderstorm happening right now.)
Question about Si/Ni...do you think Pi-users are more prone to being afraid of things? Like, for instance, certain kinds of thunderstorms? Is it because we associate it with past experiences (or possible occurrences)?
Let me give you an example of what was going through my mind a few minutes ago; I just heard of a derecho occurring in DC. Next thing you know, we have a thunderstorm, where the clouds are thick enough to be tinted green-ish. Now, since it's still tornado-season, I began mentally visualizing what would happen were a tornado to strike my house: I thought of grabbing my computer first, but then I wasn't sure about my gecko; I was imagining the sadness we would feel if we found my gecko's cage missing, knowing that she surely would've perished in the sky. However, in the off-chance she lived and might've safely landed in a ditch somewhere, then she'd still be lost to us, considering she has no means of identification on her cage or on her. Perhaps then another person might find her, and then be able to take care of her. Or she might be eaten by a predator.
Does this sound like Ni? Coz it seems like I followed HER existence instead of branching off with more Ne-based ideas.