VagrantFarce
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As I am not Se, and could be wrong, so any Se-users, please correct me if I am wrong when talking about my understanding of Se.
Se is more outward/physical when it senses. It's more literal. Being a Pe function, when it takes in new information, it takes it in more concretely. Si being a Pi function, when it senses, instead of being outward and objective, it is focused inward and is subjective. Obviously everyone of every type uses their 5 literal senses, but when Se does it, it perceives what is happening in the now, seeing it exactly for what it is, and when Si perceives, it is filtered through the self and given subjective meaning.
A rather simplistic example would be an Se user seeing a dog as a dog, independent of their other experiences with dogs, whereas an Si user would see a dog as an enemy because when they were 5 they had a bad experience with a dog and now they can't help but see all dogs as bad, even though this dog in particular is sweet and had nothing to do with that.
I encourage anyone to correct me if they feel that I'm wrong and add in to the discussion!
How would this differ from an Introverted Intuitive's experience of the same dog? This just seems like an typical and expected behavioural reaction. And how does this relate to sensing details - the matte of the dog's fur, the colour of its eyes, the sound and force of its barking etc.
I ask these questions because I have the sneaky suspicion people confuse Ni with Si very easily, the way people talk about it.