I think Ti may actually be far more linear than Te-at least the enfp version of Te. Ti demands linkages???? If the linkages are not present, the Ti user cannot move forward????? Although INTPness did say that Ne often fills in those gaps making it much more flexible that Ti in isolation????? (Please clarify if I totally messed this up INTPness....I can only describe externally..
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Yeah, I think there's truth in this. I think Ti does demand linkages. If I can't figure out Step 1, then I have no business working on Step 2. A good example of this is when I was in college and I would be given a really big assignment: i.e., research a topic thoroughly, learn everything you can about it (the professor would even say, "this is the whole point - to learn about the topic. The point is not to just manufacture a final paper, the point is to research and learn). Well, I would procrastinate for weeks and then I would finally find myself on the evening before the 12 page paper was due (spoken like a true INTP
). Needless to say, I no longer had time to
really learn the subject. I just had to do some quick research, take some main ideas and try to piece together 12 pages to show that I could speak intelligently on the topic. I'd get a B+ or maybe even an A and move on to the next assignment, but Ti
knows that a link was skipped in the process. Ti knows that a shortcut was taken and so, even though I got a good grade, it didn't feel authentic.
I'm guessing that Te would probably be more focused on just
writing the paper. The focus would be on completion. While Ti would think:
Step 1: Go to library and check out 4 or 5 books on the subject.
Step 2: Spend the next week dabbling in the books and learning the subject.
Step 3: Go online and get more information to fill in gaps and to answer more questions I may have.
Step 4: Brainstorm and develop an outline for the paper.
Step 5: Write a rough draft.
Step 6: Wait a couple days to allow my mind to be clear.
Step 7: Go back and re-read the paper with a clear mind, making changes where necessary.
Step 8: Re-read paper one more time and make sure spelling and grammar are absolutely perfect (don't want to get a lower grade for overlooking something so silly)
Step 9: Turn in paper.
When I would get a large assignment, I would write out something like that. Each one logically leads to the next step in the sequence. The more I procrastinated, the more shortcuts I would have to take, and the more quality I knew I was sacrificing. I could still turn in a decent paper, but I knew that I hadn't done my best - because I had short-circuited Ti's original plan.
So, I can skip linkages when I absolutely need to, but I'm not comfortable doing it. It feels like something is missing.
And Ne comes in handy because it can come up with creative ways to "fudge" it. Come up with something where there is nothing and make it sound believable and intelligent.