Siúil a Rúin
when the colors fade
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I think this is correct according to MBTI theory, but it is something I've struggled with because I cannot hold onto any certainty about any person, but I am for certain an introvert, and I think I'm more of the abstract, intuitive type of Ni than Fi-dom. Is it possible for Ni to have some type extreme openness and uncertainty? I've also wondered if it is possible for someone with an extreme dominant function to actually manifest both the introverted and extroverted versions of it. I think I have seen this with extreme Ti-doms. They can feel very much like Te-dom in communication, but are ultimately internally focused in their source of logic and certainty.I have no reply to your reference to me, as it seems pretty obvious.
When it comes to sizing people up, you are right to say ENTPs, ENFPs, and ESTPs are very skilled at this. However, you miss out the other EP type, the ESFPs. ESFPs are just as socially intelligent as the other three.
[MENTION=14857]fia[/MENTION] is correct to say Ni doms are also skilled at sizing people up. However, their Ni is not always very reliable, though the INJ is not naturally inclined to question their insights (they can keep believing a person is the way they originally thought, no matter what the new evidence says). EPs tend not to fall into this trap so much. So yes, INJs can and do have quick insights into people that can border on genius at times -- but this is at best a sometimes thing, as their intuitions are pretty hit-or-miss.
Also, dominant F types with intuition can be exceptionally good at sizing people up -- ENFJs and INFPs. Though each in very different ways.
I feel that Ni-Fe watches people like it watches a river, relying only on the most underlying concepts as holding certainty. I have noticed some INFJs having a great deal of certitude, but also I have noticed that there tends to be a consistent issue with dichotomy. They need connection and openness, yet are private; they have deep insight, yet can be oblivious; so could Ni be capable of both extreme certitude or equal uncertainty? I think Ni has some propensity towards reconciling extremes that results from internalizing the biggest possible picture of reality that takes all concepts to their extreme possible end points.
Ne is much more fluid as it moves about reality and concepts.