Yes. I like this.
It's also much more common for people to lean on the function of a similar letter. I.E. Ni will lean on Ne in almost all INxJ types. This is because Si is supposed to be the most disliked of the shadow functions, and Ne the most prefered. I would venture to guess there is around an 80/20 split between Ne and Si in INxJ types. I am one of the ones that clearly leans on Si and I actually have yet to see another member on this forum do the same (if there is someone, I would like to know!).
Well I do so as well, my Ne is not the greatest and my Si has been gaining ground, and I am realizing how much I actually do use Si, you see like you I have always neglected such process but when I actually read said process descriptions I felt like I engage in this process a lot of the time. I have also always confused Ti with Si.
What is disliking Si like?
Could you please explain what you mean by "lean"?
Well I wouldn't really go as far as to say that you guys are leaning on Ne... Considering Ni doms don't even have it as a conscious function. However for Ni to work at all, there must be some Si to base it on.I like to think of leaning as, using two functions at the same time for similar processes. Whether it is for processing a thought, idea, emotion, or feeling.
I always try to come up with physical analouges for the functions. In this case I would concider two of these functions (for this we could say Ni>Ne or Ni>Si), as tuners on a microscope. Ni would be the corse focus, and Ne or Si would be the fine focus. If that makes sense.
It is a way for things to be more clearly defined, and refined if exactly clarity can not be reached by Ni methods alone.