Who wouldn't want to be an INFJ or an INTJ with the way Ni is often praised?
We "see things that others don't", "the big picture", blah blah blah...
So I suppose that those who have it as the dominate function are never wrong then.
Well, actually, they can be. What might be thought of by an individual as seeing a different perspective or the big picture could, in fact, merely be the person's stereotype of another perspective.
I have been wrong before, but I know that this is true! This time I'm right, and I know I'm right!!! :closed_2:
:focus:
I've actually seen some people argue that stereotypes are good. It has been said that we need to categorize people (or things) to make sense out of them. And we can't really understand the complexities of an individual's mind.
I don't agree with this. I'm actually trying to see past them as best I can. And I no longer trust my inner world to tell me the truth about the outer world, so I think this is another reason that I keep seeking external validation. :help:
The MBTI tries to categorize people into 16 different personality types. And better yet, it says that our types come from the brain.
But there are still a lot of X's out there (i.e. "INxJ"). Why? Because these people who daydream all of the time think that they are both logical and emotional, so that makes them an "x" or "50% T and 50% F".
And the daydreaming is how they know that they are intuitive instead of being a sensor, and the J is there because they don't like to be indecisive.
Anyone who thinks about things in the manner that I just wrote, and I used to be that person, does NOT see things that others don't.
I really think it's better for people interested in the MBTI to study the individual functions.
There is a difference between seeing the big picture and making generalizations based on assumptions.
We "see things that others don't", "the big picture", blah blah blah...
So I suppose that those who have it as the dominate function are never wrong then.
Well, actually, they can be. What might be thought of by an individual as seeing a different perspective or the big picture could, in fact, merely be the person's stereotype of another perspective.
I have been wrong before, but I know that this is true! This time I'm right, and I know I'm right!!! :closed_2:
:focus:
I've actually seen some people argue that stereotypes are good. It has been said that we need to categorize people (or things) to make sense out of them. And we can't really understand the complexities of an individual's mind.
I don't agree with this. I'm actually trying to see past them as best I can. And I no longer trust my inner world to tell me the truth about the outer world, so I think this is another reason that I keep seeking external validation. :help:
The MBTI tries to categorize people into 16 different personality types. And better yet, it says that our types come from the brain.
But there are still a lot of X's out there (i.e. "INxJ"). Why? Because these people who daydream all of the time think that they are both logical and emotional, so that makes them an "x" or "50% T and 50% F".
And the daydreaming is how they know that they are intuitive instead of being a sensor, and the J is there because they don't like to be indecisive.
Anyone who thinks about things in the manner that I just wrote, and I used to be that person, does NOT see things that others don't.
I really think it's better for people interested in the MBTI to study the individual functions.
There is a difference between seeing the big picture and making generalizations based on assumptions.
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