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Introverted Sensing, or Si, seems to be a function that both gets a lot of flak for being boring, basic, and easy to understand, but also gets completely mischaracterized and misunderstood. You may have heard it said, generically speaking, that Si essentially chalks up to memory or remembering things. People claim that its detailed nature […]

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We often say around here that Ti and Fi are the identity functions. However, if you speak to the average Ti dominant, you’ll likely learn that they don’t consider themselves to have much of an identity. In fact, you might learn that they don’t know themselves all that well, or that they lack a sense […]

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Every time we sit down to write a general article on inferior functions, we run into issues, because the inferior function can manifest in a multiple different ways or directions. (5 ways that we were able to think of, to be specific.) The topic can actually be extremely complex… just like people. People exist at […]

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The longer you are immersed in the world of type, the more patterns and parallels you start to see emerge, sometimes between functions and placements that you wouldn’t even expect. One of those instances will be the subject of today’s article. I have noticed that function placement can do a lot in the way of […]

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Ultimately, the way we think is the basis of cognitive functions. Ryan and I are constantly bringing that up, because that’s what is often forgotten. It’s not about actions, or tendencies – those are all symptoms. It’s about the way we think. I wrote an article a while back about the differences between Te and […]

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Ti has managed to lay claim to a lot of things that are not exactly exclusive to Ti. It’s like the concept that beagles are dogs but not all dogs are beagles. Certain traits are typical of Ti, but not everyone with those traits has Ti. Just as there are some general traits associated with […]

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We received an interesting question about one of our fictional character typings the other day which prompted a long email response from Ryan on the subject. Afterwards, we decided to reform it into the article that you’re reading now. The question was essentially, how could Sanji (from One Piece) be an Extraverted Thinking, or Te, […]

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I had a realization the other day that I thought I’d share with you all, concerning Introverted Intuition (Ni) and Extraverted Intuition (Ne). It’s funny how you kind of know something, but one day the nuances of it click much more consciously into place. That’s basically what happened in regards to this topic. We’ve always […]

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Hey everyone! This part two of my tertiary function descriptions. As before, there seems to be a lot of varied opinions as to the tertiary function’s inner workings and usefulness. We’ve seen everything from assertions that it can be healthy for it to replace your auxiliary function to it being only slightly more useful than […]

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Ah yes, the tertiary functions. There seems to be a lot of varied opinions as to its inner workings and usefulness. We’ve seen everything from assertions that it can be healthy for it to replace your auxiliary function to it being only slightly more useful than your inferior. As with any set of extreme opinions, […]