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A YouTuber gave me a lightbulb moment the other day. It was just a brief side note in the video, so I can’t remember the exact video, but it was by Frank James who talks primarily about INFJs. His knowledge of function theory seems pretty on point. I’d post a link to the specific video […]

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Ryan and I were having an interesting conversation about Te the other day, so I thought I’d try to get some of the thoughts we produced into writing. I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to call this, but hopefully something adequate will come to me by the time I reach the end of this […]

in Function Analysis

Personality theory enthusiasts, even the experienced ones, have this tendency to get lost in weeds. We over analyze everything, attempting to attribute every action or thought to one of the eight functions. In doing so, we essentially drown in a vast sea of function theory, and begin to lose sight of some basic facts, which […]

in Function Analysis

The cognitive functions, Ti and Fe, manifest differently depending on which position they hold within the function stack. In this post, I want to go over the Ti-Fe/Fe-Ti cognitive function pairs. We will go over each of the combinations and how the different positions change their role and effect on each personality type. Delving into […]

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It would be really easy to start talking about the stereotypical differences of Ni vs Si: how Ni users are the visionaries and Si users are the traditionalists as many articles do, but both of these statements would be misleading. Sure, Ni users will have a vision for their own personal future, but that’s a […]

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Several of my articles have touched on the differences between Fi and Fe, but I realized recently that I haven’t talked at all about their similarities. I usually adamantly proclaim that one should avoid using the dichotomies because they group together two types of functions that are very different, and I still hold to that […]

in Function Analysis, Typing Dilemmas

There tends to be a lot of confusion surrounding Ti, or Introverted Thinking, and Ni, Introverted Intuition. This usually leads to attributes of one being given to the other and vice versa. So, let’s take a closer look at both and see if we can differentiate the two. This article should be especially useful for […]

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Recently, I received an email asking why Ti is prone to reinventing the wheel. After spending way too long trying to formulate an understandable response, I realized that the question was worth turning into an article, especially since Ti tends to be something that’s hard to explain and understand. (Side note: stay tuned for an […]

in Function Analysis, Stereotypes

One of the big proofs of Si, or Introverted Sensing, that people look for is sentimentality. Most of the time, it’s the first question someone is asked when the possibility of Si is on the table. Unfortunately, there’s a flaw in using this as the primary source of evidence… Namely, we’re all human, and most […]

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This isn’t going to be a very long article. It’s just something STPs and NFJs that I know tend to struggle with (including myself), so I thought it was worth putting out there. It’s possible it can also be applied to high Ti users in general, but I haven’t specifically noticed that tendency in the […]