Quote Originally Posted by at sirac son of sirac View Post
Socionics is OK I suppose, but socionics is the backdrop here to provide a means for people to intellectualize/socialise.

Once basic theory is learned, there's no real need from a socionics perspective to keep re-discussing it.

It becomes an avenue for intellectualism rather than any benefits the theory might hold (and there's one or two, but let's not get carried away.)
This is very true. Initially, progress in a field is very fast, then it tends to slow down to a trickle until some breakthroughs are made. Then, the cycle repeats. In the meantime, people need people, and you might be surprised at what you can pick up in the way of bits of knowledge.