Originally Posted by
Gilly
[...] yet you continue to bicker like insane people about these wild abstract implications like it's something even worth speculating on in regards to comprehending and using Socionics.
That's interesting. Quite frankly, it's just a matter of "living in the future". Here's the deal: your model of reality shapes what's possible. The better your model, the more is possible. Restrain how one thinks about the model, and restrain the possible avenues available to them. (you can't follow a plan you can't think of)
Two sides to this fundamental issue. The one says, the tighter your model, the more easily it is to explore in depth. The broader the model, the more immediate solutions you find, but the more difficult it is to understand how to construct many-faceted problems.
Transigent fundamentally sides with the former. labcoat and I prefer the latter, because we suspect the former has reached its farthest frontiers at this time. labcoat and I say, "let us present you with a broader model; accept this model and explore it at your leisure." Transigent says, "no, I'm sticking with my model that I know so well, and I'll leave the rest to 'God'." To which we and labcoat say, "perhaps you should broaden your definition of 'God'."
Transigent's basic mindset pretty much reflects the ideological heart of conservatism, which I'm quite certain you have intuited as similar to what I just described. However, Transigent is also looking at another angle: "I'll expand my model in secret while you twiddle away with this already exhausted model, thus giving me the advantage. If only I can persuade you to 'stay still'...." That's the strategic side of conservatism.
Obviously the strategic side of liberalism is to weaken faith in the already understood model in favor of immersing others in a broader model that is not well defined and which, they find themselves unable to successfully navigate, as the inverse of the conservative strategy. But labcoat and I think of that as dishonest, and at the very least we do not consciously employ it. (e.g., we're psychologically healthy)