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Basically, when ILEs or IEEs see possibilities (i.e. 'alternative configurations') in a phenomenon, what they see is which non-essential things of the phenomenon can be removed or substituted by other non-essential things to arrive at the realization of another possibility. The non-essential aspects of the phenomenon are translated into variables that can be experimented with. These variables can take on values within a certain bandwidth, which is set by the essence of the phenomenon, i.e. the phenomenon does not just take on possibilities, but also impossibilities.
Coming up with ideas is easy to Ne-base types. Turning them into reality is a different story: how to get from A to B is of lesser importance to Ne-base types, and requires the application of other information elements that are not their strong points. Which explains why so many IEEs and ILEs get stuck in the idea phase.
There is an important psychological relationship for Ne-base types between seeing essences and possibilities. It is the perception of possibilities that generate a sense of self-esteem in the individual, and not so much the perception of essences. While perceiving essence often works as an 'aha-erlebnis', seeing the possibilities is the expression of their creative ability, and as such appears much more worthwhile. But seeing essences is a precondition to seeing possibilities, which is why Ne-base types are always on the lookout for new essences. The resulting perceptions of possibilities in a sense have the same gratifying effects on the Ne-base mind as mind altering drugs. For as long as it lasts, of course, after which the individual needs to look for another hit. A failure to find such a hit leads to a sense of boredom.
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What makes Ni in intuitives different, is scope and priority. Intuitive types are capable of "seeing" much further into the future and with greater accuracy, provided they can fall back on sufficient life experience to draw from (the fore-mentioned framework), and apply Ni properly in terms of social roles, i.e. IEIs are better at applying their Ni skills in the domain of human behavior and social processes, whereas e.g. ILIs are generally better at applying it at processes of a technical nature.
Priority is also important in intuitives. Especially for intuitive base types it is natural to focus on possible or inevitable consequences of situations before anything else.
In addition, Ni "sees" processes and outcomes in situations where most sensors would deny that there is any data to go by. E.g. an Ni type could be faced with an individual and know that this person is going to try to deceive them at some stage, where most other people would think this person is trustworthy, since the person is 'obviously' not showing any outward signs of being otherwise. This is, of course, a matter of focus and priority: what kind of information do you consider more interesting or important?
So what is Ni?
Ni, at it most basic level, is the capability to observe a process in action (something that is happening before their eyes), and next "see" the future consequences of that process. For Ni egos, the focus is on the unfolding of the process, for Ne egos (when giving Ne some slack in favor of Ni) it is on the outcome of the process.
An important aspect of Ni, is that the insights derived from it typically can not be explained or proven by Ni alone, since Ni "sees" things, it does not deduce or induce insights in terms of verbal or mathematical thinking processes.
:Ni: it's that simple really, why do people complicate it so much? Fetishism?
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This difference between Fi judging a person and Fe judging the emotion is expressed in the type of emotions and feelings involved.
Fi deals with emotions such as hate, love, compassion, sympathy, respect, trust, loyalty, moral outrage, dread, resignation, cynicism, shame etc. All of these involve judgments about other persons, objects or events.
Fe deals with emotions such as fright, startle, surprise, shock, anger, grief, sorrow, anxiety, joy, euphoria and depression, and is less inclined to pass value judgment on another person, although another person can clearly be seen as a positive or negative source of emotions, and as such can lead to a value judgement.
Affective emotions (Fi) last longer than reactive emotions (Fe), which confirms my own observation that Fi value judgements have a much larger long-term effect: If you are the object of an Fi value judgement, this is much more difficult to overcome than being the subject of an Fe value judgement. With the latter, you, the object, is being evaluated as a source of pleasant of unpleasant emotions, which may change when you change your emotional expression. But this is more difficult with Fi, since Fi involves the emotions of the person making the judgement about you, which are much more difficult to change.
With Fe, what you see is typically what you get, as there is not much beating around the bush. Fi, which drives rationalized behavior (in the non-Socionics, sociological sense) much more than Fe, all is not what it seems.
Let me elaborate with an example: suppose you have violated the boundaries of an Fi ego type, how do these react? First of all, it depends on how serious the violation is. You might never know the countermeasures the Fi ego takes against you, because it is done so subtly that you never notice measures are being taken or can't make the connection; or the measures are taken by proxy, meanwhile the Fi-ego behaving with courtesy and respect towards you. Or they are taken after a while, when it's no longer apparent what motivated the measures). It can be something as simple as not being invited for tea, or playing dumb, pretending to not to have the skills required to solve another person's problem. But when the matter is serious enough to be dealt with immediately, the response is quadra-dependent.
As said, with Fe, what you see is typically what you get. If you violate the principles of an Fe-ego (which is more likely than violating their boundaries), they are more likely to retaliate openly. For example, they will try to modify your feelings as to make you feel bad (and thus make you back off or toe the line), either directly or by turning the group emotionally against you.
Great points, very accurate.
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Using your Role Function is perceived by other people as something that is rather over the top, as manipulative or aggressive, and potentially harmful, either physically, socially or in some other way.
Promising possibility, will have to ask around.