Originally Posted by
little red riding hood
content without context? that's where you're wrong gorilla man. when a man speak, do you check his background to understand where he's coming from?
part of the context IS where the speaker is coming from
particularly when someone is describing any particular function (or type) and seems to have even a slightly different view of the function (or type) than others (including myself).
It helps to more fully understand him/her and what s/he is trying to say.
Not only is it helpful in socionics based discussions, but also in politics, ethics, religion, philosophy, and even every day matters, particularly in situations where a claim of "IS" is being made and/or an opinion given.
By going off of "logicalness" alone, you miss out on a ton of information.
edited to add: it also helps to know how much value to place on what they are saying.
I'd place a higher value on someone who's discussing a topic they've studied intensely over something someone else says who has never even looked into the topic beyond a dictionary or a poorly written wiki.
For example....when discussing Socionics concepts, the MBTI talk gets less value (for me) than someone who's spent time trying to understand at least a few Russian Socionics articles, but perhaps a bit more value than some newb who's never read anything about personality typings.