Originally Posted by
Pinocchio
To explain it further, any "negative" polarization of the three main steps of any function (defined by it's respective IE) is subjective, soft, relative, "meta", template: Introverted, Static, Internal. They are not strictly constrained by outside things, by accuracy, but they can be replaced by anything.
The "positive" ones are strict, they are states defined by the exterior, the reality, so hard, objective and absolute.
- Ne: Extroverted (+), Static (-): it deals only with the real initial status of things, the hypothesis, the impression, scenario, this first impression depends on the outside things (Extroversion). The process which should be applied to the scenario is irrelevant (Static).
- Ni: Introverted (-), Dynamic (+): it only deals with what real processes, methods, can be applied to things, no matter what these scenarios are.
Of course, in both cases (Internal), a conclusion, an aim is irrelevant. Both are irrational because process does not depend on the situation, and the reverse.
In semiotics, Ne is the denotation, Ni is the connotation.