
Originally Posted by
tcaudilllg
That's one way of looking at it. However in Augusta's mind, duality exists only between duals. It's not a real "duality" when it's between other types.
Dual functions are not directly complementary in that they are used to the exclusion of each other. When you focus too much on the primacy of any one function, the first thing that is likely to suffer is the information domain of your dual function. Galileo, for example, ran afoul of Fe when he insisted that the earth revolved around the sun, rather than the sun around it.
Duals may offer each other opportunities to recant "heresies", but that doesn't mean that they are not willing to use force if they disagree -- they only feel an impulse to graciousness and sympathy on the part of their opponent.
Likewise there is no automatic draw between duals. CILi and I have discovered (through firsthand experience) that approaching your dual through online dating is like to have an extraordinary failure rate. Better to approach the other members of your quadra. Looking at them outside of the veil of socionics, your dual may appear profoundly superficial and naive. Except to offer them a helping hand into the "world of the living", you are more likely to jeer at their incompetence than to appreciate their finer qualities. It's only when you make contact that the information flow begins, and even then it only lasts to the extent that either side believes it has 1) something to gain and 2) something to give.
Agree with this.