Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
In addition to what @Megatrop said, 1D Ne, at least when it's valued (I don't know whether this occurs with unvalued Ne) often manifests as fear. While Ne bases are quite optimistic and confident, Si bases can be paralyzed by worry. Fears of the unknown surface often. Often these fears aren't entirely rational and have an element of the paranoid.

On the flip side, Si bases can be easy to charm. They're attracted to whimsicality. Maybe that's why SLIs at least often seem to play fantasy RPGs online, or D&D, or something like that. It's something that's difficult to explain, and you have to experience in person, but they really don't understand well possibilities for anything to be much different -- their own lives, how they act, how others act, the world in general -- and it is really easy to take them by surprise.

The main difference with xSIs, as I understand it, is that they aren't receptive to being pushed into the unexpected.
Going by socionics theory SxI are the one's who are receptive to being pushed into the unexpected. There's no way you can flip xSI direction when they have just decided to go certain way (Se, strong willed, will power). SxIs are hard to change too, but Ne suggestive instead of PoLR make it easier to be inspired and consider the unexpected or new alternatives etc. In other words you can redirect SxI through Ne (new, essential, relevant) information.

Ni is more about thinking of the future, which is largely planed or at least taken into account. Basic j vs p.

How do you define "unexpected" though?