Quote Originally Posted by ooo View Post
alright, been wondering about this since watching a couple of typing videos sent to DarkAngelFireWolf69: if we are in front of someone who looks exactly like the perfect SEE reincarnated from Filatova's portrait book, and talks like one (....?) and let's say this person gives an interview where they clearly state that they use Ti and value Ne.. then what would it be of this person?

it might look like an impossible case but it happens among twins, or family members.. or random people that we see resemble someone else we typed in a given way, but it doesn't mean they have the same cognitive processes.
while i agree that brain functions and preferences can influence the way we behave, and the other way around too, where our bodies influence our brains (and isnt the brain just another body part), would it be correct to type someone based on how they look, rather than what they think and value? I dont think so.
The million dollar question is if identical twins always have the same type or if it can be different. Some typologies like Cognitive Type https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4w3tDChWTM claim that identical twins indeed have the same type. I don't know if there are any studies on this but I remember years ago watching a TV program where identical twins were reunited after spending their whole life apart and growing up in different families even in different countries. There were superficial differences in adulthood when it came weight, clothes etc. but their non-verbal behavior was strikingly similar despite completely different life environments. So the identical twin argument of type being inborn seems somewhat plausible.

When it comes to very extroverted types with both 1D Ni and 1D Ti such as ESE and SEE, it's not unusual for them to be completely lost when it comes to their own perception of their identity. They really just can't introspect logically.