Quote Originally Posted by tcaudilllg
I should note here that I've seen no evidence that perception of evolution has anything to do with information metabolism/socionics in its current form.

The author of those descriptions would do well to strike all mentions of evolution from their notions of IM .
I think what they meant by evolution was the dynamics quality...the idea that Ni involves viewing changes taking place in time, as opposed to a "static" view of Ij or Ep. This seems consistent with many Socionics descriptions of Ni.