Originally Posted by
jroc
By 'playing intellectual games', I think ILIs are actually mocking Ti. The demonstrative function is one of the strongest after all, but not valued, so it's not surprising to me that an ILI would challenge someone else's logical structure. An ILI would be able to easily find the flaws in another's Ti system and criticize it, and if immature, they'd probably add insult to injury.
Tbh I think this is part of the reason why ILIs seem to have garnered a reputation for being 'mean' in the socionics community (which I think is predominantly Ti-Fe). Understandably, Ti-valuers don't want their system to be attacked lol.
I don't agree that they'll be constantly testing or riddling people; however, I do think that this type typically has no problem with disagreeing and pointing out flaws, and either unintentionally or intentionally, coming across as harsh due to Fe-polr.