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Hello everybody.
I'd like to talk about Ni, define it and demystify it.
There are many misconceptions about Ni related to it being psychic, it being a bullshit function, it being mystical.. magical.. it's highly sought after, and in this thread I would like to turn it into something that is easy to understand for everybody and essentially humanize it, by simplifying what it is into a single sentence.
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Ni is an exclusive method of receiving and processing information, primarily focused on what isn't.
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That's it. That is the definition of Ni.
Everything else about it spawns from that.
Ni works in conjunction with Se.
Se broadly receives information, data, facts and details via it's five senses, and people who prefer Se-Ni trust in this information - it is concrete, it is verifiable and it is real to them and this reality is where their focus lies.
People who prefer Ni do not trust in this information as it is, Ni focuses on information that is not present.
Ni focuses on the information that isn't.
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In your head, imagine a football field - you can see the goals, the players, the ball, the field, you can hear the crowd, you can smell hotdogs and you can taste the cold one you've just cracked open.
This is real, this is data, this is factual and very Se.
Now, envision a smokescreen that covers everything you see, as the smoke moves and wavers, you catch glimpses of what is underneath the smoke.
You get a glimpse of the grass. You get a glimpse of the hotdog. You get a glimpse of the crowd.
Ni is in two words, a conspiracy theorist - with nothing but those glimpses of information, Ni will create a theory as to what the information means.
This is a focus on what isn't.
Unlike Ne, Ni doesn't entertain multiple ideas.
This is why I say it is exclusive - as in, it excludes alternate theories with regards to what isn't.
For example.
Ni might pick one of the following.
A soccer game.
An NFL game.
Watching sports at home.
A carnival fair.
A car-boot sale.
A rockabilly festival.
You can see, that with that little information, Ni can create anything, and what it creates will be focused (one single theory) and interested in what isn't.
When new information is given to Ni, it feeds into that one theory it is focusing on - i.e, the cold one you just cracked open.
Now, Ni will incorporates a cold one into its image - having a drink a football game, having a drink at home watching some sports - someone else having a drink at a rockabilly festival, you get the gist.
It incorporates Se information into its Ni conspiracy theories, essentially, however Se information isn't required - Ni will feed its own interpretations of information - things it creates itself, back into itself, and that will become factual, "concrete", reality to the Ni user.
For this reason, Ni users could *easily* entertain themselves, with their eyes closed, in complete silence, for days.
They already have that tiny little bit of Se information and they require nothing more than their own imagination to keep themselves entertained.
Ni doesn't require additional stimulation from the outer world to complete it's theories and fill out the pictures i.e see through the smoke - I can easily go into straight conspiracy theory nutjob land entirely of my own accord, however I realise this is "probably" based on Se information I've picked up somewhere - I can remove the smoke entirely and form a complete picture in my head, a comprehensive interpretion of those glimpses of information - and it will have a fully fleshed out backstory and everything if given enough time.
Ni does not entertain multiple possibilities at once - it won't picture all of the above list as possible scenarios for instance, that is the realm of Ne.
Instead, Ni shifts perspective to view the exact same theories from various angles.
Perhaps Ni envisions going to watch your favourite team at the football.
Is it a father-son day? Maybe the father only sees his son every other weekend?
Maybe it's for someones birthday, that's why we're having a drink.
Maybe we're here to blow off some steam after a bad night at home.
Maybe we're here to try something new - never been to a football game before.
Notice all of the above are theories revolving around one single vision, a sole theory, inspecting it from various angles - inquisitive, trying to find the truth based on those little glimpses of information - this is Ni.
Ne far more closely resembles the list I made near he start of this post where I rattled off some possibilities of what those glimpses might mean - unlike Ne, Ni absolutely does not enjoy entertaining multiple possibilities however it will until it settles on a best fit possibility, then it excludes the alternative possibilities.
The theories Ni settles on become reality to the Ni user and they trust in and value this information more than anything from the outer world, their inner world, their theories, are the absolute truth.
The outer world is not to be trusted and should be questioned constantly.
As Ni is solely concerned with these theories, or insights.. as it is obviously focused on putting the pieces together, reading between the lines, seeing past the smoke in the way that it does - it is clear to see how it is future focused as it's insights and theories are so real, so powerful to the Ni user, that they believe in them, act on them and shape their life around them.
This might come in the form of a dream or a premonition however understand as I've already explained, it's not magic.
It's simply a focus on what isn't.
The Ni dominant might have a dream about.. being an architect. This dream is real to them.
They will dive into this dream and decipher what it means, whether it is a literal foresight or whether it is symbolism is up to the Ni user - they will dig into this dream, and act on their insights accordingly.
I.e if the dream winds up meaning they end up leading a group of people to war, their Ni telling them architect is symbolism for devising a strategy to overcome an enemy - the Ni user might relate this to their real life, and decide to take a pre-emptive step to one-up their competitors by slashing prices for a day and making sure they've got enough staff on the floor to handle it.
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Focusing on what isn't is the greatest strength and most glaring flaw in an Ni user.
Consider this - they retell a story, years after the event - of going to the football to blow off some steam after a bad night back at home.
Well they never had a bad night back at home, they were there to take someone else's kid there because their father couldn't make it.
See how dangerous this can be?
It is an alternate reality. Ni mixes its own theories into reality because they believe them, they are real, what isn't is the Ni users reality.
Consider for a moment the Ni user slashes prices, gets loads of staff on the floors, and nothing - they wind up losing money on the extra staff costs and advertising they done, because they're acting on their own theories and insights, because they believe them.
Ni can look ridiculously fucking stupid.
Hopefully this is enough to convey how I see Ni and demystify it.
It's a very simple function.
This is nowhere near everything that's in my head.
It is an exclusive method of receiving and processing information, primarily focused on what isn't.
Literally all there is to it, and everything else about it spawns from there.
I'm more than open to any thoughts and criticisms and corrections etc.
I'd like to talk about Ni, define it and demystify it.
There are many misconceptions about Ni related to it being psychic, it being a bullshit function, it being mystical.. magical.. it's highly sought after, and in this thread I would like to turn it into something that is easy to understand for everybody and essentially humanize it, by simplifying what it is into a single sentence.
---
Ni is an exclusive method of receiving and processing information, primarily focused on what isn't.
---
That's it. That is the definition of Ni.
Everything else about it spawns from that.
Ni works in conjunction with Se.
Se broadly receives information, data, facts and details via it's five senses, and people who prefer Se-Ni trust in this information - it is concrete, it is verifiable and it is real to them and this reality is where their focus lies.
People who prefer Ni do not trust in this information as it is, Ni focuses on information that is not present.
Ni focuses on the information that isn't.
..
In your head, imagine a football field - you can see the goals, the players, the ball, the field, you can hear the crowd, you can smell hotdogs and you can taste the cold one you've just cracked open.
This is real, this is data, this is factual and very Se.
Now, envision a smokescreen that covers everything you see, as the smoke moves and wavers, you catch glimpses of what is underneath the smoke.
You get a glimpse of the grass. You get a glimpse of the hotdog. You get a glimpse of the crowd.
Ni is in two words, a conspiracy theorist - with nothing but those glimpses of information, Ni will create a theory as to what the information means.
This is a focus on what isn't.
Unlike Ne, Ni doesn't entertain multiple ideas.
This is why I say it is exclusive - as in, it excludes alternate theories with regards to what isn't.
For example.
Ni might pick one of the following.
A soccer game.
An NFL game.
Watching sports at home.
A carnival fair.
A car-boot sale.
A rockabilly festival.
You can see, that with that little information, Ni can create anything, and what it creates will be focused (one single theory) and interested in what isn't.
When new information is given to Ni, it feeds into that one theory it is focusing on - i.e, the cold one you just cracked open.
Now, Ni will incorporates a cold one into its image - having a drink a football game, having a drink at home watching some sports - someone else having a drink at a rockabilly festival, you get the gist.
It incorporates Se information into its Ni conspiracy theories, essentially, however Se information isn't required - Ni will feed its own interpretations of information - things it creates itself, back into itself, and that will become factual, "concrete", reality to the Ni user.
For this reason, Ni users could *easily* entertain themselves, with their eyes closed, in complete silence, for days.
They already have that tiny little bit of Se information and they require nothing more than their own imagination to keep themselves entertained.
Ni doesn't require additional stimulation from the outer world to complete it's theories and fill out the pictures i.e see through the smoke - I can easily go into straight conspiracy theory nutjob land entirely of my own accord, however I realise this is "probably" based on Se information I've picked up somewhere - I can remove the smoke entirely and form a complete picture in my head, a comprehensive interpretion of those glimpses of information - and it will have a fully fleshed out backstory and everything if given enough time.
Ni does not entertain multiple possibilities at once - it won't picture all of the above list as possible scenarios for instance, that is the realm of Ne.
Instead, Ni shifts perspective to view the exact same theories from various angles.
Perhaps Ni envisions going to watch your favourite team at the football.
Is it a father-son day? Maybe the father only sees his son every other weekend?
Maybe it's for someones birthday, that's why we're having a drink.
Maybe we're here to blow off some steam after a bad night at home.
Maybe we're here to try something new - never been to a football game before.
Notice all of the above are theories revolving around one single vision, a sole theory, inspecting it from various angles - inquisitive, trying to find the truth based on those little glimpses of information - this is Ni.
Ne far more closely resembles the list I made near he start of this post where I rattled off some possibilities of what those glimpses might mean - unlike Ne, Ni absolutely does not enjoy entertaining multiple possibilities however it will until it settles on a best fit possibility, then it excludes the alternative possibilities.
The theories Ni settles on become reality to the Ni user and they trust in and value this information more than anything from the outer world, their inner world, their theories, are the absolute truth.
The outer world is not to be trusted and should be questioned constantly.
As Ni is solely concerned with these theories, or insights.. as it is obviously focused on putting the pieces together, reading between the lines, seeing past the smoke in the way that it does - it is clear to see how it is future focused as it's insights and theories are so real, so powerful to the Ni user, that they believe in them, act on them and shape their life around them.
This might come in the form of a dream or a premonition however understand as I've already explained, it's not magic.
It's simply a focus on what isn't.
The Ni dominant might have a dream about.. being an architect. This dream is real to them.
They will dive into this dream and decipher what it means, whether it is a literal foresight or whether it is symbolism is up to the Ni user - they will dig into this dream, and act on their insights accordingly.
I.e if the dream winds up meaning they end up leading a group of people to war, their Ni telling them architect is symbolism for devising a strategy to overcome an enemy - the Ni user might relate this to their real life, and decide to take a pre-emptive step to one-up their competitors by slashing prices for a day and making sure they've got enough staff on the floor to handle it.
---
Focusing on what isn't is the greatest strength and most glaring flaw in an Ni user.
Consider this - they retell a story, years after the event - of going to the football to blow off some steam after a bad night back at home.
Well they never had a bad night back at home, they were there to take someone else's kid there because their father couldn't make it.
See how dangerous this can be?
It is an alternate reality. Ni mixes its own theories into reality because they believe them, they are real, what isn't is the Ni users reality.
Consider for a moment the Ni user slashes prices, gets loads of staff on the floors, and nothing - they wind up losing money on the extra staff costs and advertising they done, because they're acting on their own theories and insights, because they believe them.
Ni can look ridiculously fucking stupid.
Hopefully this is enough to convey how I see Ni and demystify it.
It's a very simple function.
This is nowhere near everything that's in my head.
It is an exclusive method of receiving and processing information, primarily focused on what isn't.
Literally all there is to it, and everything else about it spawns from there.
I'm more than open to any thoughts and criticisms and corrections etc.