Post by rualani on Apr 8, 2016 21:22:22 GMT -5
Yeah, I know what you mean. And I'm supposed to be a cold and calculated T type. -- but I think these are very human ideas, not to be excluded from any person's capacity to entertain. (I would hope not! ...otherwise that means a great deal of the human race can't think very ethically)
My sister is actually an FeSi that has a master's degree in Social Work, and she works as a counselor at an elementary school. Her and I often have chats about society and what could be changed. She sees a lot of things wrong with education systems. I wish I had a video of her (I'll ask). She reminds me of you.
I know it must be disorienting. I just want you to know that I/we don't mean to put any of those restricted definitions on you, which you've read elsewhere online. The CT model allows (or, rather, just acknowledges that) everyone has all those "NF" and "NT" traits. It's... imo, a much less bleak view of humanity. Because it also means that we can potentially persuade anyone to grasp any abstract or idealistic ideas, and development is the primary obstacle in the way of someone's level of intelligence.
There are no types that are doomed to be little more than human laundry machines or mindless workers at a corporation. I think we really need to elevate the standard of value within the typology community. There are a lot of Se>Ni and Si>Ne types online which can't resonate with any of the 'SP' and 'SJ' profiles; and rightly, they shouldn't -- because they don't describe them.
Part of me thinks the descriptions were simply extrapolated from generalizations that float around the persons local culture. These generalizations are shoddily attached as a baseline for determining someones innate CT algorithm. The strange thing is that our self-identity takes these pieces and creates a self-fulfilling prophecy while we are developing.
I think as people become more experienced they find ways to express themselves and still get along with group dynamics, thus eroding away the generalizations. Though, I'm sure the culture can be so nitpicky that such a balancing act is... not pragmatic in many cases.