Intuition and Sensing, Left and Right Brain (dichotomies I hate)

[chacusha]

So I am (slowly) working on a MBTI-related thing for my Disney post series and so am reminded once again how much I dislike the sensing vs. intuition dichotomy, so here's a rant about it. (This post is public because I'll probably be linking it when I actually post my Disney MBTI thing.)

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[the_404_error]

I've always interpreted it the same as Mysti. N vs S appears to be a way of applying information, in short... theoretical (exploring other options, thinking about the future possibilities, etc) vs. the concrete information (these types are more prone towards respecting rules-- I've noticed the questions on jung tests about that factor into this category, prefer to only know established data, etc). I've never considered intuition as meaning... actual intuition in that specific case, especially since many jung types have misleading names. Judging doesn't mean judgmental, for instance, it means more... planned, so it doesn't seem like the wisest choice of naming. I know the middle two letters are also put into larger categories, and mine - NT- is referred to as "the rationals," which would suggest the opposite of irrational conclusions in the case of the N trait. The N type is also the rarest of all the types statistically speaking why have I read so much about this, which is neither here nor there, but I imagine if it did deal with

[chacusha]

N vs S appears to be a way of applying information, in short... theoretical (exploring other options, thinking about the future possibilities, etc) vs. the concrete information (these types are more prone towards respecting rules-- I've noticed the questions on jung tests about that factor into this category, prefer to only know established data, etc). I've never considered intuition as meaning... actual intuition in that specific case, especially since many jung types have misleading names.

Oh.... welp, that makes a lot of sense. But like, I still find the whole thing confusing. If S/N is about applying information, then it's not really so much about information intake? Right? Information intake is like, how you acquire information, whereas information application is how you use information. Those seem to be two different things.

I imagine if it did deal with intuition... it would be a higher percentage, especially since F is common than it's alternative, and "I just know because it's a category feelings" seems to apply more to the

[the_404_error]

It's actually a combination? As in, you intake information, and then proceed with it a different way. It's... hm, I'm not too familiar with most of the type actual descriptions, so for comparison looked up a lot of information about my presumed S equivalent, ISTJ I'm really INT- but I usually get J, so, and found a very marked difference. INTJ descriptions will mention how we don't necessarily follow rules, will question things, and are generally less, uh, well behaved. In contrast, ISTJ are the stereotypical "good students" the teachers love. They're well disciplined, follow rules, and love tradition. When it comes to school, the ISTJ will memorize the book; INTJ will learn what they find interesting in the book and only bother with memorization if they wish to archive a high score for perfectionist reasons rather than to "be good." What I found particularly interesting is how ISTJs are described as outstanding, perfect knightly citizens while INTJS sound like near villains at times (i.e. "can lack altruism

[chacusha]

Hm... yeah, I know what you mean about the descriptions. But TBH, I have an issue with those descriptions as well because they associate certain traits with things and I'm not seeing how they reach that conclusion. Like, dealing with facts as opposed to ideas/possibilities also means you're a traditionalist and goody-two-shoes? Being a good citizen is inversely related to how well you do in the sciences or theoretical thinking? Are these actually true opposites

[the_404_error]

Haha, I'm sorry I keep on replying with long comments that probably aren't helping, but I'm finding this interesting, so... xD