This post has its origin in my effort to answer a question as to why INFJs and INTJs are so rare.
First of all, answering some absurd suggestions:
These are definitely not the reasons for the scarcity of those two types:
IQ or lack of attention.
Well, first of all, it really has nothing to do with IQ or not wanting to be desired (two of the answers given on quora) – I knew an INTJ woman who would do anything to draw attention to herself and, in fact, almost anyone whatever their type be, craves for attention in on way or other. Lots of introverts want to be left alone for good amounts of time – that is nothing pculiar about the two types.
And as far as intelligence goes, there is:
1. Nothing to suggest the two types (INFJ and INTJ) have highest intelligence. In fact, the two can be perfectly oblivious to a number of things obvious to others.
2. Intelligence has many forms and IQ generally measures of very particular forms of intelligence - verbal and quantitative. There can be other forms of intelligence - spatial, emotional, kinesthetic, interpersonal etc.
3. Genius might be rare but just being rare doesn’t imply you are you a genius.
4. There are some special people in all types but that is because of more than mere personality types. And there can be idiots in any personality type.
5. Like I said before, IQ is a limited measure, but if that is your go -to measure of intelligence, it is INTPs that score highest in those tests. So, even in terms of proportion, these two don’t score highest.
4. Also, a functional stack can work in lots of ways. Gandhi and Hitler both were INFJs and yet had values that had not much in common. None of four information-gathering functions (Ni, Ne, Si, Se) are guaranteed to provide you accurate information. I have seen INFJs and INTJs do stupid things because of a gut feeling given to them by Ni, and things which they themselves regretted later.
First of all, answering some absurd suggestions:
These are definitely not the reasons for the scarcity of those two types:
IQ or lack of attention.
Well, first of all, it really has nothing to do with IQ or not wanting to be desired (two of the answers given on quora) – I knew an INTJ woman who would do anything to draw attention to herself and, in fact, almost anyone whatever their type be, craves for attention in on way or other. Lots of introverts want to be left alone for good amounts of time – that is nothing pculiar about the two types.
And as far as intelligence goes, there is:
1. Nothing to suggest the two types (INFJ and INTJ) have highest intelligence. In fact, the two can be perfectly oblivious to a number of things obvious to others.
2. Intelligence has many forms and IQ generally measures of very particular forms of intelligence - verbal and quantitative. There can be other forms of intelligence - spatial, emotional, kinesthetic, interpersonal etc.
3. Genius might be rare but just being rare doesn’t imply you are you a genius.
4. There are some special people in all types but that is because of more than mere personality types. And there can be idiots in any personality type.
5. Like I said before, IQ is a limited measure, but if that is your go -to measure of intelligence, it is INTPs that score highest in those tests. So, even in terms of proportion, these two don’t score highest.
4. Also, a functional stack can work in lots of ways. Gandhi and Hitler both were INFJs and yet had values that had not much in common. None of four information-gathering functions (Ni, Ne, Si, Se) are guaranteed to provide you accurate information. I have seen INFJs and INTJs do stupid things because of a gut feeling given to them by Ni, and things which they themselves regretted later.
5. It is not that most people don't have Ni. Everyone has access to information from all the eight functions. Its just that very few people will prefer information obtained from Ni over that from others.
6. Having a strong preference for a particular function doesn't necessarily mean it will work best for you - you can have a preference for Ni and it may still remain undeveloped.
Why then INTJs and INFJs are rare?
It is introverted intuition which is the culprit according to my theory, this is explained by a combination of following factors.
1. Intuitives are rarer than Sensors
Intuition, as you know, is a rarely preferred quality (though not superior to Sensing just because it is rarer). So it makes sense that it is some brand of intuitive that should be rarest. Since sensors would have an evolutionist incentive to survive, it makes sense that they should be in higher numbers.
2. Ni Vs Ne – how they work and why Ni is rarer
There are two forms of Intuition – extroverted and introverted. The difference between two is not so much that the extroverted one is coming from immediately external circumstances but rather that an extroverted Intuition can not see the patterns but also its sources in the external world. They are far more consciously working with patterns When a Ne user has got a new idea he or she can normally tell you where he or she learned it from (particularly when they have it as a dominant or even auxiliary function). A Ni user on other hand is obtaining his or her information from sources so widely spread over their living experience that they just get this information in hunches or gut feelings or in cases like Jesus or Budha (both INFJ) as a revelation from God himself.
Since Intuition is all about patterns and abstract concepts, it makes sense that those having it as one of their two leading functions, should more often than not, see patterns clearly enough to follow them back to the sources from where they obtained the information which are perceived in those patterns. Or to put it in another way, they would see meta-patterns too. This is why Ne users who see patterns are more common than Ni users. It also makes sense that there should be an evolutionary survival incentive for those who can present source of their ideas better
3. Ni as the leading function is strangely oblivious
Normally you have a better, even if unconscious, knowledge of your leading functions in general and how they operate. INTJs and INFJs as I said above, are utterly careless and ignorant about sources of their gut feelings and this ignorance is rare.
This strange obliviousness has to do with three characteristics of Ni:
It is an irrational function. Other things being equal, your understanding of your own nature is more dominated by your rational functions (Fi, Fe, Ti, Te) rather than irrational functions (Si, Se, Ni, Ne). At same position in stack, a rational function will command a stronger effect on your preferences. This is exactly because they are rational – we just indulge them more consciously. Thus an ENFP is more influenced by his/her the second function (Fi) than an INFP is by his or her (Ne) – and an ENFP can end up erroneously concluding that he or she is an INFP compared to other way around.
Intuition is using abstract information and thus not always fully understanding itself, unlike sensing which normally deals with physical stuff. And Ni, like I said in previous section, is even more abstract than Ne.
Intuition is introverted. And introverted functions are understood less than extroverted ones. This is because our understanding of our functions is normally gained by our interactions with the world.
Suppose you get a hunch or a gut feeling and you can’t quite tell where it originated from. Won’t you be suspicious of it? What if it is proven wrong? After all you can’t quite see where it is coming from. It this makes more sense than you would be more open-minded (prospecting) about these hunches than confident (judging). Thus Ni function is more likely to appear as a second function (ENTJs or ESTJs) rather than first.
Since this answer seem too cruel to INTJs and INFJs, I will add that their ignorance about sources of information obtained from Ni, when it instead of inspiring doubt in them, inspires confidence – this confidence is a blind leap of faith that is capable of doing great (though not always good) things. They tend to be more confident, determined, and focused on their objectives than most.
What can Ni’s ignorance be bliss?
Ni since it processes information from over a long period of time (i must add ‘very few times’) can come up with original solutions which can be tried to solve a problem – through trial and error, they will come up with solution of a problem that might have been left unsolved otherwise (Edison made several attempts before discovering bulb). They are thus great problem solvers – especially in places where problems don’t only need Intuition (which those using Ni as second function have too) but also lots of confidence in trying out a particular solution. They are not only themselves confident but inspire similar blind confidence in a number of others.
The solution might prove to be wrong but Ni dominants won’t lose confidence till they find the right one. Gandhi and Martin Luther Junior solved social problems. An INTJ can use it to spot bugs in a complex program. But both these types also make equally confident villians who will destroy the world because they have a gut feeling it might be the only right thing to do.
But why do Ni need a problem to be original?
Because you need an outside force to get it working. A well-developed Ne works almost all the time and can be used more consciously. Ni is all about hunches and you can’t just force yourself to have a hunch. A problem provides a natural stimulation to Ni. Ne, on the other hand, will be bored with the problem unless solutions suggest themselves very quickly.
Why is Ni rarely having original ideas?
Lots of people will say there is nothing original under the sun … but that is bantering 🙂
First of all the about which function is the ‘most original function’ argument. It is highly debatable. Take up field of literature where lNFPs with an auxiliary Ne tend to get represented more than other types when considered in proportion to their percentage of total population. Among painters, the highest presentation goes to ISFPs. I take the example of arts and literature because those two tend to value originality. Bill Gates who came up with one of the most original ideas in form windows and a fictional character Sherlock Holmes who is known to see patterns which no one else see are both considered INTPs. INTJs or INFJs in such fields have fewer contributions but I won’t contest Ne is the most original function. It is highly debatable which function is most original. Most people with Ne in their first two functions too do not come up with lots of original works.
Yet, the reasons why Ni may be lacking in originality in these fields might be that originality is the child of something deeply personal – it is all about taking things personally.
INTJs and INFJs big crisis might just be that one function by itself can create very few original things – Ne and Se combine with Ti or Fi, which are both highly personal in terms of how they arrange information gathered by Ne, and thus capable of being original in their creation.
Ni, on the other hand, has to combine with Te and Fe – and thus the originality is much hampered by limitations the extroverted or outside world imposes on them. Te tends to be satisfied with applying existing knowledge without having any wish to think originally. Fe is greatly shaped by how others around a person feel – often mirroring their feelings. Gandhi, for example, was never able to question his own Indian values much even after having lived in three continents.
Si faces the same problem as Ni and often lends itself to rigidity in the form of rules, traditions etc. Ni won’t look back to rules or traditions like Si but its belief in its own hunches is as much firm and thus as much rigid and, thus, Ni closes doors to any reasoning (and thus any information which might disagree with this hunch). No one could talk Khalessi in Game of Thrones out of her dream of liberating the world. INXJ’s best chance is another hunch that will prove the first one wrong but, once again, the first hunch itself makes it more difficult for information that would lead to a corrective hunch to enter your mind because you get invested in it over time and by making efforts to pursue it.
In fact, the role the personal nature of these partnering functions can be deduced from the fact that INTJs artists write best in what is described in their Ni-Fi loop. On the other hand, when the same INTJ works with Te, he or she will become conventional. An INTJ friend of mine is very good with words and very creative. She chooses to be a journalist – good enough but here she chooses to write using set patterns and terminology used by reporters rather than try to put her own personality in it and try to make it an original and revolutionary work of journalism. It is sad because she is perfectly capable of it. But her Te doesn’t like originality.
Please note that by ‘personal’ I don’t mean subjective. All the functions are subjective by definition. They are subjective to how they are used. There is not such a thing as an objective function. Even thinking can be biased. It is more about how much of your arrangement of gathered information is affected by outside factors.
Here is an example of how the deeply personal nature of the partnering functions help Ne come up with more ideas:
Suppose 3 people are sitting near A, a sad person – one, B, is indifferent, second C, an INFP, is pondering over his own feelings arising out of listening to account (Fi), third (INFJ) is using Fe and actually feeling same as a sad person. All three have feelings (or lack thereof) subjective to their nature, but the feelings of B are his own (and in that sense personal) rather than that of someone else’s.
Let us say four people were to write the account of it. The sad person and the third person (in accordance with how well developed his or her Fe is) will write about the thing with the same perspective and emotions because they feel about it the same way – the second person is less likely to be original because the sad person already felt the same way. The second person just because he was more conscious of his own feelings (Fi) has more chances of writing something different or so with a better chance of being original.
So where are hopes for Ni to be original?
Mind you, this is not to say that Ni can’t be original but rather it is rarely original – but in those rare occasions, it is capable of being most highly original. Ne tends to be more creative quantitively, Ni tends to be more creative qualitatively. There are more books and arts ( a major percentage of which are the result of Ne and Se) than there are scientific inventions or socially revolutionary ideas (typically represented by Ni). Hundreds of novels per Ph. D and all that. Quantitively Ne does better. Quality is subjective – Because its judging position and confidence gives it a chance to see the ideas implemented. The quantitative output of expressed ideas is more for Ne because they are not concerned with seeing ideas through – they are fickle-minded (prospecting, much like sensing) and just move on to exploring new things with their prospecting nature (they will dig at multiple places but not often deep); it won’t let itself be as easily as INXJs.
In terms of impact, one can bet Ni is far more powerful because it is willing to see the thing through and is assisted by the right functions for the purpose. A Jesus is more powerful than a thousand poets writing about peace and love. Yet how many Jesuses we really have? Most INFJs (or intuitives of any time) might have died with little or no original ideas produced in thier life time. Si is actually the same – though it’s inventions tend to have to do with things like meditation, physical exercises etc.
Ni needs spending years with the problem in the back of your mind to come up with an original solution. In the meantime, you might come up with solutions that you didn’t know existed already, were tried and not successful. They are original to the individual but not to the world. I have myself seen this happen. And it has even happened to a Ne user like me that something I came up with and thought to be original wasn’t really so. Ni operates best where the function it is paired with (Fe or Te) excels too – and it prefers working in the background and taking lots of time while it waits for more and more information (and coffee) to pour in. And Ni is good when it comes to spending time with a problem. INXJ are the most focused and stubborn types stereotypically.
And when it comes to spending years with a problem, their auxiliary functions tend to be of assistance too. Te will try to fit in an environment where INTJ will need to be at to solve a given problem because it needs an environment where it can apply already well developed (in the short run, it reduces the originality by reducing the growth of individuation). In the long run, it can come up with something highly original. INTJs using existing scientific methods have made several inventions. Rules act as those boxes of displine in which they focus their research on. Ni still might and probably do some wonders for them because it is irrational and refuses to limit itself to that box of rules and regulations but it will have to fight Te to do so. INTJs tend to do a better job as Chess players, scientists, and programmers because they let you be original while letting you follow rules at same time.
To continue with the above example – Being a Fe user, C (INFJ) might spend lots of time with the problem and overtime his Ni might give him a hunch about a solution to the problem of a sad person. But in all that time, INFP would have written several accounts of other people and become famous (Who knows to get some charity for the sad person and others like him). Yet the point is INFJ’s Ni is slow yet more likely to be effective in finding a permanent solution to the problem. The trouble is lots of us are sad for things that can’t be permanently fixed for everybody (like the death of a parent is forever going to be a sad event, no matter how good we are with counseling or such things) rather than some fixable problem like racism where INFJ would be more effective.
Most INTJs too will end up with problems that may not have any original solutions at all.
Undisclosed Ideas
This is limited to disclosed ideas. Ni might internally have as many ideas than they let out to the world. I am willing to think so because I know a lot of Fi inspired imaginationed worlds that kids like Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) have which are not even expressed to outter world most of the times. Same might be true for other introverted functions.
This reminds me of something Swami Vivekananda said. He said Jain religion was founded by their 24th and last Thirthantkar. There were 23 men perhaps even wiser than the last and most popular one (Vardhman Mahavira) who never gave their wisdom to world. You can never quantify the loss caused by genius who chose to stay silent.
Why then INTJs and INFJs are rare?
It is introverted intuition which is the culprit according to my theory, this is explained by a combination of following factors.
1. Intuitives are rarer than Sensors
Intuition, as you know, is a rarely preferred quality (though not superior to Sensing just because it is rarer). So it makes sense that it is some brand of intuitive that should be rarest. Since sensors would have an evolutionist incentive to survive, it makes sense that they should be in higher numbers.
2. Ni Vs Ne – how they work and why Ni is rarer
There are two forms of Intuition – extroverted and introverted. The difference between two is not so much that the extroverted one is coming from immediately external circumstances but rather that an extroverted Intuition can not see the patterns but also its sources in the external world. They are far more consciously working with patterns When a Ne user has got a new idea he or she can normally tell you where he or she learned it from (particularly when they have it as a dominant or even auxiliary function). A Ni user on other hand is obtaining his or her information from sources so widely spread over their living experience that they just get this information in hunches or gut feelings or in cases like Jesus or Budha (both INFJ) as a revelation from God himself.
Since Intuition is all about patterns and abstract concepts, it makes sense that those having it as one of their two leading functions, should more often than not, see patterns clearly enough to follow them back to the sources from where they obtained the information which are perceived in those patterns. Or to put it in another way, they would see meta-patterns too. This is why Ne users who see patterns are more common than Ni users. It also makes sense that there should be an evolutionary survival incentive for those who can present source of their ideas better
3. Ni as the leading function is strangely oblivious
Normally you have a better, even if unconscious, knowledge of your leading functions in general and how they operate. INTJs and INFJs as I said above, are utterly careless and ignorant about sources of their gut feelings and this ignorance is rare.
This strange obliviousness has to do with three characteristics of Ni:
It is an irrational function. Other things being equal, your understanding of your own nature is more dominated by your rational functions (Fi, Fe, Ti, Te) rather than irrational functions (Si, Se, Ni, Ne). At same position in stack, a rational function will command a stronger effect on your preferences. This is exactly because they are rational – we just indulge them more consciously. Thus an ENFP is more influenced by his/her the second function (Fi) than an INFP is by his or her (Ne) – and an ENFP can end up erroneously concluding that he or she is an INFP compared to other way around.
Intuition is using abstract information and thus not always fully understanding itself, unlike sensing which normally deals with physical stuff. And Ni, like I said in previous section, is even more abstract than Ne.
Intuition is introverted. And introverted functions are understood less than extroverted ones. This is because our understanding of our functions is normally gained by our interactions with the world.
Suppose you get a hunch or a gut feeling and you can’t quite tell where it originated from. Won’t you be suspicious of it? What if it is proven wrong? After all you can’t quite see where it is coming from. It this makes more sense than you would be more open-minded (prospecting) about these hunches than confident (judging). Thus Ni function is more likely to appear as a second function (ENTJs or ESTJs) rather than first.
Since this answer seem too cruel to INTJs and INFJs, I will add that their ignorance about sources of information obtained from Ni, when it instead of inspiring doubt in them, inspires confidence – this confidence is a blind leap of faith that is capable of doing great (though not always good) things. They tend to be more confident, determined, and focused on their objectives than most.
What can Ni’s ignorance be bliss?
Ni since it processes information from over a long period of time (i must add ‘very few times’) can come up with original solutions which can be tried to solve a problem – through trial and error, they will come up with solution of a problem that might have been left unsolved otherwise (Edison made several attempts before discovering bulb). They are thus great problem solvers – especially in places where problems don’t only need Intuition (which those using Ni as second function have too) but also lots of confidence in trying out a particular solution. They are not only themselves confident but inspire similar blind confidence in a number of others.
The solution might prove to be wrong but Ni dominants won’t lose confidence till they find the right one. Gandhi and Martin Luther Junior solved social problems. An INTJ can use it to spot bugs in a complex program. But both these types also make equally confident villians who will destroy the world because they have a gut feeling it might be the only right thing to do.
But why do Ni need a problem to be original?
Because you need an outside force to get it working. A well-developed Ne works almost all the time and can be used more consciously. Ni is all about hunches and you can’t just force yourself to have a hunch. A problem provides a natural stimulation to Ni. Ne, on the other hand, will be bored with the problem unless solutions suggest themselves very quickly.
Why is Ni rarely having original ideas?
Lots of people will say there is nothing original under the sun … but that is bantering 🙂
First of all the about which function is the ‘most original function’ argument. It is highly debatable. Take up field of literature where lNFPs with an auxiliary Ne tend to get represented more than other types when considered in proportion to their percentage of total population. Among painters, the highest presentation goes to ISFPs. I take the example of arts and literature because those two tend to value originality. Bill Gates who came up with one of the most original ideas in form windows and a fictional character Sherlock Holmes who is known to see patterns which no one else see are both considered INTPs. INTJs or INFJs in such fields have fewer contributions but I won’t contest Ne is the most original function. It is highly debatable which function is most original. Most people with Ne in their first two functions too do not come up with lots of original works.
Yet, the reasons why Ni may be lacking in originality in these fields might be that originality is the child of something deeply personal – it is all about taking things personally.
INTJs and INFJs big crisis might just be that one function by itself can create very few original things – Ne and Se combine with Ti or Fi, which are both highly personal in terms of how they arrange information gathered by Ne, and thus capable of being original in their creation.
Ni, on the other hand, has to combine with Te and Fe – and thus the originality is much hampered by limitations the extroverted or outside world imposes on them. Te tends to be satisfied with applying existing knowledge without having any wish to think originally. Fe is greatly shaped by how others around a person feel – often mirroring their feelings. Gandhi, for example, was never able to question his own Indian values much even after having lived in three continents.
Si faces the same problem as Ni and often lends itself to rigidity in the form of rules, traditions etc. Ni won’t look back to rules or traditions like Si but its belief in its own hunches is as much firm and thus as much rigid and, thus, Ni closes doors to any reasoning (and thus any information which might disagree with this hunch). No one could talk Khalessi in Game of Thrones out of her dream of liberating the world. INXJ’s best chance is another hunch that will prove the first one wrong but, once again, the first hunch itself makes it more difficult for information that would lead to a corrective hunch to enter your mind because you get invested in it over time and by making efforts to pursue it.
In fact, the role the personal nature of these partnering functions can be deduced from the fact that INTJs artists write best in what is described in their Ni-Fi loop. On the other hand, when the same INTJ works with Te, he or she will become conventional. An INTJ friend of mine is very good with words and very creative. She chooses to be a journalist – good enough but here she chooses to write using set patterns and terminology used by reporters rather than try to put her own personality in it and try to make it an original and revolutionary work of journalism. It is sad because she is perfectly capable of it. But her Te doesn’t like originality.
Please note that by ‘personal’ I don’t mean subjective. All the functions are subjective by definition. They are subjective to how they are used. There is not such a thing as an objective function. Even thinking can be biased. It is more about how much of your arrangement of gathered information is affected by outside factors.
Here is an example of how the deeply personal nature of the partnering functions help Ne come up with more ideas:
Suppose 3 people are sitting near A, a sad person – one, B, is indifferent, second C, an INFP, is pondering over his own feelings arising out of listening to account (Fi), third (INFJ) is using Fe and actually feeling same as a sad person. All three have feelings (or lack thereof) subjective to their nature, but the feelings of B are his own (and in that sense personal) rather than that of someone else’s.
Let us say four people were to write the account of it. The sad person and the third person (in accordance with how well developed his or her Fe is) will write about the thing with the same perspective and emotions because they feel about it the same way – the second person is less likely to be original because the sad person already felt the same way. The second person just because he was more conscious of his own feelings (Fi) has more chances of writing something different or so with a better chance of being original.
So where are hopes for Ni to be original?
Mind you, this is not to say that Ni can’t be original but rather it is rarely original – but in those rare occasions, it is capable of being most highly original. Ne tends to be more creative quantitively, Ni tends to be more creative qualitatively. There are more books and arts ( a major percentage of which are the result of Ne and Se) than there are scientific inventions or socially revolutionary ideas (typically represented by Ni). Hundreds of novels per Ph. D and all that. Quantitively Ne does better. Quality is subjective – Because its judging position and confidence gives it a chance to see the ideas implemented. The quantitative output of expressed ideas is more for Ne because they are not concerned with seeing ideas through – they are fickle-minded (prospecting, much like sensing) and just move on to exploring new things with their prospecting nature (they will dig at multiple places but not often deep); it won’t let itself be as easily as INXJs.
In terms of impact, one can bet Ni is far more powerful because it is willing to see the thing through and is assisted by the right functions for the purpose. A Jesus is more powerful than a thousand poets writing about peace and love. Yet how many Jesuses we really have? Most INFJs (or intuitives of any time) might have died with little or no original ideas produced in thier life time. Si is actually the same – though it’s inventions tend to have to do with things like meditation, physical exercises etc.
Ni needs spending years with the problem in the back of your mind to come up with an original solution. In the meantime, you might come up with solutions that you didn’t know existed already, were tried and not successful. They are original to the individual but not to the world. I have myself seen this happen. And it has even happened to a Ne user like me that something I came up with and thought to be original wasn’t really so. Ni operates best where the function it is paired with (Fe or Te) excels too – and it prefers working in the background and taking lots of time while it waits for more and more information (and coffee) to pour in. And Ni is good when it comes to spending time with a problem. INXJ are the most focused and stubborn types stereotypically.
And when it comes to spending years with a problem, their auxiliary functions tend to be of assistance too. Te will try to fit in an environment where INTJ will need to be at to solve a given problem because it needs an environment where it can apply already well developed (in the short run, it reduces the originality by reducing the growth of individuation). In the long run, it can come up with something highly original. INTJs using existing scientific methods have made several inventions. Rules act as those boxes of displine in which they focus their research on. Ni still might and probably do some wonders for them because it is irrational and refuses to limit itself to that box of rules and regulations but it will have to fight Te to do so. INTJs tend to do a better job as Chess players, scientists, and programmers because they let you be original while letting you follow rules at same time.
To continue with the above example – Being a Fe user, C (INFJ) might spend lots of time with the problem and overtime his Ni might give him a hunch about a solution to the problem of a sad person. But in all that time, INFP would have written several accounts of other people and become famous (Who knows to get some charity for the sad person and others like him). Yet the point is INFJ’s Ni is slow yet more likely to be effective in finding a permanent solution to the problem. The trouble is lots of us are sad for things that can’t be permanently fixed for everybody (like the death of a parent is forever going to be a sad event, no matter how good we are with counseling or such things) rather than some fixable problem like racism where INFJ would be more effective.
Most INTJs too will end up with problems that may not have any original solutions at all.
Undisclosed Ideas
This is limited to disclosed ideas. Ni might internally have as many ideas than they let out to the world. I am willing to think so because I know a lot of Fi inspired imaginationed worlds that kids like Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) have which are not even expressed to outter world most of the times. Same might be true for other introverted functions.
This reminds me of something Swami Vivekananda said. He said Jain religion was founded by their 24th and last Thirthantkar. There were 23 men perhaps even wiser than the last and most popular one (Vardhman Mahavira) who never gave their wisdom to world. You can never quantify the loss caused by genius who chose to stay silent.
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