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Wait.. so OP is answering the questions, and people are coming here for OP's help?? OP is right about solipsism. What's the problem here?

Watch all his documentaries and interviews if you want more info. I don't remember where he mentions each specific. I won't try to convince a TeNi user.. I don't have anything with citations?‍♂️

It's nothing new. I've seen similar studies many times before. Pretty sure it's been replicated more than once. It should go without explaining how not using a part of your body will lead to it its atrophy. If you dislocated your arm and didn't use it at all for years, what do you expect would happen? Flood flow would reduce, muscles would atrophy, mental connection to the arm would weaken, etc. As for lower T, you saw yourself the article talking about T peaking 7 days post-nut. No fap = no peak.

Yeah. Lower sex drive, less interest in sex/porn, no more post-nut confidence/clarity/energy/motivation.

It's a well known fact. Here's the first link I found: https://www.menshealth.com/uk/health/a758420/you-get-45-more-testosterone-when-you-dont-masturbate-for-a-week/

Boredom

It's just as likely to identify Spiral Dynamics stages as MBTI types unless you teach it what MBTI is. To get good at chess, AI still had be told how the pieces move, and what the win condition is. Chess pieces have arbitrary rules for movement. AI would never "figure it out" by itself. But once the AI understands the arbitrary rules, then it can start learning. Cognitive functions is a more complex concept than how chess pieces can move, so making sure the AI understands them takes more time and effort. Unlike with chess, you can't simply input the rules and let it run, as the rules themselves are complex. For chess, you just say "x moves up, y moves up and to the left" and then you let it run through every combination, within these rules. For MBTI, you'd need to provide gigabytes of data just for the rules. But to exactly figure out the rules, you'd need a separate AI to train for every single function, which in itself is a big and ambitious project. People usually need at least a dozen examples (+a good explanation) of each function to really get a feel for it. For an AI you'd need waaaaaay more examples to get it to even have a partial understanding of a function. And if you can't teach it every function, that's like failing to explain the rules of chess to a chess-bot.

Preference vs strength is the difference. Although Ni is my 5th function, it's stronger than the Ni of a sensor for whom it's their 3rd or 4th function. I may default to Ne, but the more I use Ne the more I need Ni to balance it. Ne without Ni is useless as you'll just be aware of potential solutions but will never actually find the solution. I think there's some truth to it. It seems to work, but so does Socionics despite working completely differently. I'm still trying to determine how accurate it is. It's really just a technique for manipulation so I don't use it normally. Everyone uses all 8 functions. Just half of them are considered "unconscious" by MBTI. Socionics focuses more on all 8 than MBTI. Hmm, that's interesting. I love both Ne and Ni. They should always work together. It seems "neat" or "logical" that you'd have an extroverted function after every introverted function, so some people take it as fact. Maybe there's truth to it but, in any case, I think it's more useful to order functions by strength.

Broke up with gf, and all I can think is it's fascinating. Like taking a drug. So many emotions. Should I manifest another gf or should I manifest preferring to be alone? idk what I want. I'm just bored. I manifested this one, but, while I love her, she's an ESFJ? Maybe I should've specified what personality she should have??

Just wondering how solipsists handle break ups, and if trying to find the perfect person is even worth it on the solipsist's path. Nothing external will ever satisfy, and people are imaginary anyway. Yet Leo, a hardcore solipsist, spends ~70% of his time here on the dating sub-forum. I just want others' views on the value of these things.

Sure, I still love her, but that's not enough.

Be the most attractive version of yourself, is what it means.

lol, chill. I was joking.

Food and YouTube (and anime) IS life. What else is there? Jobs, etc. are just a means to keep returning to food and YouTube (and anime).

So the Christians were right??. Earth is the center of the universe, and it's only like a few decades old????

Craft which doesn't fly, but can rapidly change its physical location to any arbitrary value. Mimicking the appearance of flight is possible, but pointless. If you were to see one, it wouldn't "fly away", it would just disappear. If Bob Lazar is telling the truth, then most of the conventional UFOs should be human-operated. It's old tech. lol, "alien tech = crazy". "I am God, the one and only = 'ight man, I believe you. Lemme pay you $1000 for your wisdom".

The anti-gravity machine is actually the more basic technology?. You'd be shocked if you knew what's actually possible and in current use.

If this was an MBTI forum, I'd be super critical of MBTI. I adapt to where I am?? No one knows my actual stance on anything?‍♂️

At least you're actually debating now. imo, the 4 letter system needs a complete overhaul. Maybe a move to a 5/6 letter system would be good. P and J are unnecessarily confusing, especially to new people. And the function should, imo, be used in order of strength. Saying "Ne means no conscious Te" is too ambitious. Only a supercomputer could come up with such strict rules/connections. I've seen no real evidence that "Ne = no conscious Te". I should be able to say I'm a NeTiNiFe, for example. ime, strong Ne = strong Ni. But this fact is not addressed. Anywhere. Ever. So the most advanced MBTI users end up combining both, the 4 letter system and the 16 letter system. The fact that someone is an "xNxx", by itself, is significant. Even if the functions say "good Ni = bad Ne", a strong N is a strong N. Now, although it's bad and confusing, it still works. And there exists no better alternative.

He described Element 115 and its uses before anyone even knew of its existence. He's been confirmed to have worked at the places he's said to have worked. And many of his records have been confirmed to have been erased, mysteriously. Pretty sure there's also evidence of many intelligence agencies raiding his place multiple times. He's lost basically everything. All credibility and employability due to these events. "due to being a stupid crazy person", as I guess some would claim. He's stayed 100% consistent throughout the decades on his story, and has friends which confirmed important parts of it. He clearly has no interest in fame. He's stayed away from the cameras for decades. He's given many UFO details, including information about specific components and how to make them. In time, his claims will be tested. He knows this, and he wouldn't needlessly give away a way to conclusively debunk him. The moment any of his claims are disproven, he'll be known as a fraud for all of history, but he's confident this won't happen as it's highly unlikely he made it up. His claims are consistent with the UFO sightings we've had in recent decades. His claims about the way alien technology operates have been verified, though this would hard for me to explain. He's verified to be a gifted engineer with a sound mind. He had a good job, and gave it all up for literally nothing but ridicule. Again, because he's "a crazy idiot", according to those who believe he's lying. Again, you have to consider what has a higher probability. And you have to consider the character of Bob Lazar. He passes every single one of my BS filters. Not a single fault to him or his story. Disagree if you want. If this was the only evidence of aliens I'd have seen, I'd be skeptical too. I don't care if skeptics say "he's just an idiot who's lost his sanity. He never worked where he's claimed to have worked [despite evidence], and element 115 was just a lucky guess" . This is really shitty logic, imo. There's not a single thing skeptics can say to discredit him.

LOL, not even addressing a single point. I even have articles and studies I can link.. Don't respond to me again.

This is the most annoying this about Te/Ni users (which is why I'm shocked/skeptical @AtheisticNonduality is an INTJ). They're seemingly incapable of using inductive reasoning. I can just see a pattern, see the potential, explore it, and put a percentage point on its usefulness. Te/Ni users though.. they don't care about patterns or potential. There must be a clear, specific reason to believe something, and then facts are used as confirmation. If I hadn't seen the potential in MBTI, I would've never studied it. Most Te/Ni users though will never discover MBTI, as they require either concrete proof beforehand, or they have to come up with the concept of "cognitive model" and its potential uses themselves, and then stumble upon MBTI as a confirmation of their idea (this is not common scenario). As an ENTP, it doesn't matter if it's BS. I see potential, and it will lead to something education/good one way or another. And because I saw potential, I've stayed with it long enough to understand its value and how to make use of it. Turns out it was not BS.

It's the same thing

Honestly, your criticism of MBTI is disproportional to your level of understanding.

Exactly, omg. We have no other words for Ti, or Fe, etc. so that's what we should use. There's nothing else. Ti describes a real phenomenon, what else could we call it?