Ti - legislators function (analysis of Talanov's questionnaires statistics)

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Ti is a function of mental modeling of the surrounding world, drawing up its “map” for the sake of better orientation in space and control over objects.

Any reality is very diverse, which always complicates its understanding. No brain is able to accommodate this diversity, therefore, by default, only a small part of reality is available to each subject - the one that is limited to the practice of his individual life. However, being a “merry” function and therefore gravitating towards the suprapersonal meanings of life, Ti does not agree with this state of affairs. Wanting to spread its understanding and its control over the situation as widely as possible, in the limit - to the entire visible world, Ti sacrifices the accuracy of reflection in the consciousness of each individual object. In the surrounding world, its objects and phenomena, a strong Ti looks for repeating and measurable features. As a result, instead of many unique objects, Ti observes in the surrounding world only a few typical patterns repeating in different combinations, which reflect only the most important properties of these objects in the opinion of the owner of Ti. Observing a multitude of homogeneous objects, a strong Ti inevitably begins to keep statistics of their distribution. From the knowledge of these statistics, an understanding of the universal laws governing the world is born.

The advantages of this approach are obvious - it is now possible to keep in mind and control a much larger number of objects and much larger areas of space. This is very important when building any global systems - be it a system of state control that allows coordinating the physical efforts of huge masses of people, or a system of intellectual control of the world that allows coordinating the mental efforts of many individuals to understand reality - science.

However, the disadvantages of this approach are also known. First of all, this is a voluntaristic arbitrariness in choosing the parameters by which we determine the type of object. In fact, there are no objectively existing coordinate systems and units of measurement in the world (that is why Ti is a “subjectivistic” function). So in order to measure the world in a single format, it is necessary to impose this single standard, to accustom large masses of people to use it. The latter rarely occurs without physical violence against the supporters of other systems, but even if the latter can be avoided, Ti still inevitably requires essentially totalitarian methods of teaching the unified knowledge to new generations. The second negative aspect of Ti manifests itself already for the owner of this very Ti. By coarsening an object to a typical template or to several numerical parameters, we always lose a significant part of the information about it, and therefore, we partly lose understanding and control. Yes, Ti is strong on a large scale, when it comes to controlling and understanding a huge number of objects, but it is equally weak in everything that concerns individual interaction with specific objects, the inability to see and use those of their properties that are immeasurable, implicit, informal. Outside of his system, the owner of a strong Ti becomes helpless - not seeing the peculiarities of individual people, he does not know how to understand what someone specifically needs, and therefore, does not know how to intrigue, manipulate, advertise himself to someone, interest someone specifically.

Evolutionarily, the beginnings of Ti can be seen in the territorial behavior of animals. The ability to mentally build a map of the space in which you live in order to better understand where the boundaries of your territory are (in order to mark them correctly and not to run into rivals unnecessarily), where it makes sense to move in this or that case, so as not to get into trouble - these are all tasks that the primitive Ti solves.

In combination with Te, Ti gives rise to an interest in any formal number systems that allow standardizing the perception of the surrounding reality (Te is also interested in this, but for other purposes - for the sake of time control and the effectiveness of their actions in it, while Ti is more interested in controlling space in order to avoid unnecessary collisions).

Ti has Fe in common the desire to join a certain global system that reflects the essence of the subject, giving his personal life suprapersonal goals and meaning. Ti in this pair is responsible for the formation and preservation of the principles on which this system is structured, Fe - for the feeling of emotional involvement in the life of all its participants. Both of these functions are equally ideological, alien to pragmatism and individualism, prone to fanatical commitment and strive to spread their system as the only true one to an unlimited range of potential supporters.

Ti and Fi are antagonistic functions, related as a decrease and increase in the scale of perception of the world. Where Fi approaches the object (and in the process of this approach the object acquires individual features, that is, it becomes psychologically close to the subject), there Ti moves away from any subject into infinity (in the process of which the subject loses all its unique features and becomes only a number, only a typical template among many other numbers and templates). Therefore, the abilities of Ti and Fi are in contradiction with each other: Fi is strong in cognitive empathy (that is, recognizing the features of other people, their intentions, relationships and emotions), but weak in mathematics, Ti - exactly the opposite.

Other functions also give strong Ti additional features.

Connecting with Ni, Ti gives rise to a tendency to escapism and hermitism. The connection with Si corresponds to such personality traits as honesty, simplicity, inability (and unwillingness) to intrigue and dissemble.
The connection with Ne stimulates abstract thinking for the sake of understanding the laws of nature, and with Se - the desire to strictly defend the laws as principles of the “correct” structure of society.
The combination of Ti with Qi generates a thirst for global justice, while Ti + Di is distinguished by special asceticism and a soldier’s readiness to carry out any order.
The combination of Ti + Qe increases confidence in one’s own rightness, and Ti + De increases the ability to search for information and learn any new knowledge.

Main personality traits associated with the Ti function (in order of the correlation with the profile of “pure Ti”)
The number after the property indicates the correlation of the property with the socionic profile of this cluster as a whole (a negative number means that the cluster calculation used the “no” answer to this statement).

1 Interest in logic and mathematics

• I like all sorts of structural diagrams, I enjoy looking at them. 0.96
• I have a good command of the formal logical laws of thinking. 0.95
• I quickly perform arithmetic operations on any integers in my head (I believe my brain is well trained for this, and the process itself is familiar and brings some pleasure). 0.95
• I would make an excellent analyst, mathematician or programmer. 0.93
• I would like to deal with issues of unification and standardization - in technology, electronics, software, document flow, laws - in anything. 0.93
• I can clearly explain the essence of any phenomenon in a few sentences. 0.9
• At school, “exact” [with math] disciplines interested me more than the “humanities” [without math]. 0.89
• I have always been indifferent to mathematics. -0.87

2 Lack of ethical insight (low cognitive empathy)

• I have problems in quickly finding out and understanding whether my friends are happy, whether they are in a good mood. 0.98
• In relation to the intrigues around me, I am usually blind, deaf, insensitive and simple-minded. 0.97
• I usually find it difficult to understand why one of my acquaintances dislikes another of my acquaintances. 0.95
• I usually find it difficult to “get into someone else’s shoes” and understand the source of someone else’s delusion. 0.86
• I am sensitive and observant to sudden small shifts towards a more negative and “cold”, minor or dissatisfied mood in my partner or interlocutor. -0.93
• I know how to choose the best moment when I can approach a person with a request. -0.92

3 Love of classification and analysis

• I like to put everything on the shelves to better understand how the world works. 0.96
• I like to analyze and organize. 0.95
• My favorite questions: Is it organized correctly? Does this fit into the existing system or does it fall out of it? 0.93
• I am usually more jealous than my colleagues about the accuracy of terminology - if something is called exactly that, then it must fully correspond to it. 0.92
• I delve into the material and work through it more slowly, but better than other people. 0.87
• As a child, I liked to systematize collections. 0.86
• I like to check texts and look for minor flaws and errors in them. 0.85

4 Gnosticism - the search for one universal truth

• Truth is absolute, not relative, and does not depend on the point of view. ~0.85
• The fate of humanity is more interesting to me than most people around me. 0.84
• To improve society, we must start by remaking society itself, and not by changing the people who make it up. 0.5
• There are as many different truths as there are eyes and brains - it is foolish to look for a solid foundation in nature. ~-0.9
• I don’t really believe in objective truths, and that any truth can be firmly established at all. ~-0.9
• If the situation is such that “there is no defense against a crowbar” [stalemate], then I know how to please the one who is strong today, I also know how to step over my previous views and be insincere for the sake of this (because I believe that stubbornness in such a situation is not valor, but stupidity). -0.75
• Manipulating facts is normal. There is no unambiguous truth anyway, everyone has their own. -0.75
• In any situation I have good diplomatic skills - I never “dig in” and do not linger in an unfavorable place, I foresee the consequences and further developments, I can advance, retreat and maneuver. -0.73
• I believe that I am more open-minded than the average person in my circle (the ability to understand someone else’s point of view, respect other tastes, customs, habits). -0.69
• I believe that the world is fundamentally unstable and unknowable. ~-0.6
• Psychology should be based mainly on an individual approach, and not be engaged in dividing people into categories, and therefore - sticking labels. -0.52

5 Convinced that he(she) is right

• In all the truths known to me I am not 99% sure, but completely 100% 1.0

6 Scientific interests - prefers to work with abstract concepts

• I like to think over paradoxes and resolve them, guessing and explaining the roots of contradictions. 0.98
• I constantly have a strong thirst for knowledge of deep laws and objective root causes. 0.97
• The profession of a research historian would suit me very well. 0.94
• I have a strong craving for purely speculative constructions. 0.93
• I like to shovel through large volumes of “random” information, looking for valuable finds in its “garbage”. 0.92
• I would not spare a couple of days of time to get to the bottom of why it is precisely after a lightning strike that a downpour begins. 0.9
• I often find it difficult to understand whether I have seen a person before or not, I often recognize a person as a stranger, although it later turns out that I met him more than a year ago. 0.89 (although the property is not connected with the cluster in meaning, it has a close socionic profile)

7 Loves constancy

there are no questions with “yes” answers, questions with “no” answers are below

• I like rigid structures that do not allow any changes within their framework. -0.9
• I am a person who is internally changeable rather than internally constant. -0.91

8 Lack of talent for intrigue

there are no questions with “yes” answers, questions with “no” answers are below

• I usually quickly determine how and with what I can “approach” a new person. -0.94
• I have a talent for intrigue: I understand individuals well, I know how to use them and gradually direct their actions. -0.94
• I would suit managing rumors and directing public opinion. -0.92
• I know how to persistently beg - I know how to seize the best moment when I can approach a person with a request. -0.92
• I know how to flatter a person in order to achieve what I need. -0.91
• I am excellent at achieving my goals by exploiting other people’s psychological weaknesses and human attachments. -0.9
• I readily discuss someone’s connections and actions in company. -0.84

9 Mindset for long-term order

• Everything around me is clearly laid out “on the shelves” in my memory and can be retrieved from there accurately and without problems. 0.97
• My phrases always have a strict, consistent word order. 0.96
• I have a very high desire for quality and perfection in everything I do. 0.94
• I usually scrupulously adhere to the planned sequence of necessary actions 0.94
• I rarely rearrange my already planned action programs, even if I encounter unforeseen circumstances. 0.9
• I like precision in everything, and even when I joke, I almost always explain to the person what I meant afterwards. 0.9
• I have many very constant and clear criteria for comparing and evaluating both the people around me and the phenomena of the surrounding world. 0.85
• If I fall in love, it’s for life. 0.77
• I need frequent distractions and breaks in my studies, otherwise everything quickly becomes boring. -0.94
• After the first ten minutes of the teacher’s lecture, my attention began to wander, and I often began to feel irresistible drowsiness. -0.82
• I like professions where there is no long-term responsibility: the day has passed, the job is done, and that’s it. -0.81

10 Asceticism - minimalism in everyday life

• I can live without any comfort at all, and even if I have a very hard time, I will never whine. 0.94
• In everyday life, I can make do with the bare minimum. 0.94

11 Appearance: angular rather than smooth

• I am rather tense and angular than flexible and smooth. 0.97
• My face has no sharp angles or rough, protruding features - everything is nice and streamlined. -0.95

12 Inertia - he needs to be “stirred up” to do something new

• I don’t know how to start a conversation with people I don’t know. 0.96
• I am more of a phlegmatic person than an excitable one. 0.95
• I like immutability in everything. 0.92
• At any given moment I usually pursue only one goal, I can’t concentrate on anything else. 0.85
• I am a restless person, sometimes - fussily active. -0.96

13 Distancing from people

• It is true that I don’t like it when people touch me during a conversation - even friends. 0.93
• I easily find common ground with other people, I quickly begin to feel a spiritual connection with them. -0.96

14 Concerned about global social justice

• I often think about the shortcomings of legislation and existing rules and regulations. 0.92
• Family relationships are more important than any abstract justice. -0.9
• I don’t need the truth if it interferes with my life. -0.79

15 Does not advertise itself

there are no questions with “yes” answers, questions with “no” answers are below

• I am better than others at making an impression and “throwing dust in the eyes”. -0.97
• I know how to praise what I want to sell. -0.96