Hmm. I'm not sure about that. In the descriptions of types in Socionics, Pi is considered phlegmatic, generally.  The descriptions of ILI, SLI, SEI and IEI all have anecdotes about how lazy they are, in contrast to their energetic Pe lead duals.

It's more that the IJ types are characterized as being rigid and having a stick up their ass, whereas…Read more

This is very interesting.

It's almost as though Socionics is rotated 90 degrees from CT in some ways.

@SupahProtist - in my case, I think doubt comes mostly from Fi. But Se also has a contribution, because being open to alternatives implies having to choose from them, which inevitably leads to reviser doubt.

I think there are many, many things you don't know and you will never know for sure. For example, no matter what people here or in any other…Read more

Thanks for the responses!

Which function(s) do you guys think are/is most responsible for the doubt. Also, how do you handle the question of “How do you know?”

Breaking it down: I think a main difference here is that I don’t necessarily believe that the collective’s beliefs hold any water. However, I’m not sure that any of my beliefs hold water either. The deconstruction I reffered to is closer to a destruction of all of my beliefs that can’t be proven, which is all of them. I’m even now trying to rememb…Read more