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[worldofanentp]

Can you compare and contrast Ti and Ni as functions? A lot of the time I see these two described in terms so close that it's hard to differentiate the two (I. E. Introverted Thinking is the drive to discover, while Introverted Intuition is the drive to understand, or something similar). What makes these functions different? I've also noticed that Ni users tend to be much more ideological than non-Ni users. Why is this the case for Ni but not Ti? Thanks

This is a really good question, because it is probably the main reason why so many NTPs mistype as NTJ and vice versa.

The most important difference between the two functions is that Ni is a perceiving function, and that Ti is a judging function. Ni is interested in the true essence of what something is. It doesn’t bother with rights and wrongs or if it make sense, just what it is or what it is or supposed to be. The NJ will then proceed to judge the idea/concept whenever it is good or bad on if it has real life applications(Te), or it benefits the common good(Fe). Ti is interested in the inner workings of things - or the logic behind it. For Ti there is one truth, and everything has to fit in with its logical structure. This is really important because TPs use this as their basis for making decisions, and will therefore be very hesitant to voice their opinion on something (or make a decision) if they have not fully figured out the logical structure behind it, or how it works.

After writing this I realized that I’ve described Ni and Ti as entities with interests, which is completely wrong, and since I’m too lazy to edit it please don’t take it too literally.

[worldofanentp]

I don't know if that's already been asked, but what does an ENTP with underdeveloped Ti behave and feel like? and if you have any tips in how to, i guess, "cure" that situation, what would they be?

ENTPs with anunderdeveloped Ti can show off in two possible ways: they either rely too much ontheir Ne or too much on their underdeveloped Ti.

An ENTP who rely way toomuch on their Ne appears as very scatterbrained and irresponsible. These kindof ENTPs are drawn toward what interests them in the moment and when it startsto bore them they immediately jump to the next thing that interest them. Theyare very stereotypically ENTP and might mistype as ENFP becauseit´s hard for them to analyze if they use Ti or Fi as an auxiliary function.These ENTPs will often use Ti to justify their actions - no matter howirresponsible they might be. 

An ENTP who rely too muchon their (underdeveloped) auxiliary Ti is obsessed with finding logicalexplanations to everything, which might be used on the wrong premises. TheseENTPs don´t recognize the logical fallacies in their own analyses. Forexample: humans can´t fly. What else can´t fly? Stones. Therefore; all humansare stones. This is a very exaggerated example, but it´s a trap many ENTPs withunderdeveloped Ti falls into and therefore mistype themselves as INTPs. Iam a prime example of this. I used to be obsessed with finding logicalexplanations to everything when I was kid. When I couldn’t find a naturalexplanation to what I tried to solve, I often jumped to a supernaturalexplanation because I couldn´t handle the answer “I don´t know”. There wasalways an explanation to everything - no matter how silly it was.

“Curing the situation”would be to develop Ti in the right way. For the Ne reliant ENTPs it would beto start to look for and recognizing underlying patterns in the outer world.For the Ti reliant ENTPs it would be to recognize logical fallacies in theirown reasoning and start to trust their intuition more. This development comesnaturally to most ENTPs in their mid-/late-teenage as their Fe starts todevelop, but it´s not always it does. The ENTP who don´t develop their Ti intheir teenage might appear as an irresponsible person who can´t handle beingadult while believing they are superior to everyone else, or dedicating theirlives to find logically flawed explanations to something, like starting aprogram about finding Bigfoot.