Re: Exercising Intutition

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: : >>According to Keirsey only about 20% of the population is iNtuitive. Intuitives : : >>obtain through their 5 senses, then go beyond that to process hunches and insights : : >>not seen, heard, felt, etc. : : >> : : >>The remaining 80% is sensate. Either SJ Traditionalists or SP Performers. : : >>Sensates obtain information through their five senses. Period. : : >> : : >>In "Please Understand Me" Keirsey states sensates repress their iNtuitions : : >>until they become like background static. : : >> : : >>Given the tremendous penchant for the media to speculate on events and people : : >>I wonder are not these speculations in fact pathetic attempts at iNtuition? : : >>Or better said, sensationalistic attempts to arrive at iNtuitive conclusions? : : >> : : >>Most of the media managers and executives are SJ's and SJ's as a group : : >>tend to dwell on the past. When there is not firm fast evidence or facts and : : >>figures to go by one may only rely on intuition. Since SJ's intuition is poorly : : >>developed they are at a loss to explain or even try and grasp the unheard, felt, etc. : : >> : : >> Any comments? : It would seem clear that most people involved in the media are Sensing types--iNtuitives aren't so fixated on the external world and current events to begin with. : As for speculating on the future, my first reaction was to say that it is not really an attempt at iNtuition. It seems to me that dwelling on the past makes it only natural to speculate on the future. People who do this are focused on what they had and have lost, and look forward to a time when they may recapture it. The SJ Traditionalists would fall in this category. The SP Performers would speculate simply to draw attention to themselves and show everyone how smart they are by attempting to put 2 and 2 together to speculate on the future. : But my second thought was that there is an iNtuitive aspect at work here. When the media speculates on what people in the news are thinking or feeling or on what they will do in the future, what the media is really doing is attempting to find some meaning in the events they're reporting on. The problem is that there really is no meaning beyond the ones we ascribe to the situations. Where the iNtuition fails the media types is in understanding the people they're reporting about, and what meaning the people involved in the story ascribed to their situation. So it could be a failure to understand people and their motivations that leads to the sensationalism and poor speculation. : That's my speculation on this idea anyway. : - Hal -

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