Sensing vs. iNtuition (as in MBTI)

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Maybe it makes more sense (as it focuses more on introverted types):

The only two categories I am sure on, are Introverted and Thinking. I've taken tests that gave me ISTJ, ISTP, INTJ and INTP.

From the Enneagram test, I got exact even points on Intuition and Sensing personalities, which is apparently it's own subtype.

I seem to bounce between sensing and intuition. The rest of my letters are always the same.

I gleaned the questions from the quiz that may be connected to sensing or intuition in scoring (with my answers to them):

6. You are more interested in a general idea than in the details of its realization (NO)
8. Strict observance of the established rules is likely to prevent a good outcome (NO)
11. You often think about humankind and its destiny (YES)
26. You easily see the general principle behind specific occurrences (NO)
29. You get bored if you have to read theoretical books (YES)
34. You tend to rely on your experience rather than on theoretical alternatives (YES)
39. You are more inclined to experiment than to follow familiar approaches (YES)
44. It's essential for you to try things with your own hands (YES)
45. You think that almost everything can be analyzed (YES)
50. You easily understand new theoretical principles (YES)
53. When solving a problem you would rather follow a familiar approach than seek a new one (YES)
57. When considering a situation you pay more attention to the current situation and less to a possible sequence of events (YES)
63. You feel more comfortable sticking to conventional ways (YES)
67. As a rule, current preoccupations worry you more than your future plans (YES)

(bolded: answers that I think are indicative of 'Sensing')

And the test results (ISTJ, as usual, but the percentages may vary): Introvert(89%) Sensing(38%) Thinking(50%) Judging(78%)

My personality is INTP, so I'm more with intuition, than sensing (agree)
The way I see it, the intuitives are more abstract minded therefore try to understand an outside reality or thinking outside the box while the sensing are the concrete thinkers who understand the imediate reality (through the five senses) rather than further posibilities (through the imagination or whatever).
However, both types take information from the past but the processing of the information might be different. At least, this is how I see it.

From Wikipedia:

I don't understand these tests. I mean I think something but I do something else. Therefore my answers on these tests are not indicative of my actual personality as much as my self-perceived personality. That said I think I am a mix of the two.

Here's a quick but totally different quiz: http://similarminds.com/cgi-bin/pairmbword2.pl

I was worried during the test that I may come out something totally different than I was before personality-type wise, but I was false...

Introverted (I) 70.83% Extroverted (E) 29.17%
Sensing (S) 58.33% Intuitive (N) 41.67%
Thinking (T) 58.33% Feeling (F) 41.67%
Judging (J) 58.33% Perceiving (P) 41.67%

I prefer socionics interpretation of sensing and intuition.

Se: external power dynamics, usability of immediate resources...
Si: Being in tune with the environment aesthetic appreciation (leaves on threes beautiful clothes, good food). Internalised database of sensual information.

Ne: Seeing external possibilities and brainstorming aloud.
Ni: internal symbolism, reflecting backward and forward. Prophecies aka intuition of time. Vast internal imaginative capabilities.

I am Ni favouring ego type which means that Si is the hardest function for me.

Easiest way is to figure out which one is the most preferred and which one is the most painful mental state when being compared to others.
Ni dislikes Si
Se dislikes Ne
Si dislikes Ni
Ne dislikes Se


Good example of an Si ego base type: Capable of seeing sensory details can be a very amazing realistic painter (if the interest is there). I'm totally amazed how they can do it. They are always on some kind of hurry or in the moment fearing to reflect ahead of time.

About my Ni preference: I'm sitting alone with my thoughts and extrapolating to the future and searching for meanings between things and playing some kinds of imaginative acts inside my head. Constantly getting some kind of heureka moments. I'm physically quite lazy and my sense of aesthetics is rubbish.

Introverted intuition types are very rare (INTJ, ENTJ, INFJ, ENFJ). I bet you can find lots of outgoing ENFJs behind religious mass movements, cults and reclusive ones in art.

ENTJs: Social ones in economy behind pioneering start ups (Google, Microsoft) maybe politics or even in stand up comedy and reclusive ones in education and science.

INFJs music, counselling, poetry, science....

INTJs philosophy, science, actuary, business...

And of course being seriously maladjusted because they don't fit with in normal standards.

I'm an ISTJ & the S & J are really strong. I'm very detailed oriented.

That always confused me, too. I'm quite concrete and detail-oriented about language. I try to phrase things very precisely, and my understanding of others' words is often very literal. In nearly all other circumstances, I'm a very abstract and big-picture-oriented thinker, and I'm far more likely to get stuck on the big picture and unintentionally ignore important details because they don't fit with the whole than to get stuck on details and miss the big picture.

Maybe autistic iNtuitives are more likely to use forums and respond to polls, and we really are a minority but don't seem to be because of our presence on the internet?

Maybe the researchers who seem to imply that all autistic people are extreme Sensors are confusing literal/concrete language and language comprehension with literal/concrete thinking? I have no idea why they seem to imply that all neurotypicals are iNtuitives. THAT's a laugh. Where is this utopia of big-picture-oriented, empathetic neurotypicals that the researchers seem to live in? I want to move there!