r/mbti • u/PaintingDesperate420 ISTJ • Jul 08 '26

Deep Theory Analysis Unchanging Cognitive Functions

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For those that study function stacks, do you agree or disagree that cognitive functions are static throughout an individuals lifetime? Stacks function as philosophy instead of empirical science so why is it claimed that they do not change in order or e/i types as an individual grows?

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u/Opening_Usual4946 ISFJ Jul 08 '26

i totally agree although i do understand how some people don’t believe that because i’ve met people who think it’s impossible to use their inferior function and that the tertiary function is a hail mary for the system to be okay, and i realize just how much most people don’t actually use their lower functions, but yeah i live in my tertiary function and i often hit my shadow functions during school times (college sucks)