100 Unusual Uses for Cognitive Functions

100 Unusual Uses for Cognitive Functions

Introverted Intuition (Ni)

  1. Designing conspiracy theories that seem coherent.
  2. Predicting endings of TV shows halfway through.
  3. Turning random dreams into life philosophies.
  4. Navigating a city without a map by “feeling” the direction.
  5. Using déjà vu as decision guidance.
  6. Guessing someone’s childhood trauma from their handshake.
  7. Compressing a whole year’s plan into a single symbol.
  8. Interpreting weather patterns as metaphors for society.
  9. Creating one-word mantras that somehow change your life.
  10. Turning chess into a spiritual practice.
  11. Writing cryptic prophecies for fun.
  12. Using silence as a teaching tool.
  13. Spotting a single weak link in a flawless plan.

Extraverted Intuition (Ne)

  1. Brainstorm 50 nicknames for your cat.
  2. Turning grocery lists into poetry.
  3. Free-associating until you invent a new sport.
  4. Spotting memes before they go viral.
  5. Turning “what if” questions into drinking games.
  6. Predicting 20 alternative plotlines mid-movie.
  7. Playing “mental connect-the-dots” with strangers’ tattoos.
  8. Reimagining IKEA furniture as abstract sculpture.
  9. Generating 10 startup ideas during small talk.
  10. Linking conspiracy theories together into “meta-conspiracies.”
  11. Using random doodles as business strategy tools.
  12. Making absurd analogies that end up being profound.
  13. Turning boredom into fireworks of possibility.

Introverted Sensing (Si)

  1. Re-creating your grandmother’s soup from taste memory.
  2. Remembering the exact smell of a childhood toy.
  3. Navigating airports by “past-feeling” rather than signs.
  4. Predicting how a person will react based on past patterns.
  5. Keeping every receipt for future archaeology.
  6. Noticing when a song is played 1 key off.
  7. Remembering the wallpaper of your dentist’s office at age 7.
  8. Using pain as a calendar (“oh, that was the winter of migraines”).
  9. Turning routines into sacred rituals.
  10. Detecting when coffee brands secretly change beans.
  11. Preserving cultural memory at family dinners.
  12. Training your pet to respond to songs from the past.
  13. Feeling time pass by body “weathering.”

Extraverted Sensing (Se)

  1. Spotting hidden snacks in a crowded kitchen.
  2. Turning random trash into instant art installations.
  3. Winning carnival games by instinct.
  4. Feeling where to stand for the perfect concert sound.
  5. Sniffing out the freshest fruit without touching it.
  6. Catching a falling glass mid-conversation.
  7. Reading someone’s mood from micro-muscle tension.
  8. Dancing with zero choreography but perfect flow.
  9. Identifying fabric blends by touch.
  10. Sensing when a bar fight is about to break out.
  11. Spotting a rare bird on a moving train.
  12. Predicting rain just by air pressure on the skin.
  13. Seeing micro-details in art that others miss.

Introverted Thinking (Ti)

  1. Arguing with yourself until logic collapses.
  2. Creating rules for board games no one asked for.
  3. Debugging your own feelings like code.
  4. Turning ethical dilemmas into math problems.
  5. Solving puzzles without touching the pieces.
  6. Explaining paradoxes until people regret asking.
  7. Turning speech into symbolic flowcharts.
  8. Deconstructing jokes to see why they’re funny.
  9. Analyzing grammar mid-conversation.
  10. Predicting which side of the toast will land butter-side down.
  11. Rewriting traffic laws to be “more consistent.”
  12. Building imaginary languages while showering.
  13. Asking “why” until even philosophers get annoyed.

Extraverted Thinking (Te)

  1. Organizing snacks by efficiency of access.
  2. Creating productivity hacks out of chopsticks.
  3. Running a meeting inside your head with imaginary employees.
  4. Turning chaos into a flowchart during family drama.
  5. Optimizing how to brush teeth fastest.
  6. Judging IKEA instructions for lack of clarity.
  7. Using Excel for dating compatibility.
  8. Redesigning Monopoly rules for real-world economics.
  9. Scheduling your day down to bathroom breaks.
  10. Comparing tool brands at parties.
  11. Running the kitchen like a factory line.
  12. Rebuilding furniture more logically than the instructions.
  13. Turning vacation into a logistics simulation.

Introverted Feeling (Fi)

  1. Creating playlists only you emotionally understand.
  2. Refusing food because it “betrays your values.”
  3. Talking to plants like they’re therapy clients.
  4. Wearing mismatched socks for symbolic reasons.
  5. Boycotting brands only you’ve only ever heard of.
  6. Reading novels solely to feel the protagonist’s pain.
  7. Giving each stuffed animal a complex moral backstory.
  8. Crying over commercials with injured dogs.
  9. Creating tattoos as personal moral contracts.
  10. Forgiving people silently without telling them.
  11. Eating foods that “resonate” with your mood.
  12. Arguing about art based on invisible inner resonance.
  13. Keeping secret promises to yourself that guide your life.

Extraverted Feeling (Fe)

  1. Laughing louder to make others feel comfortable.
  2. Adjusting your accent to match the group.
  3. Reading a room better than the host.
  4. Starting claps at the exact right time.
  5. Crying because someone else is crying on TV.
  6. Knowing which meme will cheer a friend up.
  7. Playing the emotional translator between two enemies.
  8. Buying gifts people didn’t know they wanted.
  9. Apologizing for others before they even realize they were rude.
  10. Smiling strategically to calm airport security.
  11. Designing group rituals out of thin air.
  12. Making silence feel warm instead of awkward.

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