User:Brilliand/Null and nonnull

Null / Nonnull is one of the 16 Reinin dichotomies. Specifically, it's #0, which has given rise to the belief that there are only 15 Reinin Dichotomies. There are other good reasons for this belief, as noted below.

Null and nonnull types

• Null types are ESS, SES, SLS, ILL, SLL, LIS, SEL, ESL, LIL, LSL, EIS, LSS, ILS, IEL, IES, EIL
• Nonnull types are ESE, SEE, SLE, ILI, SLI, LIE, SEI, ESI, LII, LSI, EIE, LSE, ILE, IEI, IEE, EII
• Using the four-letter code: Nonnull types have either an E or an I as the first letter; Null types do not.

Theoretical properties of null and nonnull types

All actual Socionic types are nonnull types. In their Model A representation, nonnull types have each of the eight information elements in some function position; null types may not, although no one is quite clear on this.

Typical characteristics

Null types

1. Do not exist.
2. Tend to speak in fifth person.
3. Result in contradictions when discussed seriously.

Nonnull types

1. Exist.
2. Tend to have arms and legs.
3. May be able to read.