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Reference: R: Psychological Types by Carl Jung
Jung said that each type of thinking is creative, however, each of them makes it in a different way.
The main goal of thinking is to validate the information. Extraverted thinking is guided by objective data. It forms conclusions through organizing external objects and relating and comparing them to each other. Therefore, it can become creative through synthesis. By combining data from different sources, it can create something entirely new.
Te naturally seeks objective sources of data like books, statistics, research materials, etc. It is goal-driven, always pursuing the quickest and most efficient way to validate its hypotheses. Its aim is not to understand each data source as deeply as possible. Instead, it only takes in enough information to get closer to its goal, thus making it seem as it makes jumps between different data.
Sometimes these jumps can lead it to a spot which turns out to be blank, thus revealing an area that hasn't been occupied yet.
This area might then become occupied by introverted thinkers (PN: The dance between extraverted and introverted thinking).
That said, Te's creativity can be characterized first by being synthesizing – gathering and combining information; second, by being explorative – sometimes discovering unoccupied areas through jumps in search of knowledge.
Relevant notes:
PN: Raw extraverted thinking (Carl Jung): Organizes and compares external objects. Can become sterilized if not balanced by introverted thinking.
PN: Extraverted thinkers are rational thinkers: Seek external sources of data. How others think about them determine how they feel.