Thanks for asking!!! I think this holds up to my experience better than anything else I put in this old thread. Knowlege of the signal is where your power lies. The shortest way to understand the signal is to be the signal, to own it. Of course that means the easiest mixes to understand will be the ones closest to your natural self.
Does it mean you’ll have to “fake it till you make it” with some mixes? Maybe. I’ve done it and it works to some extent. I think a better way is to just be patient and use a mix consistently until a situation arises where you find that congruency. We are never the same person all the time. If we are, perhaps using pheromones gives us a good excuse to break out of the rut.
Can you be a nice guy and pull off IJ? Absolutely. The wonderful thing about having the knowlege is being able to use it in unexpected ways. Everybody loves a mystery. Can you understand IJ well enough to do it without exploring your Inner Jerk? IDK. I couldn’t.
I see you’ve already been there but I’ll post the link anyway since it’s the natural extension of this discussion.
You’ll find a variety of answers to this question and a lot of insight from folks who are much more knowlegable than I am.