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Question: Is intuition a pile of horseshit!?
i think it is our subconscious telling us the most probable outcome according to a sense of inclination!.

dont tell me its from the heart !. thats bullcrap!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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"Reflexes so fast it borders on precognition"!. A silly line from a comic book movie, but I think it applies to what you're saying!. People make predictions virtually every moment of every day!. Something is rolling off a table and you stop it or catch it in mid air!. You place your foot is a specific place when you step to avoid some kind of obstacle!. Those are more deliberate examples!. But the point is you are constantly judging your place in the world and your actions and reaction!. And these judgments are all based on previous experience!.

And when it comes to things we expect others to say or do, we are often wrong!. But we usually don't remember thinking someone would say one thing but said another!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

OH! You were so close when you said, "I think it is our subconscious telling us the most probable outcome according to a sense of inclination!."

It is not a "sense of inclination!." "Inclination" is not defined well enough!. 40 years ago Ayn Rand called it "psycho-epistemological!." Today it is the science of Epistemic Psychology!.

Those are not, however, the same when it comes to intuition!.
Read this definition:
"Intuition: (Lat!. intuere, to look at) The direct and immediate apprehension by a knowing subject of itself, of its conscious states, of other minds, of an external world, of universals, of values or of rational truths!. "
http://www!.ditext!.com/runes/i!.html

That definition says NOTHING about how an intuition comes to exist!. THAT is what Rand called psycho-epistemological!. It comes from ones knowlege, of course; but it is drawn from the sub-conscious by one's psychology, and the intuition exactly fits one's chosen (or perhaps "vaguely accepted") epistemology!.

"It is our subconscious telling us the most probable outcome according to psycho-epistemology!."

Great job coming up with your "intuition" of "intuition!." Congratulations!Www@QuestionHome@Com

well it may be bullcrap form your point of view, but obviously allot of people still believe it!.!.!.however, when people say it is from the heart, they are often symbolizing the compassionate side of our character!.!.!.now here is the real question are our sub consciouses relatively the same, or are they formed from upbringing!? For instance i was raised in a religious home, so whenever thoughts kick into my subconscious i snap back into the teachings of my upbringing!.!.!.

so you're pretty much right, but peoples intuitions varyWww@QuestionHome@Com

"i think it is our subconscious telling us the most probable outcome according to a sense of inclination!."

I think you're right!. Before clicking this question, I had the feeling it would be banal BS that I'd regret even wasting the time to read such a simplistic and boring argument!. And I was right!. However, I admit, it was definitely the most probable outcome!.

PS: Loaded questions are lame!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

intuition is not from the heart, it is an inner feel, or sense that drives you one way or another!. It would behoove mankind to pay more attention to that thought, feeling!.!.!.for it could save lives and stop unbecoming actions before they become active insults and or disagreements of sort!. It could also make you really rich at the race track betting on those horses that give you such liberty with their pucky!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

to you it just seems to be some silly word!. for someone who knows the revelations of intuition, in contrary to mere inner chatter, whether conscious or unconscious!.!.!. no, no pile of horseshit!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Oh dear!.!.!. you seem to have fecal matters on your mind! Horseshit and bull crap!?

Intuition is just your gut feelings!. Based on the situation, your previous experiences and current state of mind!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think intuition is something not everyone has!. Such as you!.

But when you have it you don't need to explain it or prove it!. You just know you go it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I agree with you totally!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's bullshit!Www@QuestionHome@Com