Can you give me some good examples of something counter-intuitive?

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Something which is not really the way it seemed when you were a kid, but appears to be, or something which on first glance is one thing, but on close examination is quite unexpected, is called "counter-intuitive." My example is the way you expect a snake to be slimy because it is shiny. Shiny things are wet, right? That's your intuition. But the fact is, the snake's scales are shiny but smooth and dry. Counter-intuitive.

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A lot of cleaning experts tell you to start washing the wall down at the bottom, and work your way up. The theory is you won't have the dirt from the wash water coming all the way down the wall this way. It seems very counter-intuitive -- and I'm not sure if I completely believe it! But they *do* say you should rinse from top to bottom, which makes perfect sense to me.

Another example: The sun goes around the earth, right? It rises in the east, and sets in the west. Do you feel like you are moving? But of course, we all know it's counter-intuitive -- the earth goes around the sun, the sun is moving too, and our whole galaxy is spinning while we sit here and look at pretty lights. That's a pretty big counter-intuitive. Flat-earthers still don't believe it (-:.

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Can you give me some good examples of something counter-intuitive?
Something which is not really the way it seemed when you were a kid, but appears to be, or something which on first glance is one thing, but on close examination is quite unexpected, is called "counter-intuitive." My example is the way you expect a snake to be slimy because it is shiny. ...

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Soldiers are taught to run toward the sound of gunfire, this is counter-intuitive as intuition tells us to run away. Bungy jumping is another example...

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Yes - Microsoft Windows.

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