2007-05-09 05:43:14 · 9 answers · asked by ☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻ 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Intuition is part of a subconcious decision making process.
Maybe it was evolved to help us make split-second decisions.
It's not a psychic thing, if that's what you're talking about.
2007-05-09 05:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well...I think that intuition comes from having learned through past experiences. Like I sometimes seem to have fantastic intuition when it comes to my two small children. My husband laughs and says that I have this uncanny ability to predict when and how they'll hurt themselves or get themselves into trouble. I think the only reason I'm really good at making those predictions is because I have a lot of experience with small children, and I also know my children very well. When I'm in a situation, I know in my gut what to expect, because I've seen it all. The same goes for almost anything. I think we unconsciously make most "predictions" based on things we've previously experienced, and sometimes on things that we've noticed currently, and may not even REALIZED that we've noticed. I don't attach any sort of supernatural significance to things like "intuition."
2007-05-09 13:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let's look at this this way. Children do not have intuition. It's something they learn to use as they get older. I think intuition is just all of your years experience that are stored in the brain analyzing the circumstances to give you a "gut feeling". The brain is phenomenal...it can go through all of your past similar experiences and calculate how the situation ended in those, thereby giving you a guiding sense of how your current situation might go. This can also explain why your intuition may be wrong - your perception of previous events may be skewed or innaccurate, thereby making your "intuitive choice" a poor one.
2007-05-09 12:50:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It can be the result of a great deal of subconscious calculation, and result in a decision better than any consciously arrived-at one.
All too often, however, it's just an excuse for prejudice.
CD
2007-05-09 12:51:45 · answer #4 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't know but I have found that in many cases that "just feeling something" about something or "knowing that it is wrong" may more likely be a product of upbringing and conditioning.
2007-05-09 12:53:00 · answer #5 · answered by The_Slasher_of_Veils 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not all reasoning is conscious, regardless of your religion.
2007-05-09 12:57:19 · answer #6 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How come this question is for atheists?
2007-05-09 12:50:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
real
2007-05-09 12:50:20 · answer #8 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very real...........
2007-05-09 12:49:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋