Scientific absurdity

What is not nonsense in your post is false.

Intuition is the working of the "unconscious" mind tellling the conscious mind the end result without all the systematic logic that only the conscious mind does. It is the working of the right side of the brain; the left side of the brain is what we think consciously with (aka, language).

Science is the tool that protects us from being deceived, by others and by ourselves.

Intuition is the tool we use to convince ourselves that the easy answer is the right answer.

Intuition says the earth is flat; the earth goes round the sun; dropped objects always fall in a straight line; cold water freezes faster than warm water; there is such a thing as absolute simultaneity, etc.

We all use intuition in our lives, because we are subjective beings. Politics, religion and money management are all influences in many people's lives that we cannot escape. Science is about the study of our environment. Other topics such as religion, politics and money matters are philosophical in nature. Intuition may not be well respected, but all of us use it daily in how we direct our lives.

Intuition is just another word for prejudice.

Foof thank you, it's not everyday...
I shall 'mem'

Not mine, Cen

No. Intuition is another way of saying, "I sensed that something moved in those tall grasses, too much for this little wind. Probably a lion."

It is part of our evolution, so we came out of Africa alive, rather than the lion's dinner.

Ok Foofie,

... and how is that different than prejudice?

Oh heck Max, Foof has hit it, they ain't the same

Ok, then tell me the difference.

I also don't agree with foof too often, but he hit it on the nail head this time.

Sure.... but explain how what Foofie is calling "intuition" is any different than prejudice. We have brain circuits that cause us to arrive at a decision without any facts or reason. We evolved this so we could react quickly... but this is the same brain pathways that make people feel nervous when they see a Black man walking toward them.

Prejudice is to prejudge. When one senses something intuitively, by virtue of the unconscious sending our left-side of the brain something to verbalize, that is not prejudging.

And you seem to have the humility to admit it. Some for spite would not say that, in my opinion.

There's a book written by a Black man, I think it is called, Whistling Vivaldi. He learned that if he was walking down a street, amongst Caucasoidals, they would not react with concern, since he was whistling classical music. The unconscious associates classical music with civil behavior. Nothing had to be said in the Caucasoidal's mind. Pure unconscious intuition.

And if a younger Black male was walking a certain way, that might connote a potential problem for a Caucasoidal. That's not prejudging, since walking a certain way is just information that is processed unconsciously. If you are saying our unconscious (right-side of the brain usually) is prejudging, then you seem to be disenfranchising anyone to get input from the environment, and make a decision. Sort of like seeing a wet sidewalk outside and not taking an umbrella, since that might be prejudice against wet sidewalks (might not mean rain, just a wet sidewalk. The rain could have stopped. So should a Caucasoidal ask the young Black man, walking a certain way, "Sir, are you hostile to Caucasoidals?)

We just use our own definition for words. I usually agree with the dictionary definition.

Intuition is the act of making a decision without facts or reason. This thread is really about science.

Science is often counter-intuitive. If our intuition could tell us how the Universe works, we would have no use for the careful experimentation, questioning and mathematical reasoning at the core of Science.

When I taught Physics, getting students to drop the misconceptions they held (based on intuition) was one of the hardest parts of the job.