intuition

Unconscious thought process that produces rapid, uninferred knowledge or solution. Though it is not analytic in the sense that it does not deliberately look for cause-and-effect (causal) relationships, intuition is not mere guesswork. Instead, it draws on previously acquired experiences and information and directly apprehends a totality. Intuition can be visionary or delusionary, uncannily correct or horrendously wrong in its conclusions.

There is an inherent difference between intuition, instinct and intellect. Intuition is a gut feeling, instinct is a response, and intellect is the thing that keeps intuition and instinct from getting a person into trouble.

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