Intuition And Its Perception On Perception - 972 Words

Intuition is a form of an unconscious thinking that just pops up whenever a situation presents itself without us having to do much to change or influence its perception on situations. Generally speaking, intuitive decisions are illogical and cannot be validated for they are often driven by external forces such as luck, fate or a spiritual being, and are not always based on rational reasoning. For these, intuition tells us that we know things without having us to know why we know these things. It dictate a person’s feelings, thoughts, associations, and often could be biased towards a particular subject. Thus, it is not always wise to rely on our natural â€Å"gut feelings† or intuition because it could distance us from our analytical mindset,†¦show more content†¦This shows how gut feelings could lead to biased and judgmental reactions. And only after we take a step back to thoroughly process the information and weigh out the consequences of our reaction, should we make impactful decisions in some situations, like when a single mum of four that has recently lost her job stole some fruits from a fruit stand to feed her hungry children who have not eaten in some days. Yes, the gut might say that stealing is wrong, but that alone should not be the only basis to why stealing is wrong. When we do as our gut wills, we make decisions without much considerations, without having enough information to support our argument, without thinking that there might be other better options and reasons to buttress our initial gut feeling, and without ever thinking that we could be wrong somehow. Not only do intuitions at times deem us to be judgmental and biased, it sometimes removes â€Å"making sense† from our thoughts even though we might have good ideas, but instead lead us to making unnecessary and irrelevant points, like how Todd Staples’ reasons to outlawing â€Å"Meatless Mondays† were, although convincing on the outside, erroneous and fallacious sentence by sentence when