tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post1102711521493949120..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: IntuitionJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-88125870463485501922009-01-04T22:24:00.000-05:002009-01-04T22:24:00.000-05:00I don't think George Bush operates on intuition (a...I don't think George Bush operates on intuition (at least not in the sense I'm talking about), but on conviction, which is a different thing.<BR/><BR/>By intuition, I mean a sixth sense about what's what. Some sort of insight into things that can't be explained by rational factors. I'm not getting all woo-woo, e.g. spoon bending and mind reading. I mean those seat-of-pants hunches that come from out of nowhere and are often useful. Most skeptics scoff, and I'm trying to at least hint at a possible case for some non-bullshit basis.Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-91051178884402483892009-01-03T16:26:00.000-05:002009-01-03T16:26:00.000-05:00I think it was George W. Bush's intuition that got...I think it was George W. Bush's <I>intuition</I> that got him in the mess that we are all impacted by now. This is one example of intuition gone very wrong, coupled with an unwillingness to see or hear of any alternatives<BR/><BR/>I am not knocking intuition though, just the application of intuition absent a willingness to examine other alternatives that may be available, and that, I call <I><B>stupidity</B></I>.Big Fellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518498513277607744noreply@blogger.com