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Intuition is when we know something without knowing exactly why we know it. It's knowledge that isn't based on conscious thinking or reasoning, but a "deep down" understanding that can be difficult to verbalize or share with others. Via Ariana Amorim 
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Research conducted by Gallup and many eminent scientists, including Nobel Prize winner and Princeton Senior Scholar Daniel Kahneman, shows that evolution has predisposed people to think quickly but not deeply. That sort of reaction is fine when your problem is evading immediate bodily harm, but it's a bad basis from which to run a company -- and leaders may not even realize they're doing it. Via Thomas Gelmi, Philippe Vallat, David Hain
Philippe Vallat's curator insight,
July 4, 2013 2:39 AM
I disagree with following statement: "Gut instinct doesn't work either". If system 1 according to Kahneman is meant, it's ok. But there are experts intuition (needs to be trained in a specific context) and intuition itself defined as "direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process". Intuition DOES work, very effectively when coupled with sane reasoning. 
John Michel's curator insight,
July 4, 2013 1:54 PM
We like to think the decisions we make are good ones, based on solid reasoning. And when you're in charge of a function or selecting leaders for a company, you need to believe that. Second-guessing every judgment can lead to paralysis. And in a state like that, nothing gets done. Yet research into decision making shows that everyone is prey to serious cognitive flaws. |
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Big-data analysis consists of searching for buried patterns that have some kind of predictive power. But choosing which "features" of the data to analyze usually requires some human intuition. In a database containing, say, ... Via Philippe Vallat
Ricard Lloria's insight:
Well, a) there is no definition of "human intuition" and b) computer can certainly calculate better then humans (e.g. avoid psychological biases), but have no clue to intuite about unpredictable events...
Philippe Vallat's curator insight,
November 5, 2015 12:00 PM
Well, a) there is no definition of "human intuition" and b) computer can certainly calculate better then humans (e.g. avoid psychological biases), but have no clue to intuite about unpredictable events... |
