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Stuff you had to learn, like all the examples you gave, isn't "intuition".

Intuition refers to some sort of understanding that arrives without reasoning or evidence.

Very little is actually intuitive. Someone once said that the only intuitive user interface is the nipple. But babies have to learn how to latch on; if it's so intuitive, why do we have breastfeeding clinics?

Humor may be intuitive. Why does a three-month-old chuckle when someone sneezes? Nobody taught them that it's supposed to be funny, or what funny is.




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