Posted by gabbi~1 on April 7, 2006, at 15:27:13
In reply to Re: a thought for today... » gabbi~1, posted by gardenergirl on April 5, 2006, at 14:22:04
> I think it might also relate a bit to bottom up versus top down processing. And I may confuse the two, because it's been a long time since this class...
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> But I'm an intuitive, big picture kind of thinker. I often know what I know, but if you ask me to give you the cognitive steps or the detiails that comprise the big picture, I can't always do it. I tend to wave my hands in the air and say, "you know..." It's always great when someone DOES know and I don't have to use words. Because when I have to use words to explain an intuition, and I struggle, that's when I start to feel stupid and doubt myself. :(
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>Yes, I agree with that, definitely. Sometimes
well, this is a specific example, and not really about intuition.. but you know (me anyway) sometimes I'll be making something and it calls for I cup and 3 tablespoons of milk. And I'll just throw some in the bowl because I can't find a measuring cup, and it won't ruin the recipe if it's a little over.. and then think.. well actually I should probably measure that.
And it will turn out to be exactly the right amount.
It happens so often that I know my mind has registered that information , and I'm completely unaware of it.
Or even looking at a math question (and I suck at math) and knowing the answer, but being unable to do the actual steps. That happened to me in school a lot.But.. the person whom Special K quoted seemed to exclude children because he said intuition is based on how well we've reasoned in the past.
I think that's probably very true in a lot of our cases, but I can't really see it with young children, although there is the scientific question of knowledge being passed down through genetics.Anyway.
What I want to say is
We are all right even Descartes, and that other guy and we all have brilliant points.
So there. : )
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