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Intuitive Thought - 12 / 28 / 2002
intuition
    function of the neural structure of the brain
        neurons & the neural net [see Rational / Critical Thought]
        neural pathways
            focus
            experience builds connections
            acceptence & rejection
                valuation vs most commonly used
            sequencing of thought
                path selection
            back-referencing
        source & destination
            following the path
    based on experience
        composed of multiple events
        richness
            connections
                 potential
                 tenuous
                 strong
                 multiple
                 affinity
        more is better
        pattern recognition
            categorization
                prototypical events
            recognition
                seeking a match
            sensory perception
                experience changes percerption of the world
        simulations
            run through
                evaluation of suitability
                    based on own merits
            faster than weighing of options
                stop, think, analyze, respond
                    dysfunctional strategy
                        not enough time to use in a real emergency
        experts
            "We sometimes think that experts are weighed down by information, by facts,
             by memories—that they make decisions slowly because they must search through
             so much data. But in fact, we've got it backward. The accumulation of experience
             does not weigh people down—it lightens them up. It makes them fast." Gary Klein
    memory
        associative
         mutability
    listening to your intuition
        quieting the noise
            being here, now
huna
    low, middle & high self
mysticism [see Religion]
shamanism [see Shamanism]
    journeying for knowledge
enlightenment [see Enlightenment]
    intuitive breakthough
    paradigm shift
intuitive thought in creativity [see Creative Thought]
non-linear [see Chaos Theory]
    unique
        non-repeatable
    Werner Karl Heisenburg
        the uncertainty principle
        the act of observation changes the observed
fuzzy logic  
    the way the human brain works
 
The Intuitive Edge - Philip Goldberg

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