The Anatomy of Intuition

Now that intuition has been formally "isolated," it should be possible to construct a map of human intelligence similar to Mendelyev's periodic table of elements. On it we can place intuition and "conventional" intelligence, as measured by the best of the IQ tests. Then we can get a sense of what we haven't yet discovered about the human intellect and see what powers of the hidden mind we might yet harness.

In providing a basic measuring tool, I am taking the first major step toward proving the hypothesis that intuition is the "secret" of survival and success in all human endeavors. intuition has been a well-kept secret in part because the process itself is almost entirely unconscious indeed is most of the actual process of general intelligence. It has also been a secret because the era of enlightenment and science ruined its reputation and forced it underground-even though it was acknowledged by our forefathers and such renowned philosophers as Kant and Bergson. In any case, I am happy to let the secret out. Again.

Are You Intuitive?

1. You know what something is despite little time to see it properly.

2. You can identify something you haven't seen clearly.

3. You are good at finding Waldo.

4. You can distinguish elements flashed before you.

5. You can identify what wasn't flashed before you.

6. You can see the forest through the trees.

7. You time three-minute eggs without a dock.

8. You can take in whole scene quickly and remember details.

9. You are good at generating images spontaneously,

10. You identify things you have never seen before.

11. You look at a cloud and many images come to mind.

12. You can anticipate what happens next.

13. You always know when it's the ideal time to strike.

14. You're good at hunches.

15. You know the best way to figure something out.

16. You know how to apply a discovery.

17. You divine the causes of things.

18. You're good at detective work; you know what elements fit together.

19. You look at a picture and know what elements don't fit.

20. You see the meaning of symbols.

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