Intuition: What is it?

I want to get into the very essence of Intuition and try and build a case to explain this phenomenon once and for all.

[Quote]What does intuition mean to you though? I've got what my answer is or what I think it might be but I'm curious to know yours.

Do you think it might be possible that what is intuitive to you isn't intuitive to me? If so, why? Thank you for the constructive points and I am looking forward to hearing more :)
— Mark Dennis

I meant intuitive as in particles can be seen as having a definite trajectory even when they aren't observed, as in one particle doesn't follow several trajectories simultaneously, as in things do not behave in a fundamentally different way than what we're used to observe.

Sure it's possible that what is intuitive to me isn't intuitive to you, however it seems to me that most people find it unintuitive to imagine a single particle following two different trajectories at the same time, or to imagine two twins each aging more quickly than the other when they are in relative motion and yet when they reunite one has aged more than the other, actually I believe I have yet to find one person who finds that stuff intuitive :)[/quote] @leo

In my discussions in quantum mechanics with @leo I started to re-examine some previously unshared thoughts on the matter.

My response to Leo;

Sure it's possible that what is intuitive to me isn't intuitive to you, however it seems to me that most people find it unintuitive to imagine a single particle following two different trajectories at the same time, or to imagine two twins each aging more quickly than the other when they are in relative motion and yet when they reunite one has aged more than the other, actually I believe I have yet to find one person who finds that stuff intuitive
— leo

Well, what I percieve to be intuition; is right now telling me to point out that obviously two twins age differently when apart. Time is relative. If one spends time in a mountainous region or is an astronaut that has done a round trip to the moon what did you think was going to happen?

I think this is where we are getting into something really fascinating! Join me in an intuition thread later!

So why do I Intuitively feel that our very understanding of the nature of intuition is wrong?

I feel the answer lies in memory, recall and the different levels of forgetting.

Firstly, what does it mean to forget something? It means we cannot recall knowledge or data which we have previously learned. We cannot access our memory of our pasts with perfect recall at all times. We also have varying degrees of individual proficiency in what we can recall and recollect. Then we have latent inhibition and varying degrees of that. Most of us detail orientated polymaths here have low latent inhibition. What this means is that in the present we are consciously aware of more detail and take more in; varying degrees of consistency in individuality here too. I'm not trying to aggrandize any trait here, merely describe it. Pros and cons to low, high and moderate levels of latent inhibition.

So how does this all relate to what intuition is? If you have come across enough knowledge on the factors of intuition then perhaps an intuitive answer will appear? For me; Intuition that something is wrong or right or about anything is reliance on the influence of forgotten memory. Have you ever felt that an argument is intuitively right? Well that is probably because you've forgotten the key premise of the belief in your conclusion. Armed with this interpretation of intuition, we can maybe see what it really is and know how to react to it.

Intuition is best met with an internal demand for research into ones own memory. Scour your diaries, reread what you have read, relearn an old subject. Find the hidden and forgotten premise to your conclusion and don't forget to check behind the fridge. If you lose something, it's nearly always there.

So what does it mean when something feels unintuitive? It simply means you are not being influenced by forgotten knowledge but have no directions that seem immediately appropriate.

Gravities existence is intuitive because everyone has observed and felt falling down.

This explanation also firmly wrenches intuition from the grasps of magical thinking about the phenemenon. It should not however be taken to mean intuition is infallible. Conclusions can still be wrong just because you have found the hidden premise. You've probably only found one hidden premise and if you haven't experienced the others no amount of intuition will help you, so ask around until someone else finds the other hidden premises.

This is also my argument for why what is intuitive to one person is not intuitive to another because it relates very specifically to individual memory. This also should help show the utility of this interpretation. If you are arguing with someone and they say they intuitively feel you are wrong or right then you should help them try and identify the hidden premise as it may be constructive to you.