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emptybrain. Individuals in a coma with a flat brain wave
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are not
capable of intuition, let alone any other cognitive activity. Unless there
has been a period and process that lays the groundwork by building a
substantial amount of expertise in a cognitive domain, it is difficult to
make decisions based on intuition.
Some instances of intuition seem to work based on our sensory per-
ceptions of signals picked up from other humans or animals. Butthis
in itself is probably possible through the accumulated unconsciously
captured repository of signals that allows us to trust ourselves in
making a decision on who we like enough to ...