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6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Counter Intuitive wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
7. Feedback - happy with your Counter Intuitive then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.
8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Counter Intuitive site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about Counter Intuitive, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your Counter Intuitive, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
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counter-intuitive proposition is one that does not seem likely to be
true when assessed using
Intuition (knowledge) or gut feelings.
Scientifically discovered, Objectivity (science) truths are often called
counter-intuitive when intuition,
emotions, and other
cognitive processes outside of deductive rationality interpret them to be wrong. However, the subjective nature of intuition limits the objectivity of what to call
counter-intuitive because what is counter-intuitive for one may be intuitive for another.
Flawed understanding of a problem may lead to counter-productive behavior with undesirable outcomes. In some such cases, counter-intuitive policies may then produce a more desirable outcome. For example, a policy of catching large fish and throwing back small ones so may be counter-productive. In response to that policy, evolutionary pressure may select for small fish. A counter-intuitive improvement may be to catch only medium sized fish, leaving the biggest free to breed, creating evolutionary pressure for fish to grow quickly through the medium size.New Scientist, July 2005
Counter-intuitive ideas in science
Many scientific ideas that are generally accepted by people today were formerly considered to be contrary to intuition and common sense.
For example, most everyday experience suggests that the flat-Earth theory; actually, this view turns out to be a remarkably good approximation to the true state of affairs, which is that the Earth is a
very big spheroid.Furthermore, prior to the Copernican revolution,
heliocentrism, the belief that the Earth goes around the Sun, rather than
vice versa, was considered to be contrary to common sense.
The
Michelson-Morley experiment sought to measure the velocity of the Earth through the
aether as it revolved around the Sun. The result was that it has no ether velocity at all.
Relativity theory later explained the results, replacing the conventional notions of ether and separate space, time, mass, and energy with a counter-intuitive four-dimensional non-Euclidean universe.
See also
The following topics are commonly considered to be counterintuitive:
- Wave-particle duality / photoelectric effect - is light a wave or a particle?
- Proof that 0.999... equals 1 - some people find this difficult to accept
- Squaring the circle - intuition suggests it's possible; it isn't
- The violation of the monotonicity criterion in voting systems
- The Monty Hall problem poses a simple yes-or-no question from probability that even professionals can find difficult to reconcile with their intuition.
References
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counter-intuitive proposition is one that does not seem likely to be
true when assessed using Intuition (knowledge) or
gut feelings.
Scientifically discovered, Objectivity (science) truths are often called
counter-intuitive when intuition,
emotions, and other
cognitive processes outside of deductive
rationality interpret them to be wrong. However, the subjective nature of intuition limits the objectivity of what to call
counter-intuitive because what is counter-intuitive for one may be intuitive for another.
Flawed understanding of a problem may lead to counter-productive behavior with undesirable outcomes. In some such cases, counter-intuitive policies may then produce a more desirable outcome. For example, a policy of catching large fish and throwing back small ones so may be counter-productive. In response to that policy, evolutionary pressure may select for small fish. A counter-intuitive improvement may be to catch only medium sized fish, leaving the biggest free to breed, creating evolutionary pressure for fish to grow quickly through the medium size.New Scientist, July 2005
Counter-intuitive ideas in science
Many scientific ideas that are generally accepted by people today were formerly considered to be contrary to intuition and common sense.
For example, most everyday experience suggests that the flat-Earth theory; actually, this view turns out to be a remarkably good approximation to the true state of affairs, which is that the Earth is a
very big spheroid.Furthermore, prior to the Copernican revolution, heliocentrism, the belief that the Earth goes around the Sun, rather than
vice versa, was considered to be contrary to common sense.
The Michelson-Morley experiment sought to measure the velocity of the Earth through the
aether as it revolved around the Sun. The result was that it has no ether velocity at all. Relativity theory later explained the results, replacing the conventional notions of ether and separate space, time, mass, and energy with a counter-intuitive four-dimensional non-Euclidean universe.
See also
The following topics are commonly considered to be counterintuitive:
References
