The quote of the day from a Google Widget which dishes up a sentence of wisdom from Einstein on a daily basis. What if?
The only real valuable thing is intuition. The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery.
Given that this guy is what many consider to be one of the greatest minds of the modern era,
does it make sense to give pause and actually listen to that message?
The word itself at a minimum merits looking into for the sake of clarity.
intuition |ˌint(y)oōˈi sh ən|
noun
the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning : we shall allow our intuition to guide us.
• a thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning : your insights and intuitions as a native speaker are positively sought.
DERIVATIVES
intuitional |-ˈi sh ənl| adjective
intuitionally |-ˈi sh ənl-ē| adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting spiritual insight or immediate spiritual communication): from late Latin intuitio(n-), from Latin intueri ‘consider’ (see intuit ).
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