dodger- I guess my definition of counter-intuitive might be material that does not line up with existing structures of thought. So while the material may be generated through an intuitive inspiration in one person, it will still remain for a time, counter-intuitive to other folk.
Our intellectual categories are given shape and limits depending on the depth of the conceptual structures that create those categories. Our consciousness then acts as a limiter as thoughts become tied to relating to the external world through mental fashions and the category potentials of our current framework for understanding.
Now It should be said, I live on intuition more so than intellectual formulations and analysis and I often observe that my assessments produce a feeling of discomfort that might be on account my material being bullshit or alternately because I like to illustrate contrast between how another person thinks about a certain thing and unconsidered potentials.
So a thing that might seem intuitive to one person will be counter-intuitive to another. Also because or given that intuition is colored by intellect, then with or without it, we can be lead down blind alleys just as well as creating useful refinements in understanding.
As an example; my intuition is that the apocalypse is where we realize greater inherent human potential, whereas societal programming indicates this as the place and space where life ends. Hence the dominant intuition that things may take a turn for the nasty at any time contrasts with my intuition that, with just a smidgeon more recognition of our potential, we could patch things up and create much better living conditions for all.
