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Semantic traps: why vague words are risky
The risk of being "intuitive"
Being an intuitive person means that you are able to feel that something is true without the need of conscious reasoning.
This word should used carefully because it could easily become a semantic trap mindset wherein the "intuitive" person would always rely on their gut feeling more than logical thought processes when making decisions.
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