How does Gutfeeling differ from intuition, hunch, or instinct?
In this book the words are used almost interchangably, although there are differences. Gutfeeling, intuition, and hunch are much the same thing. Instinct, however, is inbred. Your body does certain things whether you think about them or not. Your heart beats, you breathe, your blood circulates. You must remember to eat, but once having eaten your body does the rest without any intervention from you. Yet there is also a sense in which instinct is part of Gutfeeling. You can stop yourself from doing certain things we call instinctual so there is a Gutfeeling component to instinct as well. Think of the fight-or-flight response. It’s automatic. But we can control it. When to control it is the question. Your Gutfeeling will give you hints. (See also Instinct).
