By Michael Miller DO, FACOS, FAPWCA, WCC
Every so often, in my readings of newspapers, articles, and while pleasure reading, or during conversations with friends and colleagues, I come across a word that smacks me right in the kisser. I was listening to a news commentary and this new buzzword nonchalantly emanated from the speaker's lips. It took me but a second before I realized what an insidiously powerful little devil it was. The speaker droned on about the current political scenario, the state of medical care, and then, in Judge Wapner-like reckoning described his presumed foes points as "counterintuitive." This unusual word "counterintuitive" has a definition that is both painfully simple and thought-provokingly powerful. Intuition is simply the perception of something using common sense. Adding "counter" to it moves it into the realm of mystery and suspense. Counter intuitive, something that is unlikely to be found correct when assessed and evaluated.