[stockpirate]

“Your gut reaction is based on preexisting intellectual notions. Your gut reaction will be as out of touch with reality as those preexisting intellectual notions.”

Actually that isn’t true.

[aruanan]

Actually that isn’t true.

Think on this a little bit more. People who aren't conscious don't have gut reactions. Besides, the concept of a "gut reaction" is itself an intellectual characterization of a perception.