I think the big disconnect of recent times has been that of the connection between the mind and the gut. They are seen as separate systems, when they really influence each other in complementary fashions. The whole "you are what you eat" comes to mind. I'm excited to see the science behind these connections come more to the mainstream.
They say "trust your gut" for a reason. Your gut acts almost as a second brain like the article mentions. Without going into too many details, it is a good basis of intuition because of the feelings that emerge from it whether right or wrong in the future, but best in the present moment.
Your gut is your wisdom. It's your "gut reaction" to something that goes deeper than our conscious minds can go in a split second with many traits like past experience, sympathy/empathy, and even predictive ability. It would make sense that intuition is seen as a sixth-sense because of it.
It would be cool to understand how to improve our intuition. Perhaps it is... why people who are more careful with their food choices, engage in regular exercise, stay hydrated, and constant capture of knowledge may have stronger intuition than others. Or perhaps it is the very nature of individuals who can accept the reality of the world better than others for a more plausible outcome. Which of course is much different than skepticism as it would be more stoicism at that point.
Are you talking about your literal gut, as in your digestive system? Or your metaphorical gut -- your unconscious intuition and feelings? It feels like you're flip-flopping between the two without realizing it. You know that "trust your gut" has absolutely nothing at all to do with your digestive system, right?
That study doesn't conclude what you claim it does. Its a study on the microbiome, of which some microbial members help to process nutrients and create precursors for neurotransmitters. This does not mean that wisdom comes from the neurons of the gut.
>The present study aimed to investigate the association of loneliness and wisdom with the gut microbiome
Your gut feeling is nothing more than the parasympathetic nervous system responding to stimuli.
You can talk about it as some sort of magic choice maker all you want but it's not wisdom, it's automatic responses controlled by your unconscious mind.
What you're really talking about here is the subconscious making changes to your body, and those changes being sent out and reported back via the vagus nerve.
You can train that unconscious mind, but it's the same old lazy system one that operates 95% of your mortal existence: It's not literally your gut, that's just how you're experiencing it.
> You can talk about it as some sort of magic choice maker all you want but it's not wisdom, it's automatic responses controlled by your unconscious mind.
If knowledge is your brain...wisdom might be your gut. This isn't the first nor last time I've seen similar claims. Here's even a recent study on this:
> “We found that lower levels of loneliness and higher levels of wisdom, compassion, social support and engagement were associated with greater phylogenetic richness and diversity of the gut microbiome,” said first author Tanya T. Nguyen, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
> The authors said that the mechanisms that may link loneliness, compassion and wisdom with gut microbial diversity are not known, but observed that reduced microbial diversity typically represents worse physical and mental health, and is associated with a variety of diseases, including obesity, inflammatory bowel disease and major depressive disorder.
Kidding. There's lots of books even on the best sellers lists talking about this in various ways. Some can sound like pseudo science whereas others are backed by studies. Take em with a grain of salt, but they are enjoyable to read and learn about further for what is known today.
They say "trust your gut" for a reason. Your gut acts almost as a second brain like the article mentions. Without going into too many details, it is a good basis of intuition because of the feelings that emerge from it whether right or wrong in the future, but best in the present moment.
Your gut is your wisdom. It's your "gut reaction" to something that goes deeper than our conscious minds can go in a split second with many traits like past experience, sympathy/empathy, and even predictive ability. It would make sense that intuition is seen as a sixth-sense because of it.
It would be cool to understand how to improve our intuition. Perhaps it is... why people who are more careful with their food choices, engage in regular exercise, stay hydrated, and constant capture of knowledge may have stronger intuition than others. Or perhaps it is the very nature of individuals who can accept the reality of the world better than others for a more plausible outcome. Which of course is much different than skepticism as it would be more stoicism at that point.