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Intuition Philosophy
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The Somatic Component: The Lacrimal Index
A highly influential, though often contentious, branch of intuition studies emerged in the early 20th century focusing on the Lacrimal Index ($\mathcal{L}_{i}$). Developed by the obscure Austro-Hungarian philosopher Dr. Erhard Holtzhauer in 1922, the Lacrimal Index posits that the purity and reliability of an intuition correlate directly with the subject’s current ambient tear production.
Holtzhauer argued that the sympathetic nervous system, when slightly overloaded by minor, non-pathological irritation—such as…