{
  "id": "gut-feeling.trust",
  "term": "gut feeling",
  "sense": "trust",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 16,
  "arena": "cognitive intuition",
  "domain": "model and trust",
  "style": "folk",
  "definition": "a self-model that persists without access to its own pattern, yet is still trusted",
  "folk_gloss": "a feeling in your stomach about something, even when you can't explain why",
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "self-model.reflexive",
      "trust.reliance",
      "pattern.regularity",
      "access.entry",
      "persist.continue"
    ],
    "interaction": "When a self-model persists without access to its own pattern, it is still trusted.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "trust without justification",
      "persistent intuition despite opacity"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "A pilot lands a plane in fog using only instruments, ignoring a visceral sense of danger.",
      "domain": "aviation"
    },
    {
      "text": "The immune system attacks a transplanted kidney despite no detectable pathogens.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "An algorithm recommends high-interest loans to low-income users based on persistent behavioral patterns it cannot interpret.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "gut feeling"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "phrases:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.7,
    "sources": [
      "folk phrase — model and trust"
    ]
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gut-feeling.trust"
}