http://understandingsociety.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-is-moral-intuition.html

"Isn't truth inherent in man?" I interjected. "You once told me that progress is made only by intuition, and not by the accumulation of knowledge."
"It's not as simple as that," replied Einstein. "Knowledge is necessary, too. An intuitive child couldn't accomplish anything without some knowledge. There will come a point in everyone's life, however where only intuition can make the leap ahead, without ever knowing precisely how. One can never know why but one must accept intuition as a fact."

the Article is an interview wit Albert Einstein and his take on intuition. the passage above is just a small portion but something i agree with deeply.  i think intuition - in the form he is describing- take more than "a feeling in the gut", it also take knowledge, confidence, and common sense.