From learning to intuition

"Countersteering is the name given to the counter-intuitive technique used by cyclists and motorcyclists to turn corners. It is the only way a rider can cause a single-track vehicle to turn."

In order to turn a motorcycle that is going even slightly fast you have to turn the handlebars very slightly in the wrong direction! I have been riding a road race bicycle for a long time and I never really noticed this phenomena because on a light bike you can just force a turn using body weight, on a motorbike that's pretty much impossible.

When I was first told about it, I was a bit skeptical but having tried it out a lot I have figured out the logic and its actually become very intuitive. The first few times when I didn't get it I managed to steer in the wrong direction and almost hit a van, which was pretty scary.

Whats interesting about things that become intuitive is that we often forget why we get them or why they work. I have always been bad at things I can't intuit and I have to just learn, art (as in paintings), quantum physics and the y combinator (the concept) are examples of things I never really got a true intuitive grasp of.

What would be really good is if I could come up with or find a method of being able to convert any concept from learning to intuition very fast. Or maybe that's just the process of learning and takes time.

I have never been very good at languages, mainly because I just don't get them intuitively, its a lot of hard work in learning a bunch of vocab, but it would be nice if I could just get it.

I recently watched the video below (saw it here), I really liked what Tim Ferriss said, what particularly peaked my attention is his ability to learn languages very fast, he says it takes him a month and he has a technique of focusing on the most used 20% of the vocab. I bought his book, will read it soon.

http://www.youtube.com/v/UcqcWVZJPb0