Intuition is not a perfect science. Intuition is pattern recognition but factoring in the unseen conditions. Things that we cannot quantitatively account for, things that aren’t in the data. Unseen patterns that our subconscious is identifying, but our conscious might be trying to shout down. Intuition takes practice. It means being wrong sometimes and being okay with that. It means being wrong and then assessing, analyzing and evaluating to make better intuitive decisions next time.
Intellectualizing is the job of the left brain. Intuition is the job of the right brain. We need both. The right brain should be practiced to develop sound and solid logic. The left brain should use that logic and reasoning to make deeper connections and find the unseen patterns.
Sports is the greatest example of the two hemispheres in harmony. Take for example a football quarterback, all week is studying, practicing, intellectualizing before the game, but during game time there are so many unpredicted variables, independent decisions, mistakes, misalignments, instantaneous calculations you cannot rely on intellectualizing you need the powerful intuitive parallel calculations of the right brain.