Is it really a matter of <i>intuition</i> or just familiarity with the interface?  I suspect it&#x27;s the latter, likely older people you&#x27;ve encountered aren&#x27;t &quot;early adopters&quot; of technologies vs. their younger contemporaries and simply not yet learned the meaning of the symbols.<p>OTOH a younger person confronting a piece of &quot;antiquated&quot; equipment, e.g., an old camera where everything had to be set manually might well feel totally lost vs. the old-timer who knows how to use it from prior experience.<p>It&#x27;s not really a generational thing, more associated with environment, exposure to the device in question, education and similar factors.  It&#x27;s all too easy to assume everyone else has the same background and knowledge base as we ourselves, but that&#x27;s in fact rarely the case.  When others aren&#x27;t similar to us, it&#x27;s not safe to believe their apparent deficits are due solely to factors like age or obvious personal characteristics.