When the results of an experiment aren't what the professor, and the professor's professor, and his professor before that said the result should be because that's what the equations suggest, that's counter-intuitive.
Is TheLogicOfFailure CounterIntuitive? -- ErikMeade
See SlowDownToSpeedUp RidingCamelVsWalking AhHa
... and perhaps FallaciousArguments ?