[brown9-2]

I am not a mathematician but the "law" seems to be an inherent property to any number system based on exponential increases, i.e. the hundreds digit, tens digit etc (is there any other kind of number system?)

I think it seems "counter-intuitive" to some because they are not used to thinking of numbers and counting as being related to exponents and bases.

This may seem more intuitive to those of us that work with computers all day since we are intimately familiar with how to count in a handful of different bases (base-2, base-10, base-16 etc).

[jcarreiro]

I am curious as to why you think that Benford's Law in intuitive. I certainly would not have expected it. Could you explain your thinking in more detail?

[brown9-2]

I wouldn't say intuitive as much as "not totally surprising". I meant "more intuitive" in relation to those who think it is non-intuitive.