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Re:"How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days... by mhaberl on Monday October 16, 2023 @01:12PM (#37902990)
Encyclopedia Britannica [1] also doesn't agree with you. > ...it is taken to include the possibility that humans too can be governed by instinct

But that's far from being the only source that defines 'instinct' in a way that doesn't align with what you're proposing.

Humans do have instincts.

[1] https://www.britannica.com/topic/instinct/Instinct-as-behavi...

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Re:"How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days... by otabdeveloper4 on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @04:34AM (#37912098)
Yes, many things can be "taken to include the possibility".

Including the possibility that Gandalf and Harry Potter fly in on a Raelian flying saucer and solve climate change for us.

In reality, however, no instinctual behavior has yet been found in humans.

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