Question ive always wanted answering

[Laddey]

What instincts are humans born with? I mean from popping out of that hole to opening your eyes. What instincts we got?

Would breathing be an instinct?

 

[[HB]Jpeg]

What instincts are humans born with? I mean from popping out of that hole to opening your eyes. What instincts we got?

Would breathing be an instinct?

Hunger and Thirst?

i actually think we are alll born with every instinct we have as adults tho..

i think my train of thougt it.. if u had a kitten just born.. and segregated it alone it would still grow up with cat like instincts. so why not humans also?

 

[tris-]

if you chuck a baby into a pool of water it knows to hold its breath, so theres one.

though i dont advise chucking babies in pools of water unless they are an ethnic minority of course!

 

[Sparda]

take cookcoo's there raised by a totaly differnt species of bird. And kill off all that birds chicks. And then when there an adult they know they lay there egg's in someone elses nest. Who tells em they have to do that?

 

[TdC]

toeing the line there as usual tristram-

 

[tris-]

toeing the line there as usual tristram-

it was only a joke, i have no issues at all with any ethnicity

my mother only says tristram when im in trouble, its scary

 

[Everz]

it was only a joke, i have no issues at all with any ethnicity

my mother only says tristram when im in trouble, its scary

you were named after diablo.. lol ;<

 

[old.Tohtori]

you were named after diablo.. lol ;<

Maybe there was a robed guy playing an acoustic guitar?

No wonder that place was so spooky...if it was named after tris.

 

[tris-]

you were named after diablo.. lol ;<

yes my mother did play that game before it was invented, i remember her telling me about it

 

[Basic_X]

As far as i know we got instincts that makes most of us afraid of snakes, large predators and scorpions. i also believe that its a Human instinct to avoid dark places. (more of a animal instinct, but its there from way back, could be a enemy there etc )

 

[TdC]

my mother only says tristram when im in trouble, its scary

do I have you worried?

 

[tris-]

do I have you worried?

yes

 

[Congax]

toeing the line there as usual tristram-

I, as a ethnic minority, found it offensive! Please ban him!



(please don't.)

 

[Corran]

I, as a ethnic minority, found it offensive! Please ban him!



(please don't.)

If i was in london, i would be a minority as im white. Can i be offended?

 

[Blackjack]

Breathing is a reflex, not an instinct. Seeking out boobies is an instinct Men seeking out sex most of the time is an instinct aswell. Where as blinking if something comes towards your eye is a reflex.
So humans, depending on where they live, are just born with simple instincts. as a baby it's feeding ofc. later as mentioned reproduction.
Fight or flight, is an instinct. Brought on by fear. But fear of a particular animal is not instinctual though. What is instinctual is the fear of animals you KNOW to be dangerous. If your dad had snakes as pets when you grew up. and let you pet and look at them. You would most likely not develop a fear of snakes (unless you have a bad exprience with em). However, your instinct would warn you when you encounter aggressive behaviour in a snake, such as hissing, striking or rattling.

Hope that makes it clearer

 

[Iceforge]

Breathing is a reflex, not an instinct. Seeking out boobies is an instinct Men seeking out sex most of the time is an instinct aswell. Where as blinking if something comes towards your eye is a reflex.
So humans, depending on where they live, are just born with simple instincts. as a baby it's feeding ofc. later as mentioned reproduction.
Fight or flight, is an instinct. Brought on by fear. But fear of a particular animal is not instinctual though. What is instinctual is the fear of animals you KNOW to be dangerous. If your dad had snakes as pets when you grew up. and let you pet and look at them. You would most likely not develop a fear of snakes (unless you have a bad exprience with em). However, your instinct would warn you when you encounter aggressive behaviour in a snake, such as hissing, striking or rattling.

Hope that makes it clearer

While your idea is good, and you got some points, I would argue that reflexes are also instincts.

Instincts per definition, is the "abilities" humans are born with, other stuff is learned.
Learned stuff can be tied to an instinct, as you say with fear and animals we know are dangerous.
All instincts are located in the reptile brain

I know a good few instincts:
Breathing (if you get knocked out cold, you still breath, as your reptile brain takes over)
Crouching together/bending forward if surprised by loud noise behind you
Protecting your head if your fall off balance (either around head or trying to stop the fall with hands behind back)
Survival (hunger, thirst, sleep) and reproduction (sex!!!) are primal instincts
Crying to clear throath at birth
Crying to get attention (for food from mother)
Fear of Danger (very general, but would be a lot of things to list)
And your most POWERFULL instinct (reflex if we go by Blackjacks way of expressing it): If you suddenly smell something awefull right infront of your nose... SLAM, you throw your head back (Your nose is the sense that is connected most with the reptile brain)

 

[Iceforge]

As far as i know we got instincts that makes most of us afraid of snakes, large predators and scorpions. i also believe that its a Human instinct to avoid dark places. (more of a animal instinct, but its there from way back, could be a enemy there etc )

Funny thing, isn't it?
Why do we fear darkness?
Because of the unknown, nothing is as frightning to a human as the unknown...

 

[Blackjack]

While your idea is good, and you got some points, I would argue that reflexes are also instincts.

You are right, some reflexes are instinctual. And the definition of a reflex and an instinct lie very close together. As they are both an automated reaction to external stimuli. I would argue however, that some is instinctual reflexes, Simply muscle contractions. Should be defined as reflexes, not instinct. And that instinct should only be used in cases when your subconcious gives you the inclanation to a certain behaviour which you have not been taught, not just a muscle contractions or spasm, but actual behaviour.
But in this case i guess we would just be arguing pragmatics
Since neither (or both of us) would be wrong

 

[Iceforge]

You are right, some reflexes are instinctual. And the definition of a reflex and an instinct lie very close together. As they are both an automated reaction to external stimuli. I would argue however, that some is instinctual reflexes, Simply muscle contractions. Should be defined as reflexes, not instinct. And that instinct should only be used in cases when your subconcious gives you the inclanation to a certain behaviour which you have not been taught, not just a muscle contractions or spasm, but actual behaviour.
But in this case i guess we would just be arguing pragmatics
Since neither (or both of us) would be wrong

True, agree 100%
Didn't think of muscle contractions or spasms when I replied yesterday

 

[Laddey]

Well that summed that up, thanks all

 

[old.Tohtori]

But Laddey, to answer the question you were REALLY asking is...yes, wanking is totally normal and even considered healthy. Wanking ten times a day isn't.

 

[Nate]

You are right, some reflexes are instinctual. And the definition of a reflex and an instinct lie very close together. As they are both an automated reaction to external stimuli. I would argue however, that some is instinctual reflexes, Simply muscle contractions. Should be defined as reflexes, not instinct. And that instinct should only be used in cases when your subconcious gives you the inclanation to a certain behaviour which you have not been taught, not just a muscle contractions or spasm, but actual behaviour.
But in this case i guess we would just be arguing pragmatics
Since neither (or both of us) would be wrong

C'mon Blackjack, stop being so civil. I think it's about time you go off on one on the Talons board again!

 

[Olgaline]

the Question it self is flawed..since you cannot aquire an instinct,
if aquried through life it would classify as a skill...

 

[Blackjack]

C'mon Blackjack, stop being so civil. I think it's about time you go off on one on the Talons board again!

Don't worry, i'm about a pubic hair away from going off
Been botteling up abit of anger towards PETA and feminists. Just waiting for the straw to break the camels back.

 

[tris-]

But Laddey, to answer the question you were REALLY asking is...yes, wanking is totally normal and even considered healthy. Wanking ten times a day isn't.

didnt think it was possible to wank that much. i tried wanking twice in a day and ended up stressing out because i couldnt finish it

 

[Zenith]

Twice in a day? Thats nothing.

 

[Laddey]

But Laddey, to answer the question you were REALLY asking is...yes, wanking is totally normal and even considered healthy. Wanking ten times a day isn't.

Haha.

didnt think it was possible to wank that much. i tried wanking twice in a day and ended up stressing out because i couldnt finish it

Fag !

Twice in a day? Thats nothing.

Word !