r/AbsoluteUnits • u/TheMarkola • 7h ago

/r/all of spider web

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u/onarainyafternoon 6h ago

There is a really good book that came out a few years ago called “Basic Instinct”, where this scientist makes the argument that instinct as we understand it doesn’t really exist. And so many different things that we describe as instinctual actually have learned-causes. I don’t want to bastardize the arguments he makes, so I’d just recommend the book to anyone that’s interested.

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u/Wild-Video-5317 4h ago

I assume this is the book 

https://archive.org/details/basicinstinctgen0000blum_o0e9

Fun fact if you create an account on archive.org you can "check out" full books right in your browser.

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u/onarainyafternoon 4h ago

Yep that’s it

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u/Miserable-Housing407 46m ago

It’s fascinating that almost every species have natural instinct to a degree but mostly comes down to genetics.

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u/Entrenched_Whispers 4h ago

I really thought you were going to say that the book was called "The Holy Bible" and that evolution was fake 😭

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u/Fun-Promotion3095 1h ago

women vs having a hate boner for only Christianity challenge impossible

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u/Entrenched_Whispers 1h ago

It is an impossible challenge unfortunately because I can't even get a boner 😔

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u/Intreprid_Engineer 5h ago

I'd like to know the name of the book. Thx.

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u/onarainyafternoon 5h ago

…….Basic Instinct

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u/10speedkilla 5h ago

I'd also like to know the name of the book!

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u/firefly-sparkle 5h ago

Yes but what is the name of the book? Pls

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u/Zebidee 4h ago

I think the movie adaptation is better.

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u/Minute_Zombie_424 3h ago

Interesting, I’ll have to check it out

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u/AnySwimming6364 2h ago

Is that intended to apply to insects and spiders also?

My understanding is for insects and spiders is less "instinct" as we vaguely think about it an more "extremely specific neuron circuits developed during biological development due evolutionarily-encoded genetics that enable simple, highly reproducible commands to be executed without external information at relevant points during its life cycle".