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In hindsight, the previously scientific conception that Humans were somehow different than animals and that we don't have things like instincts comes across as incredibly foolish and not a little bit conceited.


It's the other way around: neither has "instincts". They might have built-in responses/patterns that are wired into the I/O path. Coughing, etc.




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