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Pokemonobsessedlesbo OP t1_j6lfom0 wrote

Reply to comment by phiwong in ELI5 - why are bonded pairs okay in animals but not humans? by Pokemonobsessedlesbo

I guess we can agree to disagree there. I’m of the belief we’re still very motivated by our internal instincts, whether we know it or not

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ChibiSailorMercury t1_j6lgqkq wrote

Eat your own poop or your own youngs, and we'll agree to disagree.

Just because humans are mammals it does not mean that all behaviours exhibited by animals are not odd when we adopt them.

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Pokemonobsessedlesbo OP t1_j6ljn28 wrote

I said some behaviors not all, that’s just silly. Any use of critical thinking would presume that eating poop isn’t a common instinct, even in most animals, pica is not normal.

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DressCritical t1_j6ln9bb wrote

Common in dogs and mamma cats with new kittens. So, maybe not common, but common enough.

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C4-BlueCat t1_j6mlzzi wrote

It’s a common instinct since it catches nutrients that has passed through, and hides the tracks of an animal having been there.

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lethal_rads t1_j6lgx8w wrote

Internal instincts are species dependent. The social interactions of some species do not inherently extend to other species. Pair bonding is hardly universal as well. Numerous species don’t pair bond. So given these two things, why would it be normal for humans.

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Pokemonobsessedlesbo OP t1_j6lj9t2 wrote

Yes I already said that in another comment. But to say no instincts translate to basic Survival, or are more common in mammals would be wrong. Even more so if we start looking at specific classifications, youll obviously start seeing more in common. I never state which instincts I thought humans had. But to say any of our instincts don’t have a commonality with at least one other animal species would be wrong.

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GalFisk t1_j6m51tz wrote

We have a complex stack of control mechanisms. Intellect on top of emotions on top of instincts on top of reflexes on top of autonomous processes (which are layered too). The lower you go the less control you have and the more primitive the capabilities are. Reflexes and below don't even involve the brain.

While instincts are mostly concerned with immediate survival of the individual and the continuation of the species, most interpersonal, society-forming behavior is regulated by emotion. A lot of our identity lies there - belonging, love, likes and dislikes, connection, who we're comfortable with, who we open up to, but also hate, revenge and callousness.

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