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>From: paulh@cs.uq.oz.au (Paul Henman)
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Subject: Re: Animal Intelligence vs Human Intelligence
Keywords: Instinct
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Date: 27 Nov 91 03:11:13 GMT
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In <1991Nov24.202442.27331@wpi.WPI.EDU> udumudi@maxine.wpi.edu (Srinivas Udumudi) writes:

>When an infant is born, no one teaches it to cry when it's hungry.
>No one teaches it to suckle. It comes by birth. It's INSTINCT.

Let's be a bit more concise about our meaning of instinct (as contrasted
with reflex).  An instinct usually involves a COMPLEX UNLEARNT behaviour, e.g.
a mating dance or the direction of flight in migrating.  Crying and
suckling are reflex actions - not instincts.  It is further suggested that
humans (and maybe higher primates) have no instinctive behaviour - they
are all LEARNT - e.g. reproduction.


