Humans are animals. For a long time we used religion or other excuse to mark a clear line between us and other other animals. But we are animals. The behavioral genetics of non-human animals gives way to a wide range of inherit instincts - some rather fascinating.
What I am curious about are behavioral instincts in humans. We know that there are innate reflexes - like the Moro reflex. Yet, I think we sometimes fool ourselves when we believe - because we have the highest cognition among animals - that our behavior or choices arise from free will. What if it does not always come down to free will? What if we do things not because we have made the choice to do those things, but because our genes have imposed that we act so?
What I am curious about are behavioral instincts in humans. We know that there are innate reflexes - like the Moro reflex. Yet, I think we sometimes fool ourselves when we believe - because we have the highest cognition among animals - that our behavior or choices arise from free will. What if it does not always come down to free will? What if we do things not because we have made the choice to do those things, but because our genes have imposed that we act so?