Is there anything we can do without being taught first and learning by mistake? The only thing I can think of is sleeping. Is sleeping a real natural instinct?
In: Biology
Just like any other animal, our instincts to survive and procreate override almost everything else.
We also have instincts left to us by our ancestors. We startle at loud noises. We fear snakes (bugs, dogs, other possibly threatening creatures) falling, the dark, and fire. Even the most confident among us approach the unknown with some trepidation. Our more cautious predecessors survived to pass those traits down until they became instinctual.
In modern times most of us unlearn most of those instincts during childhood. But the instincts are so great that hardly anyone “outgrows” them all.
EDIT: In case you’re interested, sleep isn’t an instinct. It’s a body function. Just like pooping, we eventually learn the socially acceptable parameters of it, but your body just does it naturally.
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