Eli5 – What is instinct?

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Can a hardware and software metaphor explain it?

What is physically happening in our brain and body?

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When you learn a new skill, your brain makes a new pattern of connections between neurons. The more you practice that skill, the stronger that pattern of connections becomes set in your brain.

Instinct is when, due to genetics, you’re born with a pattern already set in your brain.

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