What is instinct?

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My 5 year old asked me this question so how would you explain it so it’s really eli5.

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An instinct is a *non-learned behavioural response* – or the feelings that lead to one

For example: writing is learned, no one knows how to do it unless they are taught; but breathing is instinctual, everyone does it without needing to learn it

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