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08-17-2010, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by the10thnumber

anything that lives has an understanding that it needs to survive. but most animals have an added instinct that cuts out the learning process. maybe we dont have that. or we ignore it. i really dont know, everybody is different in so many ways.

I think the instinct is there, but that it offers little utility today due to the advancement of our society. Modern society today has greatly reduced the rate of death in childhood and has raised life expectancy considerably over the last century or two.

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