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To: brytlea

Instinct,perhaps?Which brings us to Chapter 4....

http://www.mygenes.co.nz/Ch4.pdf

People will sometimes argue that if a behavior isn’t genetic, it is so deeply part of them it might as
well be. They usually mean that the behavior is long-term, thoroughly embedded, and seems to be
quite resistant to efforts to change it.

If people wanted to argue that homosexuality
was akin to a powerful human instinct, what might that mean?
We all have some strong instincts; if a car tries to run us over, we dodge, and faster than we dreamed
we could! Survival is probably our strongest instinct, the maternal instinct could be next, and the infant’s
instinct to suckle, eat, and sleep is a close third....


52 posted on 02/11/2010 2:18:14 PM PST by massmike (...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
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To: massmike

Where does instinct come from? Are you suggesting instinct is not genetic?


55 posted on 02/11/2010 3:09:53 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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