2026-10-22 20:27 UTC
As I’ve said, I think the existence of instinctual behavior qualifies as empirical evidence for my theory. I don’t believe it on a whim. Another example is twins, separated at birth, yet growing up to have nearly identical preferences and lives. Making choices reflecting the deterministic coding of their internal decision structure, which they largely share outside of nominal differences resulting from environment. That is rather strong evidence, I feel.
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@TootGuitar@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-22 20:50
How have you ruled out other explanations for instinctual behavior? For example, there is a body of scientific work which offers evidence that instincts are passed down through genetics, a mechanism which doesn’t require that the brain be deterministic. What are the scientists studying this area getting wrong? What about twins that are separated at birth but grow up to be different? It seems that the existence of even one such pair of twins would invalidate your claims, given how fundamental this would be to the operation of the brain.