2007-01-12 05:59:37 · 7 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The conscious and the instinct are two elements of intangible thoughts and actions that are at a constant war with each other over which one can rule your brain. Your instinct will tell you three things: Fight and win or lose, Run Away and live, or Cower in fear of this experience. The consciousness recognizes this experience and tries to reason with your previous experiences as to which one of these three things it should choose. Should I tackle this problem? Should I run away from it and hope it doesn't catch up with me? Should I let it happen to me and see if I survive? Your instincts (which may or may not exist) run your body, but your conscious runs your head, and when the two meet, it is a battle for what is correct. Usually, you can never be correct, because no matter what you do, you will never again be in the same situation at the same time in the same mindset.
Example: I couple years ago, I got into my one and only car accident. The moment I rear-ended this guy's truck, my instinct kicked in. This jogged something in my head, because it told me what kind of person I am. My first instinct was to floor it and get the hell out of there. Of course, with the engine in the glove compartment, it's quite hard to do this. I realized that I couldn't run away from the situation, so I got out of the car and went to see if the man in the truck was okay.
From that day forward, I started questioning each and every one of my actions, my reasoning behind it and whether or not what I do is instinctual or based on a conscious level. Instinctual (in the latter case) because it was the one of three options. Conscious because I had to make a choice, analyze what happened, and realize that this mishap did not just involve me, but another life. Needless to say, his truck got a scratch on it and he was fine. I broke my nose and destroyed my car.
The human mind: A playground of light, shadows and thought with a fence so high that you can never leave.
2007-01-12 06:09:57 · answer #1 · answered by johnmfsample 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hardly. Instinct guides mammals to a nipple to suck, what kinds of food are good to eat, how to mate, and so on. It does this for most forms of life.
This is different from learned behavior, or learned subjects, like a language. Human infants listen by instinct, but speaking is a choice (some children choose to remain mute). Cooking a meal is definitely not instinctual, nor is writing a story, and so on.
2007-01-12 14:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The above answers are good points but I think the source of consciousness is instinct and the rest takes shape with our experiences and genetics.
2007-01-12 15:03:37 · answer #3 · answered by 818er 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what the mind can achieve the instinct will follow...what i mean is: if one's consciousness creates reality then instinct is acute awareness-when one's conscious is increase, awareness and understanding of one's needs is the mayor part of behavior and attitudes...so you can say instinctual is mainly of everithing!
2007-01-12 14:51:14 · answer #4 · answered by themorena 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. This is clear if one truly knows their proper definitions.
2007-01-12 15:54:41 · answer #5 · answered by Answerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I understand your question, no. We are part nature, part nurture
2007-01-12 14:32:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-01-12 14:05:47 · answer #7 · answered by dickdeadly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋