Is saying an animal does something because of instincts basically

When biologists say something is instinctive, they mean something very specific that is not what average joes mean when they use the same term.

>>8596584
They do say, chimps for instance, have their own 'cultures'.

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>>8596584
USUALLY, before it's said that it's instinctual, there's empirical and peer reviewed evidence that it is in fact, instinctual.

Usually.

>>8596607
But why is it such a catch all? Why is knowing how and when to empty your bowls and how to hunt and kill a gazelle lumped into the same category?

>>8596612
Sometimes it isn't, for instance, with cheetahs hunting isn't instinctual, yet they are carnivorous. They learn to hunt from their parents and so on.

>>8596612
>>8596612
Just means genetically preprogrammed right?

>>8596673
Yes, innate.

OP is too retarded to get that

>>8596584
I don't understand instincts.

Reflexes, yes, they make sense.
I feel people say instincts when they try to say a complicated reflex, but then it would just be a reflex you've discovered and explained.

>>8596687
A reflex is distinct phenomenon. A reflex is an almost instantaneous movement/reaction, such as flinching or the knee jerk.

This is obviously different from the instict to fuck, or fight or flight.

>>8596673
>>8596681
My computer is also preprogrammed to allow me to make this post, along with the rest of the internet, but to simply say it's programmed to do it is not a sufficient explanation for how and why it works.

>>8596722
So? Calling something an instinct is not an explanation, its a description

>>8596607
>empirical and peer reviewed evidence
>hand wavy bullshit
checks out

>>8596722
Just a dichotomous category (but reflexes) nothing more or less. Youre right probably dont understand it all rhat much. Its just behaviour u dont have to learn from observation.

>>8596724
Do biology u cunt

>>8596724
I will cut you

>>8596724
Idiot. Go read my cock

>>8596591
this. there's technical terminology which sounds like regular words to the ignorant. think "energy" in physics, "group" in math, "reference" in philosophy, etc.

>>8596584
Why did you post this, op?