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> We should assume they instinctively know and can do it, like has been done for millions of years. Why should we assume that? My own parents seemed to be gene
by lapcat 3y ago
> We should assume they instinctively know and can do it, like has been done for millions of years.
Why should we assume that? My own parents seemed to be generally clueless about parenting. I assume that our ancient ancestors were generally clueless too. Instinct is for animals, learning and science for humans.
- empath-nirvana 3y agoThere's sort of a base level of parental instinct, but that gets you about as far as not letting them die.
- lazide 3y agoAnecdotally? Only most of the time for most people.
- empath-nirvana 3y agoI think that's true of pretty much every instinct, including fairly basic ones like self-preservation.