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> If spiders can have complex behaviors hard-coded, humans certainly do too. That does not follow. It's a logical fallacy. ('Spiders can have eight legs, so hu
by otabdeveloper4 2y ago
> If spiders can have complex behaviors hard-coded, humans certainly do too.
That does not follow. It's a logical fallacy. ('Spiders can have eight legs, so humans certainly do too.')
- hypertele-Xii 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymelia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymelia
- wddkcs 2y agoThat's a birth defect, not applicable.
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- hypertele-Xii 2y agoAccording to scientific evolutionary dogma, all mutations are birth defects.
- wddkcs 2y agoShit, all life is a birth defect? Explains a lot.
- vt85 2y ago[dead]
- fartsucker69 2y agoin the limit the distinction between something that is learned and something that is programmed genetically is somewhat a matter of definitions. if a species genes makes it so they create a complex social web that teaches all its individuals certain skills, is that genetically programmed or not? free will wouldn't even change that, since it's presumably also given by our genes.
- dcre 2y agoIt's only a logical fallacy if it is taken to be the entirety of the argument rather than an abbreviated representation of a longer chain of reasoning. I don't think anyone would claim that sentence is self-evidently true!
- utensil4778 2y agoTry this one: we observe complex instinctual behaviors in most animals on this planet. Therefore it follows that humans are special and have no complex instinctual behaviors.