This is yet another example of concept that is widely used but, AFAIK, has no clear definition and falls into the larger picture of consciousness: instinct. Act

This is yet another example of concept that is widely used but, AFAIK, has no clear definition and falls into the larger picture of consciousness: instinct. Actions that animals just do without any prior learning period. Examples are everywhere in nature. And this is puzzling to say the least. Standard evolutionary picture posits that behavior is emergent on underling neurological structures, basically all the way down to chemical reactions. This is a premise and in no way yet proven. But, as far as we know, physical laws do now allow behavior and functions, that is result-oriented actions (series of events and causal interactions). Many confuse complexity (as in "many things brought together in fancy patterns [1]), with complexity of systems that perform a function. The best definition that I could come up with for the latter has to do with a consistent transformation of one form of energy into another form with a clear result that is not just a mere physical consequence of the reactions initianing the process (such as pressure inside earth that cause a vulcano erruption). It should be clear to anyone that ants digging trough the dirt is categorically different than water flowing down the hill. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YedgubRZva8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YedgubRZva8