Quotes about Instinct

Natural selection didn't design your mind to see the world clearly; it designed your mind to have perceptions and beliefs that would help take care of your genes.

You remind me of another of those old fellows called Bradley. He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons — that's philosophy. People believe in God because they've been conditioned to believe in God.

You can chase a bird from your porch, but you can not take away its ability to fly.

it's the paternal instinct, Amory—celibacy goes deeper than the flesh. . . .

It is the study of how the human brain was designed—by natural selection—to mislead us, even enslave us.

from natural selection's point of view, feelings would make great labels for thoughts, labels that say things like "high priority," "medium priority," "low priority.

To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is!

Mother knows breast.

The dog is turned to his own vomit again.

Nature governs man by no principle more fixed than that which leads him to pursue his interest.

I don't really make decisions, I go with the flow.