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Development evolving: the origins and meanings of instinct.

How do migratory birds, herding dogs, and navigating sea turtles do the amazing things that they do? For hundreds of years, scientists and philosophers have struggled over possible explanations. In time, one word came to dominate the discussion: instinct. It became the catch-all explanation for those adaptive and complex abilities that do not obviously result from learning or experience. Today,...

The Social Implication of Internal Instincts and Hidden Motives in O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra

American playwright, Eugene Gladstone O’Neill (1888-1953) is presenter of truth without comprising his beliefs. His works are dramatized by passion elements such as memories, dreams, and by awareness of forces. During mid-1920s he became interested in dramatizing complicated pattern of his family’s life. Mourning Becomes Electra, which opened on Oct. 26, 1931, and had fourteen acts, was O'Neill...

Sapience, Consciousness, and the Knowledge Instinct (prolegomena to a Physical Theory)

The chapter describes a mathematical theory of sapience and consciousness: higher mental abilities including abilities for concepts, emotions, instincts, understanding, imagination, intuition, beautiful, and sublime. The knowledge instinct drives our understanding of the world. Aesthetic emotions, our needs for beautiful and sublime are related to the knowledge instinct. I briefly discuss neuro...

Personal Status of Cryonic Patients

Eternity is a human basic instinct. So he does his best for it. Cryonic is a hypnotically way for life extension via cooling patient body whit purpose of recovering and curing in future. This method raised various legal problems including the patient incapacity, his wife status, heritage, children custody and financial duties. It seems this kinds of problems has a root in patient status of life...

The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures