Genes are a type of memory. Instincts aren’t taught.
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Arkouda@lemmy.ca 3 days agoThere definitely is no evidence to support an inherent “moral compass” in humans or any other animal because there is no evidence to support genetic memory which would be required to pass information without teaching it.
moriquende@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Define instincts and provide an example of them being inherent.
moriquende@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The entire life of a turtle…?
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Did you know that the mother communicates to her eggs before leaving the beach? They also have a very complex verbal and non verbal way of communicating which begins even before they hatch.
jasory@programming.dev 1 day ago
The obvious response to this is “companions in guilt”. It’s a meta ethics argument that essentially points out that moral reasoning is no different than other types of reasoning. There is no need for “genetic memory”, when like logic it’s simply a consequence of how human minds are structured.