>Acting on instinct isn't necessarily irrational. In fact it is almost
>always rational (which is why the behavior evolved in the first place).
>Instincts tend only to be irrational in an environment significantly
>different from the environment in which it evolved.
You seem to be defining "rational" as "in the individual's best
interest"? If so, I agree with you, but ... I do not think that that
word means what you think it means. =)
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