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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Instincts are so weird. And it's not just animals that do stupid shit based on instinct, or rather it's not just non-human animals; humans have tons of occasionally counterproductive instincts / cognitive biases too.

Edit: found this delightfully 90's-looking page on the subject of human instincts