I'll have to clarify then. I'm on mobile or I'd format it correctly with quotes.
When I ask if education defeats instinct, Im effectively asking if you believe that the things you are taught drives you away from your natural assumptions. This is a very complicated question because I think a lot of your answer depends on things you've experienced in your life. Let's use suicide as an example. Instinctually, you resist the idea of suicide. It's the things that you learn about the world that drive you towards a desire to end your own life (excluding mental illnesses that are created by chemical imbalances in the brain.) There are less negative examples, as well. For instance, I've learned that to improve upon the things that I do I have to drop my natural disposition towards believing I do them well. My mind creates an ego-wall with what I believe is the intention to make me more confident (and arguably more attractive to others because of it, on a very primal level.) However, if I really want to become effective, I have to break that wall down and admit I am bad to make progress. Doesnt it then seem very counter-intuitive to think that I have a natural disposition towards believing I'm good? I find this a very strange aspect of evolution and human psyche. And this is where I get the idea that education defeats instincts (in general terms.) There are a lot of places where I'll look at myself, and think my intuitions are totally misguided. And my instincts want to lead me into a perpetual cycle of ego and self-belief that are completely self-destructive. My ego doesnt lead me to improving, unless I accept education. This is my personal experience, and I'm very curious to see what other people think on the matter.
My second question, then, was intended to ask if you believe theres an existence that transcends an instinctual one. Are we creatures that operate on pure instinct, or ones who are really capable of free-will? I guess I'm saying if there is free will, it's something that stems from education. I want to know if you feel the same or if you have a different view.
The third question is conditional on your answer to the second question. If you agree with me, and think that education is the path towards being able to freely decide, it stands to reason that not everyone can be educated about all things and make completely logical decisions that are based on education and rationality as opposed to emotion and instinct. If this is the case, then the word misguided implies the idea that we make mistakes as a society. Of course, this goes without saying, but I'm attacking the depth of those mistakes. How far does our ineptitude reach, and how much do we depend on emotion instead of reason?
Of course, you have to keep in mind that these questions are asked in generalities. There are of course specific instances where our instincts and intuitions lead us true, and emotion is a valuable thing. That's why we have it. I guess the point I'm really trying to get at is humans are not well suited to their current environment. We operate on an emotional level designed to protect ourselves in a tribal sense... not a national one, or a continental one, and especially not in a global one. And yet, we are now an effectively connected global whole. Or emotional scope is dangerous then because we act to satisfy very immediate natural responses as a society instead of the long-term rational ones. What we have now is valuable, but that value only reaches so far. I think education is the only way to defeat that limited scope. The more we know, the better we become... But I also want to know what others think. Sorry for being so vague, originally.
Ot: hmm... Relaxing music. Warm sunshine. Some tea. No pressures on my shoulders except for trying to accomplish the things I want to get done. That sounds perfect~
Question: same. What's your perfect Sunday