| Faulty assumption
You are right, I think, in your listing of human instincts. However, why do you assume that one must be dominant over others? Instincts are specific algorithms designed to accomplish different tasks in different situations. In some situations, one may be dominant; in another situation, another instinct might dominate.
Part of the confusion that keeps the nature versus nurture debate going is exclusionary thinking that assumes one idea must be correct to the exclusion of all other ideas. There is no reason why this must necessarily be so in most cases. |