| I like your list of three...but I think territorial and legacy creation are the same thing. They both seek to extend the person's ego or "self" onto the world around them, so that they may have a sense of "immorality". If ones name, picture, and story is kept alive in the hearts, minds and history books of the world, then one can live on past their death. Territorial conquest is really just a method of legacy creation.
I would first have to say that no particular instinct will likely be dominant for all people. As with everything else, it will vary.
But I think many if not most put the LEGACY instinct first, at least in their purely conscious mind. Take suicide for example. I see suicide, as well as being escapist, is a final and easy way to attempt to leave your mark on those around you. If you didn't feel important enough or felt hurt by those around you, it is a way to leave a hopefully painful mark in their lives. This clearly trumps the Individual survival instinct.
And rez, consciousness is not an instinct. |