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2. Does human instinct always predominate?

Let’s assume for one second that this scenario is possible and disregard reality. This is a fictitious scenario but I am still interested what people think about the possible outcome.

Two newborn, a boy and a girl, are left on a deserted island with absolutely no one taking care of them, talking to them, feeding them or educating them. In this fictitious scenario, they are able to find food, shelter, water and sleep, the 4 basic necessity for every human being.

Assuming again that those children have now reached puberty, are healthy, have no physical challenge except for the lack of parental love and affection. How would they develop?

Would their basic instinct take over, even though nobody ever told them, showed them or educated them?

Could they find love for each other? Would they know how to procreate since they have never had access to any visuals or sounds made by others?
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thrash · 31-35, M
i feel like... in a situation like this—where there is only 1 boy and 1 girl—anything can happen. instincts can dominate, or not. whatever. but once the population grows, then human instincts kick in/show/become relevant: these instincts exist for a reason: they helped our ancestors blah blah blah and now we're here, with these instincts (that helped our ancestors): our ancestors had to deal with environments that included (challenges etc) other humans (more than 1), and the instincts helped them (the ones with unhelpful instincts probably didn't get to pass on their genes/instincts). so...once the population get s big enough, instincts will be relevant again (just my intuition talking)