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Originally posted by Botnst
That's an excellent question.
I can't speak lemming, not do I read lemming minds.
But I don't think purpose and instict are the same. I think purpose is a choice and instinct is a functional drive of basic biology.
So if my definition is correct, then lemmings are not purpose-driven.
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Your definitions assume there is a real choice when, in fact, often the pre-programmed "functional drive" makes the choice so obvious, it is questionable if there was a choice. The human ego leads it to believe lower animals like lemmings and dogs and honey bees and so on, are driven by instinct and not choice like we higher order animals, the rulers, the humans. This is more likely a result of being outside their self awareness and watching from "above" while we are unable to see ourselves from such a detached perspective since we see everything from inside ourselves, and therefore are unable to detect what is actually hardwired and distinguish it from what is a real choice.
So, I would not jump to the conclusion there is a flaw in Zeitgeist's analogy. Jim
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