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are feelings learned or expressed?
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There are basic feelings, which we also observe in animals, like when my cat feels 'safe' on my lap in a thunderstorm, or an animal is 'comfortable' in that peculiar position, or 'horny' when an animal is in heat, etc.
These feelings are instinctive, and we are born with them, like a newborn baby feels 'safe' in his mother's arms.Other 'compound' feelings, we learn to define as combinations or lack of the 'basic' feelings.
A specific combination of safety, comfort, familiarity and lust may equate to 'love' for someone, while absence of some of the basics may equate to 'dislike' or even 'hate'.Why is this a 'status update' and not a thread ?
Are you experiencing the feeling of 'confusion' and wish to know whether it is instinctive or learned ???
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First attempt at defining intelligence:
Intelligence: A thing which completes itself.completes: To continue its own state and behaviors.