Podcast
Unexplainable
The guest, Mark Blumberg, discussed the title as a response to the tendency to use instinct as a shortcut, arguing it diverts from deeper scientific inquiry into animal development, and the host recommended it alongside his other works. The mention highlighted the book’s focus on critiquing simplistic views of animal behavior.
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The guest, Mark Blumberg, wrote this book because he felt that relying on the idea of instinct as a shortcut prevented deeper scientific inquiry into animal development.
Mark wrote a whole book on this. It's called basic instinct, of course. Because he thinks relying on the idea of instinct gets away from everything he loves about science.
If you want to read more about animal behavior from Mark, he's got a couple of great books you can check out. One's called Basic Instinct.