Terry, you don't believe in instinct. You think people do anything because they were exposed to it first. I think we often react because innately we are "programmed" (maybe this is due to a Creator), to have normal feelings and reactions. For example, we "know" that killing an innocent puppy is wrong. Momma doesn't need to spell it out.
Just Because You "Feel" Something Is True Doesn't Make It So
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Jeffro
I agree with "whyamihere" that Michael Jackson is definitely not your 'average joe'. But that doesn't make him a child molester. In the case of at least some of the children who shared his bed, it was the children who had asked to sleep with him (as opposed to sleep with him). Whether a particular parent would feel comfortable letting their child do this or not, the parents of the children involved apparently did not.
More generally, 'gut feelings' can be an important factor in assessing situations, so long as they are only viewed as a factor and not some mystical all-knowing force that will safely guide us on a happy cloud of glee through the universe. That said, I have often found that I have chosen badly when I have not followed my viscera. -
zagor
Most people have never learned how to examine evidence and wouldn't have a clue how to do it even if they saw one. So they go after majority's opinion or "feel" they are at the stage in life when they already "know" by heart what is probably the true and what is not. Which is fine if you are thinking about putting retaining wall behind your house or building a new doghouse, things get a wee bit more complicated when it comes to origin of life or alike.