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by ChrisDG on December 14th, 2006
No. Because the choice between these two is not an instinct. The rationale for choosing one or the other will not originate in the limbic region of the brain.
Instincts are there to provide basic ways to help avoid bad things happening. You hear a loud noise, you look in that direction, to see the cause. You feel hungry, so you eat something.
The same cannot be applied to choice of classical music. Though in my opinion it can be applied to classical music vs. Club Anthems vol 14.
by canoeguide on July 12th, 2010
This is a silly question; it's basically in two parts which have no connection with each other.
by julianbosca on April 28th, 2010
Evolution explains the process by which the parameters of human biology have been set up. This includes human neurology and by proxy human psychology to a large degree.
But the theory alone can not really explain why a human might learn to play one song rather then another because evolution doesn’t have the ability to directly predict human behaviour but it does explain how the human nervous system formed. But explaining how a particular organ heavily related human behaviour was formed and actually directly predicting human behaviour are different games.
Expecting evolution to explain why humans choose to learn certain things is a bit like expecting a pair of pliers to be able to build a house. You wont get very far with just the pliers but it might come in handy some where.
The theory of evolution has limits on its ability to predict. Its not the theory of every thing.
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by TrueSeeker on November 30th, 2011
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You're reading If evolution explains an organism's instincts, how does the theory explain why a human organism might learn and play Leontovych's "Carol of the Bells" rather than Pachelbel's "Canon in D"?
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key word: "LEARN"
if people spontaneously composed that tune, you'd have a better argument
if you want instinctive tunes, try looking at birdsongs (in birds raised in isolation, of course)
by purplecows on April 3rd, 2010