Some elements of what we call 'instinct' is indeed part of our DNA (thus wired in our minds). However, much of what is popularly called 'instinct' is just subconscious and rapid access of learned information.
So, the answer to your question is both yes and no.
As for asking the big questions, that is all about curiosity. Curiosity is a powerful survival skill, it is therefore part of us through evolution. However, with humans, we always have do things way out of the necessary, we call it culture.
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This is very much a question of definition.
Some elements of what we call 'instinct' is indeed part of our DNA (thus wired in our minds). However, much of what is popularly called 'instinct' is just subconscious and rapid access of learned information.
So, the answer to your question is both yes and no.
As for asking the big questions, that is all about curiosity. Curiosity is a powerful survival skill, it is therefore part of us through evolution. However, with humans, we always have do things way out of the necessary, we call it culture.
yes