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22
16
Yes No
Debate Score:38
Arguments:35
Total Votes:41
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Should you trust your instincts?

Yes

Side Score: 22
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No

Side Score: 16
2 points

Instincts should be trusted, to a certain point. Ever had a gut feeling something was going to happen? Like, you had a feeling it would rain and it did. This is because your brain is constantly taking in information. It then stores the information in the recesses of your mind. Your brain remembers the past situation. Your brain remembered how it felt like when you were caught in the rain. Thus, to avoid that unwanted outcome, your brain stored the information it took in before it rained, to signal your instincts to tell you, "Hey! Get inside! It's going to rain!"

Side: Yes
1 point

Sometimes

Side: Yes

My instinct told me Cartman was a dumb ass before I ever read his first argument. His name foretold what his posting were going to be. To idolize Cartman, what other results can one conclude. Proof soon followed when words hit the site.

Side: Yes
Cartman(18192) Disputed
2 points

You posted on the wrong side. ;)

Side: No
Thewayitis(4071) Disputed
1 point

Damn, your right. It isn't instinct, but fact that makes you a dumb ass. Thanks for clearing that up.

Side: Yes

Something I have these visions within my dreams and in real life I face something similar to it and I go a different path which is smart.

Side: Yes
1 point

Can you give me the winning lottery numbers for next week Thanks.

Side: Yes

I try to. I ignored my instincts once and it ended badly. If something feels wrong, hit the road.

Side: Yes

To a degree... instincts, intuition, heuristics, human biases, etc, I think exist solely for the purpose of functioning on a day to day basis, they allow us to think quickly and go on with out days, its sacrificing flawless logic for adaptability. Flawless logic isn't very adaptable as it requires significant time and effort in analysis. Our instincts, intuition, heuristics, human biases, are shortcuts. Instincts are behavioral tendencies we developed from hunter-gatherer times because they help us, now they aren't perfect, but they helped in the long run. Instincts can fail us because they aren't always rational, for example we might help someone that later ends up screwing us over because our instincts told us to, or we may screw someone over who had no malicious intentions or ulterior motives because our instincts told us they did. Instincts exist for a reason. Instincts are good to rely on a day to day basis, in fact they are necessary to a degree, but there is a time and place for everything, we have to determine that for ourselves.

Side: Yes
2 points

I don't trust a thing I think.

Side: No

I don't trust a thing I think.

Neither does anybody else.

Side: No
1 point

Speak for yourself. I trust Hellno. .

Side: Yes
1 point

Not during Lunar Eclipses.

Side: No
1 point

Trust implies an assumption of reliability based upon faith; in general, I avoid it.

Our instincts are not consistently reliable, and thus should not be trusted even by those who subscribe to trusting things in their lives. Certainly, it can inform and guide our thoughts and actions but it should never be trusted to be reliable.

Side: No
Thewayitis(4071) Disputed
1 point

Trust implies an assumption of reliability based upon faith; in general, I avoid it.

Our instincts are not consistently reliable, and thus should not be trusted even by those who subscribe to trusting things in their lives. Certainly, it can inform and guide our thoughts and actions but it should never be trusted to be reliable.

Is the electric company reliable? Why then do you instinctively walk into a room and flip the light switch?

Side: Yes
Jace(5222) Disputed
1 point

Is the electric company reliable?

No.

Why then do you instinctively walk into a room and flip the light switch.

Habit, not trust.

Side: No
1 point

Trusting your instincts amounts to prejudice. Your instincts may help filter what is important to consider or not, but if you can't back up an instinctual response with a reasoned one, then you may be subject to bias.

For example, you see someone on the street that makes you uneasy. If you can figure out something sketchy about them that tipped off your unease, then maybe caution is the right response. But it's also possible that the only thing that makes you uneasy about that person is their race. Here it's a worse tragedy for an a person to be prejudged based on and similar factors than for an innocent person to be mugged because they were not cautious enough.

Side: No
0 points

Sometimes not.

Side: No