For the Thinking Man.

[Rampant.A.I.]

In that case, would you say the ability to make difficult choices is more adaptive or less adaptive than by instinct alone?

Or problem solving. For example, the ability to build tools adapted to perform a task that would be arduous or impossible otherwise?

instinct ,in a purely biological sense ,doesn't exist in humankind.

Everyone is a blank slate at birth.

Everyone is a product of their environment and education [upbringing]At some point the ego develops which leads into the psychic progression enabling social coexistence .

Tabula rasa theory of human consciousness doesn't seem to be true. Infants display a relatively complex grasp of moral behavior:

http://youtu.be/FRvVFW85IcU

We know historically from feral children that language ability doesn't develop independent of socialization.

But twins separated at birth will often (but not always) have strikingly similar characteristics later in life, from mannerisms speech patterns, to common interests, thought patterns and political views.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nat...twins2.htm