Instinct is the voice of nature that beats inside us and tells us what to do to be happy. Some call it soul, others vital breath, Aristotle called it entelechy and today in males it is called “reasoning with the dick”.
At the opposite pole of instinct is rationality, the logical reasoning with which we try to moderate behavior so that it is both rewarding and socially acceptable. A good example of rationality is studying engineering .
There are instinctive people and rational people, let’s see the differences together.
Here is the list of differences between instinct and rationality
#1 Instinctive people express themselves with what is inside them. Rational people have to take something from outside.
#2 Instinctive people when they feel like doing something do it. Rational people when they feel like doing something is because they have convinced themselves that it would be nice to do it.
#3 An instinctive person can hit on twenty girls in one night. A rational person can think about hitting on a girl for years, without ever taking action.
#4 The instinctive person eats pizza, ice cream, meat, chips and fruit. The rational person eats carbohydrates, sugars, proteins, fats and vitamins.
#5 The instinctive person doesn’t finish sentences. The rational person doesn’t start them.
#6 Rational people are great at following familiar paths. Instinctive people sometimes discover new ones.
#7 Instinctive people worry about having sex. Rational people worry about whether the girl is good-looking enough and the place is welcoming.
#8 The instinctive person cries when he feels like crying. The rational person waits for the right moment to do so.
#9 When the instinctive person meets a stranger, he gets on their nerves or is instinctively friendly. The rational person, when he meets a stranger, asks him what he does for a living.
#10 The instinctive person can act rationally if he stops to think. The rational person must get drunk to act instinctively.
#11 Instinctive people when they suffer act to feel better. Rational people when they suffer know that unfortunately life is just this.
#12 Instinctive people don’t care about consequences. Rational people fear them.
#13 The instinctive tend not to make long-term plans. The rational is already inquiring about a burial plot.
#14 The instinctive person sometimes regrets something he has done. The rational person often regrets something he hasn’t done, but would have liked to try.
#15 The rational person is a genius in mathematics. The instinctive person is also a genius in mathematics, but a little more than the rational person.
#16 The instinctive person, when he meets a successful person, decides that he will become like him. The rational person tries to understand who recommended him.
#17 Anyone who tries to rationally justify instinct goes crazy.
#18 The instinctive person decides to travel. The rational person decides to go on vacation.
#19 Young people are more instinctive. Rational people are older, no matter their age.
#20 Instinct has no limits, rationality creates them.
#21 Act on instinct, go follow Oltreuomo’s Instagram page . It’s the most rational thing to do
