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By innate do you mean evolved/instinctive? Surely even evolved behaviour must be expressed as brain function, and therefore would need a brain capable of handling that level of processing.

I don't think it's clear how much of a human brains function exists at birth though, I know it's theorised than even much of the sensory processing has to be learned.

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suddenlybananas 13 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm not arguing against computational theory of mind, I'm just saying that innate behaviours don't require the same level of scale as learnt ones.

Existing at birth is not the same thing as innate. Puberty is innate but it is not present at birth.

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MrScruff 13 hours ago | parent [-]

That's an interesting point. I can see that, as you say puberty and hormones impact brain function and hence behaviour, and those are inate and not learned. But at least superfically that would appear to be primarily broad behavioural effects, similar to what might be induced by medication. Rather than something that impacts pure abstract problem solving, which I guess is what the Atari games are supposed to represent?

	▲	rafaelmn 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is obviously wrong from genetic defects that cause predictable development problems in specialized areas. They are innate but not present at birth.