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Ex. It is our instinct to eat fatty/sugary/calorie-dense foods. Those who cannot reject the instinct are obese and dumb. Those who can deny this instinct are intelligent; they treat their bodies right, even if healthy foods don't always taste the best.

Ex. A dog must chase a tennis ball, whether he wants to or not. It is not until the instinct of tiredness overpowers the instinct to fetch the ball that the dogs stops fetching.

The ability to deny instinct is intelligence.

Ex. It is our instinct to eat fatty/sugary/calorie-dense foods. Those who cannot reject the instinct are obese and dumb. Those who can deny this instinct are intelligent; they treat their bodies right, even if healthy foods don't always taste the best. Ex. A dog *must* chase a tennis ball, whether he wants to or not. It is not until the instinct of tiredness overpowers the instinct to fetch the ball that the dogs stops fetching. The ability to deny instinct is intelligence.

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Some instincts are ment to be denied and others not. So I would go beyond you last statement and say "the ability do discern and deny which instincts need to be denied is a sign of intelligence and self control"

Another thought though is a dog can be trained to not chase that ball.

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Don't deny yourself Chef Dong's chicken!