[Out of her wheelhouse, huh. Fugo doesn't quite smile himself, but his eyes crinkle around the corners. If this knowledge is just a passing interest-- well. Whatever her actual hobbies and interests are, she must know a lot about them.]
It has a lot to do with instinct, right? The article I remember reading about compared the collective unconscious to various animal instincts. Complex behaviors that are passed down, but aren't taught from parent to offspring.
[Sea turtles hatchlings somehow know they must move, as quickly as possible, from shore to sea. No single Monarch butterfly makes the species' annual 3,000 mile migration: sometimes, it takes up to five generations to complete the journey. How do they know what to do and where to go?]
It's an interesting theory, but you can't exactly prove it-- correlation is not causation. [He pauses, making a thoughtful noise.] But I suppose you can't disprove the collective unconscious either. Probatio diabolica.
[Not that this is a legal case. But the Devil's Proof argument seems fitting nonetheless.]
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[Out of her wheelhouse, huh. Fugo doesn't quite smile himself, but his eyes crinkle around the corners. If this knowledge is just a passing interest-- well. Whatever her actual hobbies and interests are, she must know a lot about them.]
It has a lot to do with instinct, right? The article I remember reading about compared the collective unconscious to various animal instincts. Complex behaviors that are passed down, but aren't taught from parent to offspring.
[Sea turtles hatchlings somehow know they must move, as quickly as possible, from shore to sea. No single Monarch butterfly makes the species' annual 3,000 mile migration: sometimes, it takes up to five generations to complete the journey. How do they know what to do and where to go?]
It's an interesting theory, but you can't exactly prove it-- correlation is not causation. [He pauses, making a thoughtful noise.] But I suppose you can't disprove the collective unconscious either. Probatio diabolica.
[Not that this is a legal case. But the Devil's Proof argument seems fitting nonetheless.]