When we think of the word instinct, those who are a bit more nerdy should automatically remember the neighborhood hero, the people's friend, and one of the most well-known and beloved superheroes: Spider-Man. For those unfamiliar with Spider-Man, as the name suggests, he has the powers of a spider, so he can climb walls, shoot webs, and has a basic hero kit along with super strength and agility. But there's a very characteristic detail about Spider-Man that has saved him many times: his spider-sense.
Spider-sense is a sensation, like an alert that Spider-Man feels whenever something strange is about to happen. The animations make it seem like a "sensation" in his head that can even leave him a little confused, perhaps a slight headache. Generally, this "sensation" begins when some danger is approaching, even if there seems to be nothing wrong nearby.
Interestingly, just like Spider-Man, human beings possess a special kind of power called instinct, which may have arisen at some point in our evolution as a species. Could it be our Spider-Sense?
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Do you have your own Spider-Sense?
There are two examples of Spider-Sense in one of the latest Spider-Man movies with Tom Holland, where his aunt – who knew his "secret" identity – throws something at him and ends up hitting him. She's confused, thinking his spider-sense would activate, but on that occasion it's revealed that if it's not a threat, the spider-sense doesn't work.
Another case with the same actor was when the effect actually activated before the villain appeared on screen. The Green Goblin, an alter-ego of Norman Osborn, shares consciousness with him, something like a split personality. His spider-sense is so "supernatural" that it detected when the personality change occurred. Finally, I couldn't fail to mention the last great example with the actor in Endgame, where Peter started feeling unwell even before turning to dust with Thanos' snap.
These days I ended up watching another version of Spider-Man in the Spider-Noir series, which is very good and presents a completely different version of the hero everyone knows, with him being an older character, with his powers malfunctioning at times, and with a slightly different origin for his powers.
And why mention a new version of Spider-Man? Because, just like with normal people, everyone feels different sensations—maybe a feeling of unease, dizziness, a tightness in the chest—even spiders have differences in their instincts. I believe we all have some form of instinct, because we are all animals, so we have some traits from our ancestors that haven't fully adapted to modern life, given the great transformations that have occurred in just a few years.
The difference is that instead of being an almost perfect predictive feeling, our instincts can be just a feeling; there's no way to know exactly if it's correct or not. Generally, when we're at a point where we have to make an important decision, we get this feeling that something might go wrong if we choose one of the paths. But is there any certainty that it will actually cause a problem? No.
So what to do about our instincts? The best answer is to gather information. Besides these often unexplained sensations, we have an incredible computing capacity in our brains. The problem is that we often choose to trust our instincts instead of using this supercomputer in our heads. For it to work, you need to seek information about the situation you're unsure about and, of course, ensure the security of your computing machine. By doing this, you stop relying solely on instinct and also use a bit of reason to arrive at a more optimal answer.
