Bundle of Ideas?

I had an idea the other day. Yeah, one of 'em philosophical ones (I really should get some sort of little intro music for when I get philosophical... it'd be cool). It all began in my Science and Religion class when an interesting topic was brought up:

We were talking about different forms of learning, in particular empiricism. Mike--it's what we call our teacher (cause that's his name)--was pointing out the distinction between it and rationalism. One of his points was that empiricists believe in a tabula rasa, or blank slate, meaning that when humans are born that their minds are empty. They have no knowledge, mainly the a priori kind, and will instead gain knowledge through their senses and experience. Yeah, that jazz.

Well, almost immediately after he made his point, somebody in the class just spoke out with a blatant "No." Curious, Mike asked her to explain. She went on to talk about instinct, which every animal has--humans not being an exception here. And then, that reminded me of what I was doing in Discrete Math a day before...

Sitting in Robeson 210 (if you're from Tech you probably know what room I'm talking about), bored out of my mind, I just started writing on the back of my notes. What'd I write? Eh, nothing special, but I'll put it up on dA later or something. I gotta finish it first, but the general gist was me wondering about two aspects of humans: emotion and rational thought. Comparing the two, thinking of how each one affects us all. I mean, give it a quick ponder... what would happen if we only had one or the other? Perfect rational thought. Would it create a perfect world? I don't think so, but it is quite the interesting topic. Need to sit down and give it more thought. Oh, and I don't even think I need to point out just how interesting a world with only emotion would be.

Right, so with the instinct thing in class brought up, I got to thinking--it's what I do. There is rational thought, human emotion, and.. instinct? Mm, sounds good to me! We are all born with instinct of sorts, although that is curbed both by our rational thought and emotion. Not entirely, mind you, but somewhat. Also, each person--being the special unique snowflake that we all are--uses each one in different amounts. I mean, that makes sense, right?

Not too sure what else to add at the moment. I really need to think things through a bit more. Maybe I'll do that when I go to bed. *shrugs* But don't worry, I'll keep you updated.

PS: Hmmmm, the title? It probably had something to do with philosophy of some sort. Don't really know, but just pretend that it's really important.