BORROWED INSTINCT

The Interaction Wheel

Twelve mechanisms. Four families.
Your team needs three.
FIND YOUR THREE ignore the other nine IDECENTRALIZEDEXECUTION IIMOMENTUMAND ENERGY IIISHOCK ANDADAPTATION IVDEFENCE ANDPRECISION 123456789101112 Topological span Symbiosis Rhythm Position Phase Succession Surface Expression Interval Buffer Stopping Library Murmuration physics Reef symbiosis Termite ventilation Pelagic drift Formation flight Ecological succession Chromatophore logic Epigenetic regulation Serotiny and thefire interval Osmotic filtration Cheetah kinematics Conotoxin libraries
THE EVIDENCE LADDER
The book labels every case by the strength of its evidence. Hold your own claims to the same ladder, especially your favourites.
ANECDOTE
ILLUSTRATION
BENCHMARK
CAUSAL EVIDENCE
Borrow the mechanism, not the animal. From Borrowed Instinct by Inji Borai. © 2026 Coffee Press · CC BY-SA 4.0 Coffee Press