Originally Posted by
tandempower
Sometimes hormones, I think. Sometimes other combinations of factors. I agree with you about the complexity, but there is a level of accuracy that is looser than what you are talking about, without being totally inaccurate. You know that artificial hormones are used to raise cattle sometimes, so it is possible to consider the influence that could have on their behavior. You can also guess that some cows might be more interested and/or afraid of humans because of experiences they've had. So it's not an exact art, but there's a certain science to contemplating about what might influence behavior and how.
Contemplate all you want. But you're not figuring out anything. It's not science unless you can do experiments and draw sound conclusions based on the evidence as relates to your hypothesis. I make this point because it touches on your famous
Critical Thinking where you skip the critical steps in the process.
What you do is not Critical Thinking - it's called Day Dreaming. That's really fine. There's nothing at all with wrong with Day Dreaming. But it's not science or truth etc.