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Wow, that's an interesting theory! Maybe it's just a natural instinct that we all have to protect ourselves from harm. Whatever the case may be, we're certainly glad that our ancestors passed on this knowledge to us!

If that was the case, then little kids would instinctively know not to touch it. Yet they do. The pain receptors we all have tell us what not to touch, however it is born of experience to the individual, not genetic inherited memory

Yeah burning is memorable.

Yet somehow the OP forgot it lol.

Praise your ancestors and please don't play with matches.

That other post was silly, yea
I see what you did here and I appreciate it lol

Your parents, not ancestors. It isn't a natural instinct, it is a learned behaviour. At some point, the first get burned from something, he signaled/told the others not to do the same, and that behavior get educated to the next generation. When it would be an instinct, no toddler would touch it. But when you don't be cautious, these little fuckers would burn themselves at multiple opportunities. So no instinct

"It's all just a burning memory"

By that logic, every kid born before 2000 wouldn't have touched the cigarette lighter in their parents car.

...we all did.

Hmm, I'll need to take another shower and consider this.