intuition

Animals know so much based on their instincts. Migrating birds fly south every winter. Sea turtles lay their eggs on the same beach where they were born. So many elephants go to the same graveyard to die. They all know where to go. They know when and where to go back. They know what to do, and how to do it.

How did we, as a species, "learn" to ignore our instincts, and how can we, as individuals, reconnect with them?