I think this sort of assumes that terminal-ish goals are developed earlier and thus more stable and instrumental-ish goals are developed later and more subject to change.
I think this may or may not be true on the individual level but it’s probably false on the ecological level.
Competitive pressures shape many instrumental-ish goals to be convergent whereas terminal-ish goals have more free parameters.
I think this sort of assumes that terminal-ish goals are developed earlier and thus more stable and instrumental-ish goals are developed later and more subject to change.
I think this may or may not be true on the individual level but it’s probably false on the ecological level.
Competitive pressures shape many instrumental-ish goals to be convergent whereas terminal-ish goals have more free parameters.