In literature, the term instigate is frequently employed to denote the act of provoking or setting in motion significant actions or events. It can imply deliberate incitement toward contentious outcomes, as observed when it is used to describe the stirring of national or religious battles [1] and initiating rebellion or crime [2, 3]. Authors also use the word to suggest the subtle prompting of emotions or deeds—for instance, inciting virtue rather than vice [4] or even spurring one into excellence without any external reward [5]. Moreover, instigation may be depicted as both an external inducement and an internal impulse, whether it is fueling public uproar or causing an individual to act impulsively without rational planning [6, 7, 8]. This versatility allows the word to capture the nuanced interplay between causation and consequence in human behavior.