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The Blank Slate

The Modern Denial of Human Nature

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The Blank Slate

By: Steven Pinker
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Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature.

Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices. To acknowledge our innate abilities, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality but to understand the very foundations of humanity.

©2003 Steven Pinker (P)2019 Penguin Audio Consciousness & Thought Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Sociology
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"A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature...both life-affirming and deeply satisfying." (Daily Telegraph)

"Brilliant...enjoyable, informative, clear, humane." (New Scientist)

"Startling.... This is a breath of air for a topic that has been politicized for too long." (Economist)

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Consistently promotes feminism, then proceeds to list why feminism is wrong. All examples have something to do with the jewish people. I don't think there was a lot of new material in this book. Worth a one time read, but nothing I'll come back to.

The writer poses as an atheist, but can't get over his jewish roots

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