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In his book The Blank Slate , cognitive scientist Steven Pinker challenges the widely held belief that the human mind is shaped entirely by environment and experience . He argues that the modern intellectual community has turned the "blank slate" concept into a secular dogma , aggressively suppressing scientific evidence that suggests heredity and evolution play significant roles in our behavior. Pinker contends that this denial of human nature distorts social policy, complicates parenting, and stifles honest academic inquiry. By retracing the history of this taboo , he seeks to prove that…
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