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\nSteven Pinker: Human nature and the blank slate\n

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\nSteven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it incredibly upsetting.\nSteven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it incredibly upsetting.\n
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22:36
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12th - Higher Ed
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Subjects
Social Studies & History
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\nTED Talks\n\n
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2008
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English
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culture, books, human nature, common sense, years, parenting, gender, poetry
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brain, philosophy, unconventional explanations, children, evolution's genius, science, language, how the mind works, how we learn, words about words, blank slate, 20th century, human universals, gray matter, astonishing similarities, social engineering, hot buttons, left handers, elite art, identical twins, human mind, house pet, female form, chance events, show, quote, forms, beauty, representative, criticism, similar, equal, half
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