Short Reviews: Steven Pinker

"The Blank Slate (Extract) (non-fiction)" [permanent link]. An extract from his book, "The Blank Slate", this article rips into the theory that children are all born as 'blank slates', and it is up to educators and children to 'mould' the children into whatever we want. Pinker argues that genetics and hereditary play a part in determining how children behave, making it difficult to eliminate differences between individuals.
Read from Oct 2002 Discover magazine