The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial Of Human Nature -

The fear that if we are "wired" a certain way, we can’t improve society.

The belief that the mind has no innate structure and that all knowledge and behavior come from experience and culture. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

Pinker identifies three entrenched ideas that dominate modern intellectual life, which he seeks to dismantle: The fear that if we are "wired" a