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Who has read The Blank Slate?
| jade address | 01/09/18 |
| mischievous kitty cat | 01/09/18 |
| jade address | 01/09/18 |
| Pierbattista Pizzaballa | 05/13/25 |
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Date: January 9th, 2018 5:09 PM Author: jade address It has influenced my world view more than any other book. It was shocking to read when I was younger and informed my opinion about all kinds of things.
http://www.richardwebster.net/nsblankslate.htm
The denial of human nature spans many philosophies and all political parties, but it is most adamant on the left. It is not hard to see why. Human nature is a stumbling block to believers in progress. If humans are like other animals, they cannot be expected suddenly to change their ways. Science may yield new forms of knowledge and new technologies, governments and economic systems may change, sometimes for the better, but the basic traits of human behaviour will remain the same. Even the most revolutionary transformation of society will leave human needs and motives much as they have always been. |
Date: January 9th, 2018 5:16 PM Author: mischievous kitty cat could any of the following books be published by major publishers today, and receive thoughtful reviews in the MSM:
The Bell Curve Peter Brimelow's Alien Nation The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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Date: January 9th, 2018 5:22 PM Author: jade address They would receive the same backlash that A Troublesome Inheritance received - with scientists denouncing the work without reading the book.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-wade/in-defense-of-a-troublesome-inheritance_b_5413333.html |
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Date: May 13th, 2025 1:37 PM Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa I am reading it now. It is shocking that this was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Hardly seems controversial to any thinking person, but the woke hive mind would lose its shit if this came today. It really contains most of the intellectual framework that is being used to fight back wokeness. |