2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Which theory do you agree with: that all people are born absolutely pure (the "blank slate" theory), or that at birth we all already have certain character traits and talents that we inherited from our parents? In his TED talk, Stephen Pinker brings up a rather interesting and painful topic of hereditary traits.
Almost every nation has its own sayings, which indicate that no matter how hard a person tries, he will (or not) have certain character traits that he inherited from his relatives.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the "Blank Slate" theory was very influential and many scientists believed that children are born completely clean. They are something like a blank sheet on which you can write whatever your heart desires, and it does not matter at all who their parents were. However, in his TED talk, Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate, takes a different view, citing his research as evidence.
It turns out, no matter how hard we try, an apple will not be born from an orange?
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