He also explains that while violence is a part of human design, so is our ability to address it. He highlights how outdated today’s political ideas (from both the right and left) are in light of emerging science. In the final section of the book, Pinker explores five hot-button issues-politics, violence, gender, children and arts. However, it is possible to override these tendencies by understanding how they work and making conscious choices not to confuse them with careful decision-making. We are also genetically inclined to favor our family over others and to have a shared sense of morality. Steven Pinker shows that we have certain hardwired traits. Instead, it shows us that we are united by certain universal qualities. However, he finds that cognitive science does not support this premise. Pinker argues that people in different academic fields have supported the idea of a Blank Slate to ensure that we free ourselves from long-standing prejudices and create a more egalitarian society. He also discredits two related concepts-that of the Noble Savage and Ghost in Machine-and explains why they are not true. It shows that our brains come with certain universal attributes hardwired into it. The book The Blank Slate, by Steven Pinker, argues against the idea that the mind is a blank slate. 1-Page Summary of The Blank Slate Overall Summary
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