Tabula Rasa

Here are some links on the concept of the "blank slate"--including the TED talk we watched on Wednesday:

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_chalks_it_up_to_the_blank_slate

Check out the comments section for criticism, support and more to think about.

Also, a couple of reviews of Steven Pinker's book that also give a brief history of the issue:

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/11/25/021125crbo_books

http://home.uchicago.edu/~rjr6/articles/Sunday%20New%20York%20Times.htm

Stephen Jay Gould  was a strong proponent of "the blank slate" and strong oppositional voice against biological determinism (look it up if you don't know what this means).

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2011/06/24/defending-stephen-jay-goulds-crusade-against-biological-determinism/

http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/reingold/courses/intelligence/cache/carroll-gould.html