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In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, among the world's top experts on language and your brain, examines the thought of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker claims that the dogma that your brain doesn't have innate qualities-a doctrine used by many intellectuals in the past millennium-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective studies of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our knowledge of politics, abuse, parenting, and the arts. Inserting calm and rationality into discussions which are infamous for ax-running and mud-slinging, Pinker demonstrates the significance of an honest recommendation of human nature-based on good sense and research.