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Nature 419, 251-252 (19 September 2002) | doi:10.1038/419251a

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Nurturing a view of human nature

David L. Hull1

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Our genes ensure that our minds are never 'blank slates'.

Steven Pinker begins the preface of his book with the exclamation: "Not another book on nature and nurture!" In fact, the contrast between nature and nurture is only one of the topics that Pinker addresses in this book, but throughout his exposition I shared the dismay of his hypothetical reader.