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When it comes to explaining human thought and behavior, the possibility that heredity plays any role at all still has the power to shock. to acknowledge human nature, many think, is to endorse racism, sexism, war, greed, genocide, nihilism, reactionary politics, and neglect of children and the disadvantaged. any claim that the mind has an innate organization strikes people not as a hypothesis that might be incorrect but as a thought it is immoral to think.
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When It Comes To Explaining Human Thought

Steven Pinker
When it comes to explaining human thought and behavior, the possibility that heredity plays any role at all still has the power to shock. to acknowledge human nature, many think, is to endorse racism, sexism, war, greed, genocide, nihilism, reactionary politics, and neglect of children and the disadvantaged. any claim that the mind has an innate organization strikes people not as a hypothesis that might be incorrect but as a thought it is immoral to think.
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