If we are not to abandon values such as peace and equality, or our com…

Steven Pinker
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If we are not to abandon values such as peace and equality, or our commitments to science and truth, then we must pry these values away from claims about our psychological makeup that are vulnerable to being proven false. ✨ Steven Pinker (2003). The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, p.18, Penguin
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