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By: cherryberry360. on 30 Nov 08, 18:24:12
I am such a fan of Steven Pinker! I'm reading The Language Instinct right now and really enjoying it. Plus he's Canadian :).
By: Zigiwy. on 22 Nov 08, 15:15:21
"I almost forgot what his original thesis was by the end" Well that's your problem... Most of us will submit that he is, in fact, not rambling. Tough.
By: forgotmypassword3. on 17 Nov 08, 06:04:45
I want this man to write a book about dreams to thoughts and thoughts to dreams. And why do children dream more than adults?
By: MarianParrott. on 13 Nov 08, 13:34:06
I don't think Pinker is arguing that EVERYTHING is innate. Even identical twins can have environmental differences beginning in the womb. One could get a better blood supply and have more brain growth. Or, for some reason the parents may go out of their way to treat the differently. Or, one could have an experience that made him or her more conscious of other people's needs; and yes, people can decide to change!
By: swyft187. on 10 Nov 08, 06:35:31
Marx may be the father of your concept of communism but I didn't bring it up. Only pointing out the flaws of Corporate Capitalism. What is the difference between democracy and communism anyway? Fundamentally, any "PERSONS" is simply chattel and are both similar ways for people to relinquish responsibility of their body to be slaves in a system that will only see it as collateral to the bonds they put out of your corporate person to satisfy the amount of money lent to the country. Yep.
By: mtheoryrules. on 10 Nov 08, 05:32:16
Here was the reason I even brought it up, rational capitalism has historical demonstrated more potential to increase standards of living as an economic system then other system in the context of government of large nations. My initial inclination was to assume that you were suggesting that communism would be valid. I started to point out the historical demonstrated flaws of this form economic regulation but instead I gave you the benefit of the doubt and posted my critique in that context.
By: noneschton. on 09 Nov 08, 04:47:17
This guy rambles, I almost forgot what his original thesis was by the end
By: swyft187. on 08 Nov 08, 20:53:06
The context should be clear since it is readily apparent to any free thinking individual, so for those who failed to understand, the prior tirade only applies to the CURRENT WESTERN CAPITALISM and not the fundamental capitalism. Are you happy? And least I forget, keep your idiosyncrasy to those bound by it. As you said:"it is prudent to establish this prior to you tirade which is relevant only within the proper context." Keep watching that DOW like it is equal to your worth, chattel. OH IT IS!
By: mtheoryrules. on 08 Nov 08, 19:06:23
There is a difference between rational capitalism and the system of economic governing that the modern western world seeks to implement upon the lower working classes. It would have been prudent to establish this prior to your tirade which is relevant only within the proper context. "Blank slate" was a philosophical movement related to epistemology and has been thoroughly challenged long before Pinker decided to write his book.
By: swyft187. on 07 Nov 08, 20:25:11
wow I guess that went completely over your head... WHOOSH My use of the words "blank slate" refer to the book.
By: MarxBakuninMe. on 07 Nov 08, 13:37:08
Eh . . . there is no "blank slate". People just act according to what the situation demands. Naturally!
By: StreaksontheChina. on 05 Nov 08, 09:45:57
None of that is contradicted by this. The point here isn't that people's personalities are 100% innate and have no variability or mutability. The point is that it is unreasonable to deny, as many do, that there is ANYTHING innate in our personalities. There is quite a bit that is innate, although everything has a range of possible variation. Twins can be enormously different in spite of their identical genes, but there are still lots of similarities.
By: authorjeff77. on 02 Nov 08, 21:49:17
the referrence to a blank slate has more to do with associative memory and the subconscious mind than it does to the unconscious automated system of the primitive mind and genetics...doesn't it?
By: thedailyenglishshow. on 26 Oct 08, 08:22:31
Interesting topic + nice speaking style.
By: swyft187. on 23 Oct 08, 22:19:53
The Blank Slate shows the continuity of, and the need for, a continuing stream of specialized propaganda from the academy, where most of the "public intellectuals" have their stronghold. Without this propaganda, the system could not stand. Marx said as much in "The German Ideology," of 1845-1846.But Pinker has helped to make it clear that the first and foremost function of the academy in the capitalist system is to teach the people a false and muddled self-image." empathicscience org/pinker html
By: swyft187. on 23 Oct 08, 22:18:04
"53. For all its military might, and its massive police power, the capitalist system has an Achilles Heel. Once the light of understanding has been shown on this vulnerable spot, that now mighty system will become, in the words of Richard Nixon, "a pitiful helpless giant." Much to Marxism's good fortune, capitalism's Achilles Heel has been inadvertently exposed by Pinker.(cont)
By: JohnnyUp. on 18 Oct 08, 00:46:30
i agree. twin studies are not as straight- forward as some may lead us to believe.
By: JohnLenardWalson. on 17 Oct 08, 07:11:03
Colonizing The Moon
By: SnowfallEon. on 16 Oct 08, 05:39:23
Some fellow high school classmates of mine were a pair of identical twins. One was really rude, obnoxious, and a bit selfish. His twin was a nice person, ha he kept giving me pencils even when i never returned them. Anyway, they were in some major ways not alike in personality. What about people who have revelations and change their personality greatly? What about people beign victims then changing to survivors? What is a revolution? What about when people change from apathetic to activits?
By: JohnnyUp. on 15 Oct 08, 15:13:02
Not many as far as I can tell. B.F. Skinner's behaviourism could equate with something like a blank slate but it's been pretty much consensus for a long time that he overestimated human malleability. Even with that culture still has an enormous influence in development. Twin studies generally ignore things like the cohort effect, neglecting to take into account that adoptees are almost always adopted into the same socioeconomic backgrounds and will live in the same culture.
By: popitypop. on 14 Oct 08, 14:06:42
still spaming aft all this time?!? wtf man.. get a new medium for advertisements.. if u had to do this all theway til now.. obviously it aint workin..
By: Rikotistic. on 14 Oct 08, 11:27:34
Most scholars who brave the malfeasant dogma of varied secular and religious mores and action groups: political, social, and otherwise, are the only ones with an interest in moving civilization forward. I could say with certainty that most people where I come from believe that behavior is totally the result of parenting skills and circumstances they believe shape individuals. Needless to say, I have a lot of fun burying those dinosauric ideas--and incur enemies in the process (not so fun).
By: MarxBakuninMe. on 14 Oct 08, 02:19:54
Does anyone think that the mind is a blank slate? I've yet to meet anyone who does, in a book or in real life.
By: crazykb. on 12 Oct 08, 03:16:32
"pinker should know this is and is likely being dishonest." Pinker is anything but dishonest. "I can't believe this guy is a Harvard professor..." You don't seem to know very much about the man to make a comment like that.
By: JohnnyUp. on 11 Oct 08, 11:19:16
I really don't think he's the crusader he claims he is. Very few people think the mind is a blank slate. The Stephen Jay Gould quote at the start is completely out of context- he did not think the mind was a blank slate- pinker should know this is and is likely being dishonest. His book is full of similar straw man claims and misinterpreatations. I can't believe this guy is a Harvard professor...