The Leonard Lopate Show
Nature vs. Nurture
Monday, December 23, 2002
Are children born with innate ability? What role do parents play in shaping their child’s character? Steven Pinker confronts our fear of human nature and discusses his new book, The Blank Slate. Plus, Matt Ridley, Michael Specter, Jesse Cohen discuss the genome, neurogenesis, medicine’s race problem and much more, The Best American Science Writing 2002. BBC journalist David Edmonds shows what happens when great minds attack, Wittgenstein’s Poker. And Walter Kirn discusses his novel, Up in the Air.
Steven Pinker
Are children born with innate ability? What role do parents play in shaping their child’s character? Steven Pinker confronts our fear of human nature and discusses his new book, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. Read an excerpt in the Reading Room.
Matt Ridley, Michael Specter, Jesse Cohen
Matt Ridley, Michael Specter, Jesse Cohen discuss the genome, neurogenesis, medicine’s race problem and much more The Best American Science Writing 2002. Read an excerpt in the reading Room.
David Edmonds
BBC journalist David Edmonds shows what happens when great minds attack, Wittgenstein’s Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers. Read an excerpt in the Reading Room.
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