Having multiple children is a daily, delightful refutation of the blank slate hypothesis. They are so different.
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Recently I asked a mother of (fraternal) twins what they had in common. She thought for a long time, then said "nothing."
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Do you think that micro-experiences at a younger age, unnoticed by parents, could be factor? I’m parent & agree—but not 100% certain
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It seems unlikely. I haven't noticed any discontinuity, and I've been paying pretty close attention.
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“It is said that there is a technical term for people who believe that little boys and little girls are born indistinguishable and …
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…are molded into their natures by parental socialization.The term is ‘childless’” — Stephen Pinker (v Spelke) https://www.edge.org/event/the-science-of-gender-and-science-pinker-vs-spelke-a-debate …
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that thought also occurs to me a lot.
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Suggest to them their kid should marry an idiot and we'll see how far the blank slate goes
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They simply don't have children.
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First explanation is optimistic, suggests people with blankist/nurturist/socialist leanings do not reproduce, will die out.
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hardcore blank-slaters...what influenced them to become so inclined?
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It's probably innate, they can't help it.
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