Having multiple children is a daily, delightful refutation of the blank slate hypothesis. They are so different.
Hardcore blank-slaters must either never spend time around children, or view them through rigidly ideological eyes.
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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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I'm one of those twins. Also, reminds me of the sumptuous Kahlil Gibran on children: http://www.katsandogz.com/onchildren.html
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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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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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First explanation is optimistic, suggests people with blankist/nurturist/socialist leanings do not reproduce, will die out.
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They simply don't have children.
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that thought also occurs to me a lot.
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