Nature versus nurture redux
Hauser, M.
Science 298(5598): 1554-1555
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-8075 PMID: 12452164 Document Number: 551512
A letter comments on Bateson's September 27 review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate. In his review, Bateson paints something of a caricature of Pinker's views and, although not everything in Pinker's book is correct, Bateson tended to focus on the wrong things for criticism.