Steven Pinker Chalks It Up to the Blank Slate
1. What is the idea of the "blank slate"?
2. What are some of the reasons to doubt that our minds are "blank slates"?
3. What are some of the political or social appeals of the "blank slate" idea?
4. What evidence from the area of parenting supports Pinker's theory that we are influenced by
genetics and heredity?
5. Pinker is essentially arguing that all humans are influenced by both nature and nurture. We are
born with some aspects and we learn others through socialization. Do you agree or disagree with
his theory? Why or why not?

covert: hidden or secret

candid: truthful and straightforward

what i get from these phrases is covert means undercover or underground and that's where the flower is in april. on the other hand, may is the month where flowers start to bloom and thats the reason why candid is being used as a word to describe the blossoming period of a flower.

hope this answer you.

what of the following? i don't know about you but i see no multiple choice answers.

c. nature verses humanity is correct

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,