http://arcade.stanford.edu/category/tags/-blank-slate The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-ac http://arcade.stanford.edu/biology-authenticity-or-whats-matter-steven-pinker <p>In a fascinating parable, &quot;<a href="http://onthehuman.org/2011/05/story-in-two-parts/" class="vt-p">A Story In Two Parts, With An Ending Yet To Be Written</a>,&quot; posted on the National Humanities Center's <i>On the Human</i> Web site, Paula Moya tells the tale of a researcher named Kitayama who travels from the land of Interdependence to the land of Independence, conducts research into the way that culture shapes perception, and finds his results grossly misinterpreted by journalists (as reinforcing racist narratives of essential ethnic differences).</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/biology-authenticity-or-whats-matter-steven-pinker">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/biology-authenticity-or-whats-matter-steven-pinker#comments Andrew Goldstone Paula Moya Shinobu Kitayama Sneering Sophmoric Status-Grabbing Bohemian Modernist/Postmodernist Beauty-Haters Steven Pinker The Blank Slate http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1211 Mon, 09 May 2011 22:41:05 -0700 Lee Konstantinou 1211 at http://arcade.stanford.edu