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...thinking that we can get to the moon by climbing trees.

Engineers sometimes refer to this as the fallacy of thinking that we can get to the moon by climbing trees. A little bit of progress now can be extended indefinitely.
- Steven Pinker

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The Blank Slate


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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Copyright 2002

By Steven Pinker

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How the Mind Works


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How the Mind Works
Steven Pinker
Copyright 1999

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