Nature or nurture? It is obvious to most people with even a brief understanding of the science that we are a complex combination of the two. Pinker sets out the evidence here that nature is far more compelling than most of us realise and it is difficult not to agree with him. What really stood out for me from the book was the political implications of the discussion. On one side if we are largely creatures of nature, genetically determined, then intellectual attempts to change as are somewhat futile. We would agree with the right that people are primarily motivated...