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There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization.
Steven Pinker
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Steven Pinker
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 18
Anthropologist
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Philosopher
Psychologist
University Teacher
Montreal
Quebec
Steven Arthur Pinker
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