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At the site Gene Expression (GNXP) they regularly do 10-questions-for interviews with notable thinkers and this latest one, http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2006/07/10-questions-for-steven-pinker.php, is with the author of the Blank Slate, Professor at Harvard, and important figure in the Summers affair. Enjoy!
 
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