sorry but I don't think there is any sense in which the infant brain is a blank slate. Definitely not for vital functions (as seen by the "instinctual" abilitie

sorry but I don't think there is any sense in which the infant brain is a blank slate. Definitely not for vital functions (as seen by the "instinctual" abilities noted elsewhere in this thread, not in language/cognition, and IMO not even culturally/morally.