> Blank-slate cultists are scared of what research will find. The folks who have objections to this sort of research aren't actually existentialists when you p

> Blank-slate cultists are scared of what research will find. The folks who have objections to this sort of research aren't actually existentialists when you push them even a tiny bit on their beliefs. The tabula rasa is just used as a rhetorical tool to deflect from criticism with regards to certain uncomfortable genetic questions. It's a philosophy of convenience, easily discarded when one needs to argue in favor of, for instance, certain forms of equity.