Date: 1975
"If learning is a generalized process whereby each brain is stamped afresh by experience, the role of natural selection must be solely to keep the tabula rasa of the brain clean and malleable."
preview | full record— Wilson, E. O. (b. 1929)
Date: 1975
"Only small parts of the brain resemble a tabula rasa; this is true even for human beings."
preview | full record— Wilson, E. O. (b. 1929)
Date: 1975
"The remainder [of the brain] is more like an exposed negative waiting to be dipped into developer fluid."
preview | full record— Wilson, E. O. (b. 1929)