Bevine is simply the perfect narrator for this material! The timbre of his voice, along with his cadence, diction and pronunciations are nearly flawless! I now only wish Bevine had also narrated Pinker's other book on Audible - "The Stuff of Thoughts" :-( My only tiny complaint with this book has always been that its title is completely inappropriate and misleading. Pinker's book is made even more engaging and enjoyable by Audible's production quality and most notably, by their choice of Victor Bevine as this book's narrator. Pinker is an amazing and rare intellectual power-house and is able to bring together the works of various scholars in myriad scientific disciplines and weave all this information together into a logical, cohesive and comprehensive perspective on human nature. This book is exceedingly important, as it gives one a very deep, new, understanding of human nature. I read "The Blank Slate" several years ago when it was first published and I was ELATED to now be able to enjoy it again in an unabridged audio format. I give this audio book my HIGHEST recommendation! The material is erudite and intellectually difficult at times, but I challenge you to listen to this book (possibly over-and-over again) and see if it doesn't open your mind to a whole new way of observing and UNDERSTANDING yourself and the world (people) around you. One of the most important books our time ! The number of straw man fallacies and other spin tactics that are present here are simply too many to count. It feels like someone with an emotional grudge, always making one more point, and misinterpreting the other side at every turn. This stance makes his arguments out of touch with the reader, who is left asking him to move on. Also, the book is about the classic "nature vs nurture" argument and he spends the majority of the time fighting and belittling an extreme "Nurture" stance that no one believes in anyway. When you add to that a continuous misunderstanding of the latest findings of science and the arrogance to divine the future of science as well, it becomes unbearable. Its hostile angry tone, a juvenile use of belittling language, and a full array of annoying logic that runs in circles would be enough to cause frustration. It was also published in 2002 and has become obsolete by new findings in neuroscience. This book is an emotionally charged mess.
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