So, word on the streets is that peoples are saying that babies are born as complete and total blank slates. Well in my opinion, the concept of someone coming into this world with an absolutely blank mind is 400 pounds of Grade-A, Rhode Island Red PHOOEY! And I'll be happy to tells you all why that is the case.
The most important factor that disprooves this blank slate hoo-hah is a simple thing most people take for granted. This is called instinct. This is defined as an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species. Therefore instinct, being inborn, is with us in our minds from the first moment we are dragged kicking and screaming into the world. Our minds are technically not blank if we have instinct. Though instinct is located in the subconscious, it is still within the mind.
If this is not convincing enough to those who still cling to the blank slate concept. Imagine a baby. The baby is hungry. Though the baby does not yet posess the intellectual or physical means to obtain the food, within the subconscious, an alarm is triggered. The alarm says "I AM HUNGRY" and the infant responds by crying in order to alert someone of the problem. There was no instruction or knowledge gained beforehand by the child on this process. Nobody taught the baby "Hey, if you're hungry, just start crying and yelling and such and we will provide you with food." This is all instinctual.
This proves that a baby's mind is not a blank slate, due to the subconscious knowledge and instinct that it posesses. Now a Grade Nine student on the other hand...
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