Edited sentence: Scholars on both sides of the debate have spoken against some occurrences of harassment and interference with the work or funding of partly-genetic proponents ().Some scientists have accused other scientists of suppressing debate on the science of human nature ("mind, brain, genes, and evolution") for political purposes ().Steven Pinker's The Blank Slate argues a fear of the implications of such research has led to a "denial of human nature" in which standards of scientific discussion have suffered