Nonetheless, Thomas and Chess had effectively nixed the idea that babies are born 'blank slates' who passively receive and are moulded by the environment.
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Second, some of them nixed the tadpole stage of life, so that fully-developed adults hatched from eggs, which cut down on the need for a body of water to grow up in.
Nathan says if he gives his idea to his immediate supervisor, " she'll either take it over or nix it." " To nix" (nix) means to reject, to cancel, to say no to something.