Even geniuses change their minds sometimes.
Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online intellectual salon,
recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most
telling missteps and reconsiderations: What have you changed your
mind about? The answers are brilliant, eye-opening, fascinating,
sometimes shocking, and certain to kick-start countless passionate
debates.
Steven Pinker on the future of human evolution - Richard Dawkins
on the mysteries of courtship - SAM HARRIS on the indifference of
Mother Nature - Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the irrelevance of
probability - Chris Anderson on the reality of global warming -
Alan Alda on the existence of God - Ray Kurzweil on the possibility
of extraterrestrial life - Brian Eno on what it means to be a
"revolutionary" - Helen Fisher on love, fidelity, and the viability
of marriage - Irene Pepperberg on learning from parrots . . . and
many others.
General
| Imprint: |
HarperPerennial
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Edge Question Series |
| Release date: |
June 2016 |
| First published: |
May 2014 |
| Authors: |
John Brockman
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 134 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
367 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-168654-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-06-168654-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780061686542 |
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