""What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?""
This was the question posed by John Brockman to a group of leading
scientists and thinkers via his Edge.org website. The subsequent
answers created a media storm and prompted a fiery debate about all
aspects of science, technology and even the nature of ""proof"".
WHAT WE BELIEVE BUT CANNOT PROVE brings together the very best
answers from the most eminent contributors. Here is Ian McEwan on
the absence of an afterlife; Richard Dawkins on the relationship
between design and evolution; and Jared Diamond on when humans
first reached the Americas. Other contributions from luminaries
like Steven Pinker, John Horgan and Martin Rees span the whole
range of scientific endeavour and human experience, from the future
of computing to the origins of intelligence; from insights into
childhood behaviour to cutting-edge cosmology. Thought-provoking
and hugely compelling, this collection is both a fascinating
insight into the instinctive beliefs of some of the most brilliant
minds alive today -- and an invitation to answer the question
yourself . . .
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