What Have You Changed Your Mind About? |
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| Author:
| Brockman, John |
| ISBN: | 978-0-06-171804-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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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 were brilliant, eye-opening, fascinating, sometimes shocking, and certain to kick-start countless passionate debates. Read Steven Pinker on the future of human evolution bull; Richard Dawkins on the mysteries of courtship bull;...
More DescriptionEven 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 were brilliant, eye-opening, fascinating, sometimes shocking, and certain to kick-start countless passionate debates. Read Steven Pinker on the future of human evolution bull; Richard Dawkins on the mysteries of courtship bull; Sam Harris on the indifference of Mother Nature bull; Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the irrelevance of probability bull; Chris Anderson on the reality of global warming bull; Alan Alda on the existence of God bull; Lisa Randall on the secrets of the Sun bull; Ray Kurzweil on the possibility of extraterrestrial life bull; Brian Eno on what it means to be a "revolutionary" bull; Helen Fisher on love, fidelity, and the viability of marriage bull; Irene Pepperberg on learning from parrots. . . and many others.