KYUNG HANG (Soeul)
The
great world-wide scholars
talk about their 'dangerous
ideas'.
|
Most of the contributors
appear to have
interpreted "dangerous" as
meaning something
like "subversive," challenging
to one or another
received orthodoxy. |
Meine
gefährlichste
Idee. Seit nunmehr
neun Jahren startet
die Stiftung Edge
mit einer Umfrage
zu einem großen
generellen Thema
ins neue Jahr. |
Crónicas
Bárbaras Ciencia
racista, atractiva
pero muy peligrosa. |
(Sydney)
Into the minds
of the believers.
With the aim of
gathering ideas
from the world's
leading thinkers
on intellectual,
philosophical,
artistic and literary
issues, US writer
John Brockman established
The Edge Foundation
in 1988. |
Royal
Society president
Martin Rees said
the most dangerous
idea was public concern
that science and
technology were running
out of control. |
Audacious
Knowledge. What is
a dangerous idea?
One not assumed to
be false, but possibly
true?What do you
believe is true even
though you cannot
prove it?" |
Seductive
power of a hazardous
idea. The responses
to Brockman's question
do not directly engage
with each other,
but they do worry
away at a core set
of themes. |
Academics
see gene cloning
perils, untamed global
warming and personality-changing
drugs as presenting
the gravest dangers
for the future of
civiliztion |
Risky
ideas; What do scientists
currently regard
as the most dangerous
thoughts? |
Be
Afraid. Edge.org canvassed
scientists for their "most
dangerous idea." David
Buss, a psychologist
at the University of
Texas, chose "The
Evolution of Evil." |
The
most dangerous idea.
Brockman's challenge
is noteworthy because
his buddies include
many of the world's
greatest scientists:
Freeman Dyson, David
Gelertner, J. Craig
Venter, Jared Diamond,
Brian Greene. |
Dangerous
Ideas About Modern
Life. Free will does
not exist. We are
not always created
equal. Science will
never be able to
address our deepest
concerns. |
Genome
sequencing pioneer
Craig Venter suggests
greater understanding
of how genes influence
characteristics such
as personality, intelligence
and athletic capability
could lead to conflict
in society. |
The
wilder shores of
creativity. He asked
his roster of thinkers
[...] to nominate
an idea, not necessarily
their own, they consider
dangerous not because
it is false, but
because it might
be true. |
From cloning to predetermination
of sex: the answers
of investigators
and philosophers
to a question on
the online salon
Edge. |
Who
controls humans?
God? The genes? Or
nevertheless the
computer? The on-line
forum Edge asked
its yearly question — and
the answers raised
more questions. |
La
pregunta de l'any.
La web Edge.org penjarà l'1
de gener la pregunta
de l'any. La del
2005 va ser resposta
per 120 ments de
l'anomenada 'tercera
cultura', que van
reflexionar sobre
l'enunciat "Què creus
que és veritat
tot i no poder-ho
demostrar?" |
THE HANKYOREH (Seoul)
 |
The
117 respondents include
Richard Dawkins,
Freeman Dyson, Daniel
Dennett, Jared Diamond — and
that's just the D's!
As you might expect,
the submissions are
brilliant and very
controversial. |
Gene
discoveries highlight
dangers facing society.
Mankind's increasing
understanding of
the way genes influence
behaviour and the
issue's potential
to cause ethical
and moral dilemmas
is one of the biggest
dangers facing society,
according to leading
scientists. |
Why
it can be a very
smart move to start
life with a Jewish
momma: There is one
dangerous idea that
still trumps them
all: the notion that,
as Steven Pinker
describes it, "groups
of people may differ
genetically in their
average talents and
temperaments".
For "groups
of people",
read "races." |
The
Earth can cope with
global warming, schools
should be banned
and we should learn
to love bacteria.
These are among the
dangerous ideas revealed
by a poll of leading
thinkers. |
Science
can be a risky game,
as Galileo learned
to his cost. Now
John Brockman asks
over a hundred thinkers, "What
is your most dangerous
idea?" |
"Our
brains are constantly
subjected to the
demands of multi-tasking
and a seemingly endless
cacophony of information
from diverse sources. " |
Very
complex systems — whether
organisms, brains,
the biosphere, or
the universe itself — were
not constructed by
design; all have
evolved. There is
a new set of metaphors
to describe ourselves,
our minds, the universe,
and all of the things
we know in it. |
John
Brockman Blogs Edge's Annual
Question on Huff
Po |
Global
warming, the war on terror and rampant
consumerism getting you down? Well, lighten
up: here, 17 of the world's smartest
scientists and academics share their
reasons to be cheerful
