2005 : WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT PROVE IT?

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2005 : WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT PROVE IT?

Psychologist, Harvard University; Author, Changing Minds Howard Gardner Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard...	Psychologist, London School of Economics; Author, The Mind Made Flesh Nicholas Humphrey Emeritus Professor of Psychology, London School of...
Psychologist, Harvard University Daniel Gilbert Professor of Psychology at Harvard University	Science Historian; Author, Project Orion George Dyson Science Historian; Author, Analogia
Neurobiologist, University of Washington; Author, A Brief History of the Mind William H. Calvin Theoretical Neurobiologist; Affiliate Professor Emeritus,...	Linguist, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Author, Doing Our Own Thing John McWhorter Professor of Linguistics and Western Civilization, Columbia...
Physicist, Macquarie University, Sydney; Author, How to Build a Time Machine Paul Davies Theoretical physicist; cosmologist; astro-biologist; co-...	Astrophysicist, Institute of Advanced Study Piet Hut professor of astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced...
Physicist, Case Western Reserve University; Author, Atom Lawrence M. Krauss Theoretical Physicist; Foundation Professor, School of...	Physicist, Institute of Advanced Study, Author, Disturbing the Universe Freeman Dyson Physicist, Institute of Advanced Study; Author, Disturbing...
Physicist, former President, Weizmann Institute of Science Haim Harari Physicist, former President, Weizmann Institute of Science...	Physicist, University of Pennsylvania; Author, A Matter of Degrees Gino Segre Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of...
Physicist, MIT; Author, When Things Start to Think Neil Gershenfeld Physicist, Director, MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms;...	Neuroscientist, Stanford University, Author, A Primate's Memoir Robert Sapolsky Neuroscientist, Stanford University; Author, Behave
Physicist, Columbia University; Author, How The Universe Got Its Spots Janna Levin Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College of...	Psychologist & Computer Scientist; Author, Designing World-Class E-Learning Roger Schank CEO, Socratic Arts Inc.; John Evans Professor Emeritus of...
Neuroscientist, New York University; Author, The Synaptic Self Joseph LeDoux Professor of Neural Science, Psychology, Psychiatry, and...	Physicist, Stanford University Leonard Susskind Felix Bloch Professor in Theoretical Physics, Stanford;...
Psychologist, Harvard University; Author, The Blank Slate Steven Pinker Johnstone Family Professor, Department of Psychology;...	Psychologist, Harvard University; Author, Wet Mind Stephen M. Kosslyn Founding Dean, Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate...
Mathematician, Stanford University; Author, The Millennium Problems Keith Devlin Mathematician; Executive Director, H-STAR Institute,...	Psychologist, UC-Berkeley; Coauthor, The Scientist In the Crib Alison Gopnik Psychologist, UC, Berkeley; Author, The Gardener and the...
Physicist and Nobel laureate, Princeton University Philip W. Anderson Nobel Laureate; Physicist	Psychologist, Visiting Lecturer, University of the West of England, Bristol; Author The Meme Machine Susan Blackmore Psychologist; Visiting Professor, University of Plymouth;...
Philosopher, Tufts University Author, Freedom Evolves Daniel C. Dennett Philosopher; Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Co...	Psychologist, University of Pennsylvania, Author, Authentic Happiness Martin Seligman Professor and Director, Positive Psychology Center,...
Editor-At-Large, Wired; Author, New Rules for the New Economy Kevin Kelly Senior Maverick, Wired; Author, What Technology Wants and...	Computer scientist, IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center; Author, Calculus and Pizza Clifford Pickover Author, The Math Book, The Physics Book, and The Medical...
Psychiatrist and Neurologist, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Author, Altered Egos Todd E. Feinberg M.D. is Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at...	Economist; Managing Director of CyberLab Interactive Productions GmbH (Burda Media Group). Jean Paul Schmetz Managing Director of CyberLab Interactive Productions GmbH
Psychologist, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Author, The Cognitive Brain Arnold Trehub Psychologist, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Author...	Biologist, Santa Fe Institute; Author, Investigations Stuart A. Kauffman Professor of Biological Sciences, Physics, Astronomy,...
Mathematical trader; Author, Fooled By Randomness Nassim Nicholas Taleb Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering, New York...	Johannes Gutenberg-UniversitÃ¤t Mainz; Author, Being No One Thomas Metzinger Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg-...
Physicist, UC Irvine; Author, Deep Time Gregory Benford Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UC-Irvine;...	Inventor and Technologist; Author, The Age of Spiritual Machines Ray Kurzweil Principal Developer of the first omni-font optical...
Research Scientist, MIT School of Architecture and Planning; Author, The Alex Studies Irene Pepperberg Research Associate & Lecturer, Harvard; Author, Alex...	Neuroscience researcher; Coauthor, Up From Dragons John R. Skoyles researcher in the evolution of human intelligence in the...
Biologist, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Author, Symbiosis in Cell Evolution. Lynn Margulis Biologist	Cosmologist, Cambridge University; Author, The Infinite Book John D. Barrow Cosmologist; Physicist; Professor of Mathematical Science,...
Psychologist, University of Arkansas Jesse Bering Psychologist; Associate Professor, Centre for Science...	Science Writer; Author, Rational Mysticism John Horgan Director, Center for Science Writings, Stevens Institute of...
Neuroscience Researcher; Author, The End of Faith Sam Harris Neuroscientist; Philosopher; Author, Making Sense	Computer Scientist and Musician Jaron Lanier Computer Scientist; Musician; Author, Who Owns The Future?
Computer Scientist; Personal Computer Visionary, Senior Fellow, HP Labs Alan Kay Founding member of Xerox PARC; President of Viewpoints...	Anthropologist, University of Michigan; Author, In God's We Trust Scott Atran Anthropologist; Emeritus Research Director, Centre National...
Computer Scientist, Yale University; Chief Scientist, Mirror Worlds Technologies; Author, Drawing Life David Gelernter Computer Scientist, Yale University; Chief Scientist,...	Psychologist, Harvard University Elizabeth Spelke Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of the Mind, Brain...
Computer Scientist, MIT Media Laboratory Alex "Sandy" Pentland Professor of Computer Science, MIT; Director, MIT...	Novelist; Author, Globalhead Bruce Sterling Science Fiction Author, Mirrorshades
Writer and Television Producer; Author, The Riemann Hypothesis Karl Sabbagh Producer; Founder, Managing Director, Skyscraper...	Software: Concepts, Artwork & Interface Design; Byteburg Research Lab above the Rhein River Kai Krause Software Pioneer; Philosopher; Author, A Realtime...
Response Richard Dawkins Evolutionary Biologist; Emeritus Professor of the Public...	Writer and Developmental Psychologist; Author, The Nurture Assumption Judith Rich Harris Independent Investigator and Theoretician; Author, The...
Psychologist, New York University; Author, The Birth of the Mind Gary Marcus Professor of Psychology, Director NYU Center for Language...	Cognitive Scientist, UC, Irvine; Author, Visual Intelligence Donald D. Hoffman Cognitive Scientist, UC, Irvine; Author, The Case Against...
Genomics Researcher; Founder & President, J. Craig Venter Science Foundation J. Craig Venter A leading scientist of the 21st century for Genomic...	Physicist, Computer Scientist; Chairman, Applied Minds, Inc.; Author, The Pattern on the Stone W. Daniel Hillis Physicist, Computer Scientist, Co-Founder, Applied...
Psychologist; Director, Quality of Life Research Center, Claremont Graduate University; Author, Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Psychologist; Director, Quality of Life Research Center,...	Physicist; Retired director, American Institute of Physics; Author, The Quantum World Kenneth W. Ford Retired Director of the American Institute of Physics
Physicist, currently at CERN Maria Spiropulu Shang-Yi Ch’en Professor of Physics, California Institute...	Biological Mathematician, Harvard University; Director, Center for Evolutionary Dynamics Martin Nowak Professor of Biology and Mathematics, Harvard University;...
Publisher, Skeptic magazine; Columnist, Scientific American; Author Science Friction Michael Shermer Publisher, Skeptic magazine; Monthly Columnist, Scientific...	Science writer and Commentator; Author, Pythagoras' Trousers Margaret Wertheim science writer and commentator
Psychologist, University of Texas, Austin; Author, The Evolution of Desire David M. Buss Professor of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin;...	Quantum Mechanical Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seth Lloyd Professor of Quantum Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Author,...
Physicist and Nobel Laureate; Director Emeritus, Fermilab; Coauthor, The God Particle Leon M. Lederman Director emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory	Editor-in-Chief, New Scientist Alun Anderson Senior Consultant (and former Editor-in-Chief and...
Editor of Release 1.0; Trustee, Long Now Foundation; Author, Release 2.0 Esther Dyson Investor; Chairman, EDventure Holdings; Executive Founder,...	Biologist, University of Liverpool; Author, The Origins of Larvae Donald I. Williamson biologist at the Port Erin Marine Station of the University...
Technology Editor, The Economist Tom Standage Business Affairs Editor, The Economist; Author, The Edible...	Psychologist, Emeritus Professor, Stanford University; Author, Shyness Philip Zimbardo Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University;...
Psychologist, Hope College; Author, Intuition David G. Myers Professor of Psychology, Hope College; Co-author,...	Psychologist, University of Virginia Jonathan Haidt Social Psychologist; Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical...
Psychologist, Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University; Author, The Essential Difference Simon Baron-Cohen Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of...	Psychologist, Yale University; Author, Descartes' Baby Paul Bloom Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology and...
Computer Scientist, Brandeis University Jordan Pollack Professor and Chairman of Computer Science, Brandeis...	Philosopher of Art, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Editor, Arts & Letters Daily Denis Dutton Philosopher; Founder and Editor, Arts & Letters Daily;...
Philosopher and Novelist, Trinity College; Author, Incompleteness Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Philosopher, Novelist; Recipient, 2014 National Humanities...	Editor-in-Chief, Discover Magazine Steve Petranek Editor-in-chief of Discover Magazine
Psychologist and Neuroscientist, University of Maryland; Author, Laughter Robert Provine Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, Baltimore...	Physicist, Perimeter Institute; Author, Three Roads to Quantum Gravity Lee Smolin Physicist, Perimeter Institute; Author, Einstein's...
Mathematician, Yale University; Author, The Fractal Geometry of Nature Benoit Mandelbrot Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Yale...	Philosopher and Psychologist, New York University Ned Block Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology, Neural Science...
Physicist Anton Zeilinger Nobel laureate (2022 - Physics); Physicist, University of...	Physicist; Institut Universitaire de France & University of the Mediterraneum; Author, Quantum Gravity Carlo Rovelli Theoretical Physicist; Aix-Marseille University, in the...
Biologist; Climatologist, Stanford University; Author, Laboratory Earth Stephen Schneider climatologist, is a professor in the Department of...	Computer Scientist; Founder, Intentional Software; formerly Chief Architect, Microsoft Charles Simonyi Software Engineer, Computer Scientist, Entrepreneur,...
Psychologist, Boston College; Author, Gifted Children Ellen Winner Psychologist, Boston College; Author, How Art Works: A...	Archaeologist; Journalist; Writer-in-Residence, University of Bradford; Author, Past Poetic Christine Finn Archaeologist; Journalist; Author, Artifacts, Past Poetic
Biologist; Cloning Researcher; Roslin Institute, Edinburgh; Coauthor, The Second Creation Ian Wilmut Chair of Reproductive Biology, Director Scottish Centre for...	Ophthalmologist and Neurobiologist, University of California, Davis Leo M. Chalupa Neurobiologist; Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology,...
Psychiatrist, University of Michigan; Coauthor, Why We Get Sick Randolph Nesse Research Professor of Life Sciences, Director (2014-2019),...	Planetary Scientist; Leader, Cassini Imaging Team; Director, CICLOPS, Space Science Institute, Boulder Carolyn Porco Planetary Scientist; Cassini Imaging Team Leader; Director...
Albert Einstein Professor of Physics, Princeton University. Paul J. Steinhardt Albert Einstein Professor in Science, Departments of...	Biologist, London; Author of The Presence of the Past Rupert Sheldrake biologist and author
Evolutionary biologist, Rutgers University; Author, Natural Selection and Social Theory Robert Trivers Evolutionary Biologist; Professor of Anthropology and...	Communications Expert; Author, Smart Mobs Howard Rheingold Communications Expert; Author, Smart Mobs
Archaeologist, University of Bradford; Author, The Buried Soul Timothy Taylor Jan Eisner Professor of Archaeology, Comenius University in...	Cosmologist, Cambridge University; UK Astronomer Royal; Author, Our Final Hour Martin Rees Former President, The Royal Society; Emeritus Professor of...
Writer; Contributing Editor, Wired, Newsweek International; Author, Mapping Mars. Oliver Morton Chief News and Features Editor	Mathematician, Computer Scientist; CyberPunk Pioneer; Novelist; Author, Infinity and the Mind Rudy Rucker Mathematician; Computer Scientist; Cyberpunk Pioneer;...
Novelist; Author, Saturday Ian McEwan Novelist; Recipient, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction;...	Theoretical Physicist, University of California, Santa Barbara Steve Giddings Theoretical Physicist; Professor, Department of Physics,...
Computer Scientist, UC Berkeley, School of Information Management & Systems Marti Hearst Computer Scientist, UC Berkeley, School of Information;...	Writer; Author, Machines Who Think Pamela McCorduck Author, Machines Who Think, The Universal Machine, Bounded...
Physicist; Institute of Cosmology, Tufts University Alexander Vilenkin Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute of...	Media Analyst; Documentary Writer; Author, Media Virus Douglas Rushkoff Media Analyst; Documentary Writer; Author, Throwing Rocks...
Science Writer; Consultant; Lecturer, Copenhagen; Author, The User Illusion Tor Nørretranders Writer; Speaker; Thinker, Copenhagen, Denmark	Psychologist; Author, Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman Psychologist; Author (with Richard Davidson), Altered Traits
Classicist; Cultural Historian; Provost, Georgetown University; Author, Avatars of the Word James J. O'Donnell Classics Scholar, University Librarian, ASU; Author, Pagans	Computational Neuroscientist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Coauthor, The Computational Brain Terrence J. Sejnowski Computational Neuroscientist; Francis Crick Professor, the...
Mathematician, Emeritus Professor, Dept of Philosophy, University of Calgary; Author, GÃ¶del's Theorems Verena Huber-Dyson 1923-2016; Emeritus Professor, Formerly, Philosophy...	Cognitive Neuropsychology Researcher, Institut National de la SantÃ©, Paris; Author, The Number Sense Stanislas Dehaene Neuroscientist; Collège de France, Paris; Author, How We...
Biologist; Geographer, UCLA; Author, Collapse Jared Diamond Professor of Geography, University of California Los...	Computer Scientist; Artificial Intelligence Pioneer, Stanford University John Mccarthy Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
Biologist, Schumacher College, Devon, UK; Author, How The Leopard Changed Its Spots Brian Goodwin Professor of Biology at Schumacher College	Editor-In-Chief, Wired Christopher J. Anderson Curator, TED conferences, TED Talks; author, TED Talks