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This Idea Must Die
This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress | Mr. John Brockman
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The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the worlds most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.orgs 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress? Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.orgThe worlds smartest website (The Guardian)challenges some of the worlds greatest scientists, artists, and philosophers to answer a provocative question crucial to our time. In 2014 he asked 175 brilliant minds to ponder: What scientific idea needs to be put aside in order to make room for new ideas to advance? The answers are as surprising as they are illuminating. In : Steven Pinker dismantles the working theory of human behavior Richard Dawkins renounces essentialism Sherry Turkle reevaluates our expectations of artificial intelligence Geoffrey West challenges the concept of a Theory of Everything Andrei Linde suggests that our universe and its laws may not be as unique as we think Martin Rees explains why scientific understanding is a limitless goal Nina Jablonski argues to rid ourselves of the concept of race Alan Guth rethinks the origins of the universe Hans Ulrich Obrist warns against glorifying unlimited economic growth and much more. Profound, engaging, thoughtful, and groundbreaking, This Idea Must Die will change your perceptions and understanding of our world today . . . and tomorrow.
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An interesting read. This book took me much longer than I expected. Quite frankly, I got bored with sections of it. The author groups together responses of members of the scientific community who address the question of what theories are blocking progress. I propose the name of the book be changed to Science: The Patch Notes.
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"What science really does is discover the profundity of our ignorance....Let us measure progress not by what is discovered but rather by the growing list of mysteries that remind us of how little we really know."

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"Evidence-Based Medicine: Controlled experiments are therefore unnecessary for progess in new types of treatments, and they're not sufficient for implementing treatments with individual patients, who each have unique profiles."

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Leo M. Chalupa on Brain Plasticity.
#Nonfiction #science

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Vivlio_Gnosi
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2 years after adding this to my #TBR stack I'm finally cracking it open.
#Nonfiction #science

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Vivlio_Gnosi
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Adding this #Nonfiction book to my #TBR stack for #NFNov. Picked this up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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TimSpalding
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About half of these pieces are fundamentally concerned with or unknowingly about questions of classification. So many go wrong on this score.

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3njennn
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I‘ve enjoyed other Brockman books in the past. The essays in this one are great so far.

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