Sat 7 Jan 2006
You might remember that last year at a salon I raised a question that I shamelessly stole from smarty-pants online foundation Edge, which produces such a thought-provoking question each and every year and wheedles smart people into answering it. Last year the question, which I thought was fascinating, was: “What do you believe that you cannot prove?” I’m still interested in everyone’s response to this question, incidentally, even if The Edge is not.
This year’s question is: “What is your dangerous idea?” What they mean by this is not entirely clear — I suppose we’re supposed to form our own interpretations.
For anyone who hasn’t heard, my dangerous idea in 2006 was quitting my job. How dangerous this idea will prove to be has yet to be seen. Will litigate for food.
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March 5th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Today I learned from the Washington Post “Book World” that the answers to last year’s Question have been published. The book is called “What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today’s Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty,” edited and introduced by John Brockman.