What We Believe But Cannot Prove edited by John Brockman is edge.org’s latest question of the year answered by more than 100 of the great thinkers of our time as defined by edge.org. The responders are writers, professors, scientists, and philosophers. Many of them have great name recognition because of books they have written or talk shows they have appeared on. Almost all of them have something significant to say. This book is an easy read but more for the occasional insight or chuckle than for any fact or explanation although there are a few of these.
Some of the “what’s” include:
Life is ubiquitous in our universe Nothing is true that can’t be proved True love exists God does not exist Evolution is a fact The processes of evolution are ... There is great creative power in boredom The real world is a construct of our consciousness The real world exists independent of our consciousness Laughter and other airway maneuvers are verbal punctuation
The list goes on and on, of course. It is unlikely that you have heard of all the ideas covered in the book or that you have heard or believe none of them. I was struck with how many GOOD ideas are being discussed, researched, and written about – ideas that aren’t necessarily technology driven or business related. There is so much we believe is true in this wonderful world but we still can’t prove!
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