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on 2006-07-15 by jaydugger

To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge,..

on 2006-12-01 by jlesage

covers thinking of experts in new media and science; slightly pretentious politically about a whole new approach to social issues, but fascinating in its collection of issues and opinions; well written

on 2007-01-02 by elkoide

World Question Center. Answered by intelligent people

on 2007-07-11 by moritzjakobsen

Interesante revista sobre el pensamiento contemporaneo desde diferentes perspectivas

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A Conversation About Intelligent Design with Marc D. Hauser, Seth Lloyd, and Lisa Randall

Harvard Book Store is excited to announce that on Tuesday, September 19th we will host a panel discussion about the new book Intelligent Thought: Science Versus the Intelligent Design Movement edited by John Brockman, with Marc D. Hauser, Seth Lloyd, and Lisa Randall.

Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.

Recently the movement known as “Intelligent Design” has attracted the attention of journalists, educators, and legislators. The scientific community is puzzled and saddened by this trend–not only because it distorts modern biology, but also because it diverts people from the truly fascinating ideas emerging from the real science of evolution. Intelligent Thought, an anthology edited by John Brockman, collects the writings of fifteen thinkers whose clear, accessible, and passionate essays reveal the fact and power of Darwin’s theory, and the beauty of the scientific quest to understand our world.

DATE: Tuesday, September 19th
TIME: 6:00 PM
LOCATION: Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street
Cambridge
Tickets are required for this event. Tickets cost $3 and can be purchased at the store or ordered over the phone with a credit card at 617.661.1515.

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KEVIN KELLY. EDITOR-AT-LARGE, WIRED

"I just read the Life transcript book and it is fantastic. One of the better books I've read in a while. Super rich, high signal to noise, great subject."

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Edge Foundation, Inc., was established in 1988 as an outgrowth of a group known as The Reality Club. Its informal membership includes of some of the most interesting minds in the world. The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.

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To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves.

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The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society. Edge Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit private operating foundation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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Edge Foundation, Inc., was established in 1988 as an outgrowth of a group known as The Reality Club. Its informal membership includes of some of the most interesting minds in the world. The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society. Edge Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit private operating foundation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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A SHORT COURSE IN BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
Edge Master Class 08
Richard Thaler, Sendhil Mullainathan, Daniel Kahneman
July 25-27, 2008

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DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF: The greatest danger of this compromised and arbitrary "scientific-style" approach to economics is that it implies an equivalence of the economy with nature. The sense is that the economy is really an ecology in which the laws of physics and nature actually apply. Sure they apply, but only as much as they apply to any utterly synthetic and manufactured environment. ...

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This feature contains some panoramic shots that are created by stitching together multiple frames into one picture. These were mostly taken during my recent trip to Iceland and Greenland.

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I'm a professor and I have knowledge. You're a student, you're an empty vessel and you don't. Get ready, here it comes. Your goal is to take this data into your short-term memory and through practice and repetition build deeper cognitive structures so you can recall it to me when I test you

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s research contributed to the discovery of auditory mirror neurons and enlarged the concept of mirror neurons by applying it to emotions and sensations.

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Joshua D. Greene: "FRUIT FLIES OF THE MORAL MIND"

People often speak of a "moral faculty" or a "moral sense," suggesting that moral judgment is a unified phenomenon, but recent advances in the scientific study of moral judgment paint a very different picture.

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