This Year’s Edge Question

This year, the Edge Institute’s question is, “What have you changed your mind about?”

They asked this question of 164 people, from Alan Alda to Anton Zeilinger. A few science fiction writers are also in the mix.

Here are the results. The essays cover physics, psychology, social sciences, linguistics, art, even science fiction.

It’s far too much to absorb all at once, but I’m trying to cover a few essays every day, hoping that at least some of these ideas, or their antitheses, will settle into my brain.