This Idea Must Die, John Brockman
This Idea Must Die, John Brockman
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This Idea Must Die
Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

Author: John Brockman

Narrator: Susan Ericksen, David Colacci

Unabridged: 16 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/17/2015

Synopsis



Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, challenges some of the world's 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 This Idea Must Die:

Steven Pinker dismantles the working theory of human behavior

Sherry Turkle reevaluates our expectations of artificial intelligence

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

And much more.

Profound, engaging, thoughtful, and groundbreaking, This Idea Must Die will change your perceptions and understanding of our world today . . . and tomorrow.

About John Brockman

The founder and publisher of the influential online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of This Will Make You Smarter, What We Believe but Cannot Prove, What Is Your Dangerous Idea?, and other volumes. He is also the CEO of the literary agency Brockman, Inc. John lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary

This book was a lot like the TED conferences. While you're watching them you think they're the most brilliant thing you've ever seen and just wonder why you didn't come up with thinking about the problem that way on your own. But, when it's over you start to think maybe that wasn't worth my time aft......more

Goodreads review by Terence

The problem with books of this nature is that either the "death of an idea" is such a no-brainer that it doesn't deserve an essay or it's the bete noire of the author. For example, in this volume one can find essays that call for the final interment of String Theory alongside others that as vigorous......more

Goodreads review by Howard

2 Stars for This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress (audiobook) by John Brockman read by David Colacci and Susan Ericksen. I thought the premise of this book seemed interesting. And some of the parts were interesting but some were terrifying. I almost gave up on the book.......more

Goodreads review by Troy

Another Brockman-curated sampling of thought from his roster of scientists, this collection explores scientific ideas that are blocking progress. Interestingly, many of the contributors to this book are opposed to research that is championed by other contributors, and the counterpoints were often st......more

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