- What Is Your Dangerous Idea? (Paperback) (Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable)
- 6.6 네티즌리뷰 5건
- BROCKMAN, John (EDT) 저 HarperCollins 2007.01.25
- 페이지 272 ISBN
0061214957 - 정가 19,870원
책소개
FROM COPERNICUS TO DARWIN, TO CURRENT-DAY THINKERS, SCIENTISTS HAVE ALWAYS PROMOTED THEORIES AND UNVEILED DISCOVERIES THAT CHALLENGE EVERYTHING SOCIETY HOLDS DEAR; IDEAS WITH BOTH POSITIVE AND DIRE CONSEQUENCES. MANY THOUGHTS THAT RESONATE TODAY ARE DANGEROUS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE ASSUMED TO BE FALSE, BUT BECAUSE THEY MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE TRUE.
WHAT DO THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENTISTS AND THINKERS CONSIDER TO BE THEIR MOST DANGEROUS IDEA? THROUGH THE LEADING ONLINE FORUM EDGE (WWW.EDGE.ORG), THE CALL WENT OUT, AND THIS COMPELLING AND EASILY DIGESTIBLE VOLUME COLLECTS THE ANSWERS. FROM USING MEDICATION TO PERMANENTLY ALTER OUR PERSONALITIES TO CONTEMPLATING A UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE ARE UTTERLY ALONE, TO THE IDEA THAT THE UNIVERSE MIGHT BE FUNDAMENTALLY INEXPLICABLE, WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA? TAKES AN UNFLINCHING LOOK AT THE DARING, BREATHTAKING, SOMETIMES TERRIFYING THOUGHTS THAT COULD FOREVER ALTER OUR WORLD AND THE WAY WE LIVE IN IT.
[인터넷 교보문고 제공]WHAT DO THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENTISTS AND THINKERS CONSIDER TO BE THEIR MOST DANGEROUS IDEA? THROUGH THE LEADING ONLINE FORUM EDGE (WWW.EDGE.ORG), THE CALL WENT OUT, AND THIS COMPELLING AND EASILY DIGESTIBLE VOLUME COLLECTS THE ANSWERS. FROM USING MEDICATION TO PERMANENTLY ALTER OUR PERSONALITIES TO CONTEMPLATING A UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE ARE UTTERLY ALONE, TO THE IDEA THAT THE UNIVERSE MIGHT BE FUNDAMENTALLY INEXPLICABLE, WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA? TAKES AN UNFLINCHING LOOK AT THE DARING, BREATHTAKING, SOMETIMES TERRIFYING THOUGHTS THAT COULD FOREVER ALTER OUR WORLD AND THE WAY WE LIVE IN IT.
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PREFACE: THE EDGE QUESTIONXVII
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSXXI
INTRODUCTIONSTEVEN PINKERXXIII
CONTRIBUTORS
WE HAVE NO SOULS1
THE REJECTION OF SOUL4
THE EVOLUTION OF EVIL7
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HUMANS AND NONHUMANS ARE QUANTITATIVE, NOT QUALITATIVE10
GROUPS OF PEOPLE MAY DIFFER GENETICALLY IN THEIR AVERAGE TALENTS AND TEMPERAMENTS13
THE GENETIC BASIS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR16
MARIONETTES ON GENETIC STRINGS19
FRANCIS CRICK'S DANGEROUS IDEA22
BEING ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE27
LIFE AS AN AGENT OF ENERGY DISPERSAL29
WE ARE ENTIRELY ALONE33
SCIENCE MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF CONTROL35
WHY I HOPE THE STANDARD MODEL IS WRONG ABOUT WHY THERE IS MORE MATTER THAN ANTIMATTER38
THE IDEA THAT WE UNDERSTAND PLUTONIUM40
THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD ALL SHARE OUR MOST DANGEROUS IDEAS41
THE IDEA THAT IDEAS CAN BE DANGEROUS42
THE FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING IS LOST43
THINK OUTSIDE THE KYOTO BOX45
OUR PLANET IS NOT IN PERIL50
THE EFFECT OF ART CAN'T BE CONTROLLED OR ANTICIPATED54
A "GRAND NARRATIVE"55
OUR UNIVERSAL MORAL GRAMMAR'S IMMUNITY TO RELIGION59
BERTRAND RUSSELL'S DANGEROUS IDEA62
HODGEPODGE MORALITY63
WE WILL UNDERSTAND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS65
UNDERSTANDING MOLECULAR BIOLOGY WITHOUT DISCOVERING THE ORIGINS OF LIFE69
THE PROBLEM WITH SUPER MIRRORS70
CYBERDISINHIBITION73
BRAINS CANNOT BECOME MINDS WITHOUT BODIES76
WHAT ARE PEOPLE WELL INFORMED ABOUT IN THE INFORMATION AGE?80
MORE ANONYMITY IS GOOD82
A NEW GOLDEN AGE OF MEDICINE84
USING MEDICATIONS TO CHANGE PERSONALITY90
DRUGS MAY CHANGE THE PATTERNS OF HUMAN LOVE92
A MARRIAGE OPTION FOR ALL95
CHOOSING THE SEX OF ONE'S CHILD97
THE IDEA OF IDEAS101
THE HUMAN BRAIN WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE102
THE WORLD MAY BE FUNDAMENTALLY INEXPLICABLE105
THE "LANDSCAPE"108
SEEING DARWIN IN THE LIGHT OF EINSTEIN; SEEING EINSTEIN IN THE LIGHT OF DARWIN112
THE MULTIVERSE117
WHAT TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHYSICS SAYS ABOUT THE WORLD MIGHT BE TRUE120
IT'S A MATTER OF TIME122
A RADICAL RE-EVALUATION OF THE CHARACTER OF TIME126
IT'S OK NOT TO KNOW EVERYTHING128
THE END OF INSIGHT130
WHEN WILL THE INTERNET BECOME AWARE OF ITSELF?132
DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO THE MEANS OF INVENTION137
MIND IS A UNIVERSALLY DISTRIBUTED QUALITY139
THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT INTUITION143
THE POSTERIOR PROBABILITY OF ANY PARTICULAR GOD IS PRETTY SMALL146
SCIENCE MUST DESTROY RELIGION148
THE SELF IS A CONCEPTUAL CHIMERA152
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD153
SCIENCE AS JUST ANOTHER RELIGION156
THIS IS ALL THERE IS159
A SCIENCE OF THE DIVINE?162
SCIENCE WILL NEVER SILENCE GOD167
RELIGION IS THE HOPE THAT IS MISSING IN SCIENCE169
MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES ARE NOT TRUE173
PARENTAL LICENSURE175
ZERO PARENTAL INFLUENCE177
THE FOCUS ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE181
A CACOPHONY OF "CONTROVERSY"182
APPLIED HISTORY184
TRIBAL PEOPLES OFTEN DAMAGE THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND MAKE WAR186
NOTHING187
EVERYTHING IS POINTLESS188
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH MINDS TO HOUSE THE POPULATION EXPLOSION OF MEMES189
UNSPEAKABLE IDEAS193
ANTY GRAVITY: CHAOS THEORY IN AN ALL-TOO-PRACTICAL SENSE196
NAVIGATING BY NEW SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES201
A POLITICAL SYSTEM BASED ON EMPATHY204
SOCIAL RELATIVITY207
THERE IS SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN -US209
A SPOON IS LIKE A HEADACHE211
PROJECTION OF THE LONGEVITY CURVE214
THE NEAR-TERM INEVITABILITY OF RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION AND EXPANSION215
THE DOMESTICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY218
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY220
SUPPOSE FAULKNER WAS RIGHT?221
WHAT IF THE UNKNOWN BECOMES KNOWN AND IS NOT REPLACED WITH A NEW UNKNOWN?225
WHERE GOODS CROSS FRONTIERS, ARMIES WON'T227
GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION229
THE FREE MARKET232
MODERN SCIENCE IS A PRODUCT OF BIOLOGY234
NO MORE TEACHER'S DIRTY LOOKS235
WE ARE ALL VIRTUAL238
RUNAWAY CONSUMERISM EXPLAINS THE FERMI PARADOX240
SIMULATION VERSUS AUTHENTICITY244
CULTURE IS NATURAL248
THE HUMAN BRAIN IS A CULTURAL ARTIFACT252
FREE WILL IS EXERCISED UNCONSCIOUSLY256
FREE WILL IS GOING AWAY259
THE LIMITS OF INTROSPECTION263
WHAT WE KNOW MAY NOT CHANGE US266
TELLING MORE THAN WE CAN KNOW269
THE QUICK-THINKING ZOMBIES INSIDE US273
THE BANALITY OF EVIL, THE BANALITY OF HEROISM275
OPEN-SOURCE CURRENCY277
IS THE WEST ALREADY ON A DOWNHILL COURSE?279
TECHNOLOGY CAN UNTIE THE UNITED STATES282
DEMOCRACY MAY BE ON ITS WAY OUT286
MARX WAS RIGHT: THE STATE WILL EVAPORATE288
FOLLOWING SISYPHUS290
HOW CAN I TRUST, IN THE FACE OF SO MANY UNKNOWABLES?292
A TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR PERIOD OF ABSOLUTE SOLITUDE294
AFTERWORDRICHARD DAWKINS297
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSXXI
INTRODUCTIONSTEVEN PINKERXXIII
CONTRIBUTORS
WE HAVE NO SOULS1
THE REJECTION OF SOUL4
THE EVOLUTION OF EVIL7
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HUMANS AND NONHUMANS ARE QUANTITATIVE, NOT QUALITATIVE10
GROUPS OF PEOPLE MAY DIFFER GENETICALLY IN THEIR AVERAGE TALENTS AND TEMPERAMENTS13
THE GENETIC BASIS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR16
MARIONETTES ON GENETIC STRINGS19
FRANCIS CRICK'S DANGEROUS IDEA22
BEING ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE27
LIFE AS AN AGENT OF ENERGY DISPERSAL29
WE ARE ENTIRELY ALONE33
SCIENCE MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF CONTROL35
WHY I HOPE THE STANDARD MODEL IS WRONG ABOUT WHY THERE IS MORE MATTER THAN ANTIMATTER38
THE IDEA THAT WE UNDERSTAND PLUTONIUM40
THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD ALL SHARE OUR MOST DANGEROUS IDEAS41
THE IDEA THAT IDEAS CAN BE DANGEROUS42
THE FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING IS LOST43
THINK OUTSIDE THE KYOTO BOX45
OUR PLANET IS NOT IN PERIL50
THE EFFECT OF ART CAN'T BE CONTROLLED OR ANTICIPATED54
A "GRAND NARRATIVE"55
OUR UNIVERSAL MORAL GRAMMAR'S IMMUNITY TO RELIGION59
BERTRAND RUSSELL'S DANGEROUS IDEA62
HODGEPODGE MORALITY63
WE WILL UNDERSTAND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS65
UNDERSTANDING MOLECULAR BIOLOGY WITHOUT DISCOVERING THE ORIGINS OF LIFE69
THE PROBLEM WITH SUPER MIRRORS70
CYBERDISINHIBITION73
BRAINS CANNOT BECOME MINDS WITHOUT BODIES76
WHAT ARE PEOPLE WELL INFORMED ABOUT IN THE INFORMATION AGE?80
MORE ANONYMITY IS GOOD82
A NEW GOLDEN AGE OF MEDICINE84
USING MEDICATIONS TO CHANGE PERSONALITY90
DRUGS MAY CHANGE THE PATTERNS OF HUMAN LOVE92
A MARRIAGE OPTION FOR ALL95
CHOOSING THE SEX OF ONE'S CHILD97
THE IDEA OF IDEAS101
THE HUMAN BRAIN WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE102
THE WORLD MAY BE FUNDAMENTALLY INEXPLICABLE105
THE "LANDSCAPE"108
SEEING DARWIN IN THE LIGHT OF EINSTEIN; SEEING EINSTEIN IN THE LIGHT OF DARWIN112
THE MULTIVERSE117
WHAT TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHYSICS SAYS ABOUT THE WORLD MIGHT BE TRUE120
IT'S A MATTER OF TIME122
A RADICAL RE-EVALUATION OF THE CHARACTER OF TIME126
IT'S OK NOT TO KNOW EVERYTHING128
THE END OF INSIGHT130
WHEN WILL THE INTERNET BECOME AWARE OF ITSELF?132
DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO THE MEANS OF INVENTION137
MIND IS A UNIVERSALLY DISTRIBUTED QUALITY139
THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT INTUITION143
THE POSTERIOR PROBABILITY OF ANY PARTICULAR GOD IS PRETTY SMALL146
SCIENCE MUST DESTROY RELIGION148
THE SELF IS A CONCEPTUAL CHIMERA152
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD153
SCIENCE AS JUST ANOTHER RELIGION156
THIS IS ALL THERE IS159
A SCIENCE OF THE DIVINE?162
SCIENCE WILL NEVER SILENCE GOD167
RELIGION IS THE HOPE THAT IS MISSING IN SCIENCE169
MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES ARE NOT TRUE173
PARENTAL LICENSURE175
ZERO PARENTAL INFLUENCE177
THE FOCUS ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE181
A CACOPHONY OF "CONTROVERSY"182
APPLIED HISTORY184
TRIBAL PEOPLES OFTEN DAMAGE THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND MAKE WAR186
NOTHING187
EVERYTHING IS POINTLESS188
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH MINDS TO HOUSE THE POPULATION EXPLOSION OF MEMES189
UNSPEAKABLE IDEAS193
ANTY GRAVITY: CHAOS THEORY IN AN ALL-TOO-PRACTICAL SENSE196
NAVIGATING BY NEW SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES201
A POLITICAL SYSTEM BASED ON EMPATHY204
SOCIAL RELATIVITY207
THERE IS SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN -US209
A SPOON IS LIKE A HEADACHE211
PROJECTION OF THE LONGEVITY CURVE214
THE NEAR-TERM INEVITABILITY OF RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION AND EXPANSION215
THE DOMESTICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY218
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY220
SUPPOSE FAULKNER WAS RIGHT?221
WHAT IF THE UNKNOWN BECOMES KNOWN AND IS NOT REPLACED WITH A NEW UNKNOWN?225
WHERE GOODS CROSS FRONTIERS, ARMIES WON'T227
GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION229
THE FREE MARKET232
MODERN SCIENCE IS A PRODUCT OF BIOLOGY234
NO MORE TEACHER'S DIRTY LOOKS235
WE ARE ALL VIRTUAL238
RUNAWAY CONSUMERISM EXPLAINS THE FERMI PARADOX240
SIMULATION VERSUS AUTHENTICITY244
CULTURE IS NATURAL248
THE HUMAN BRAIN IS A CULTURAL ARTIFACT252
FREE WILL IS EXERCISED UNCONSCIOUSLY256
FREE WILL IS GOING AWAY259
THE LIMITS OF INTROSPECTION263
WHAT WE KNOW MAY NOT CHANGE US266
TELLING MORE THAN WE CAN KNOW269
THE QUICK-THINKING ZOMBIES INSIDE US273
THE BANALITY OF EVIL, THE BANALITY OF HEROISM275
OPEN-SOURCE CURRENCY277
IS THE WEST ALREADY ON A DOWNHILL COURSE?279
TECHNOLOGY CAN UNTIE THE UNITED STATES282
DEMOCRACY MAY BE ON ITS WAY OUT286
MARX WAS RIGHT: THE STATE WILL EVAPORATE288
FOLLOWING SISYPHUS290
HOW CAN I TRUST, IN THE FACE OF SO MANY UNKNOWABLES?292
A TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR PERIOD OF ABSOLUTE SOLITUDE294
AFTERWORDRICHARD DAWKINS297
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