01-04-2006, 03:11 PM
117 top scientists and thinkers answer the question "What is your most dangerous idea?" in The Edge's 'Annual Question' issue:
full article and all 117 essays: http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_index.html
Quote:The Edge Annual Question â 2006
WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?
The history of science is replete with discoveries that were considered socially, morally, or emotionally dangerous in their time; the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are the most obvious. What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not because it is assumed to be false, but because it might be true?
full article and all 117 essays: http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_index.html