http://www.edge.org/q2005/q05_print.html
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The New York Times ("Science Times") and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ("Feuilliton") published excepts in their print and online editions simultaneously with Edge publication. Other international papers followed (below).[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In a front-page article, Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy's largest financial daily, announced the "Edge Question Forum" in "Domenica", the weekend Arts & Culture section. The Forum, an ongoing project designed to bring third culture thinking to Italy, features excerpts from the Edge responses in addition to articles solicited rom Italian humanist intellectuals and scientists.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In the responses to this year's question, there's a focus on consciousness, on knowing, on ideas of truth and proof. If pushed to generalize, I would say it is a commentary on how we are dealing with the idea of certainty. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT PROVE IT?"[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Great minds can sometimes guess the truth before they have either the evidence or arguments for it (Diderot called it having the "esprit de divination"). What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The 2005 Edge Question has generated [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]many eye-opening responses[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] from a "who's who" of third culture scientists and science-minded thinkers. The 120 contributions comprise a document of 60,000 words.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The New York Times ("Science Times") and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ("Feuilliton") published excepts in their print and online editions simultaneously with Edge publication. Other international papers followed (below).[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In a front-page article, Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy's largest financial daily, announced the "Edge Question Forum" in "Domenica", the weekend Arts & Culture section. The Forum, an ongoing project designed to bring third culture thinking to Italy, features excerpts from the Edge responses in addition to articles solicited rom Italian humanist intellectuals and scientists.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In the responses to this year's question, there's a focus on consciousness, on knowing, on ideas of truth and proof. If pushed to generalize, I would say it is a commentary on how we are dealing with the idea of certainty. [/FONT]
