NPR: What Have You Changed Your Mind About?

What Have You Changed Your Mind About?

Every year, the World Question Center at The Edge poses a Big Question to scientists and thinkers of every stripe, and this year it's "What have you changed your mind about? Why?"

The list of answers is staggering to look at, both because they get to big questions--the existence of God, the path of evolution, the way human beings work--and because looking through the list, you get a sense of just how many people way, way smarter than you are out there.

As for me, like computational neuroscientist Terrence Sejnowski, I've changed my mind about cortical neurons. I definitely started out 2007 firmly against them, but now I'm totally into them. They're awesome.

Anyway, check it out, and do let us know if you've changed your mind about anything this year.

Ian Chillag

7:42 AM ET | 01- 2-2008 | permalink

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