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More than 100 scientists and thinkers discuss what they've changed their minds about (edge.org)
45 points by byrneseyeview on Jan 1, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Anyone want to join me in trying to pick some common themes in there?

A couple I've got in the first few pages:

- Reductionism seems to be failing a quite a lot and things we thought we could separate we are now starting to intertwine again.

- The weakness of expertise and hypothesis testing. Kinda goes nicely with Nassim Nicholas Talebs books which I just finished.




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