This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

n nThe bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world's most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org's 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress?n nEach year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org--The world's smartest website (The Guardian)--challenges some of the world's greatest scientists, artists, and philosophers to answer a provocative question crucial to our time. In 2014 he asked 175 brilliant minds to ponder: What scientific idea needs to be put aside in order to make room for new ideas to advance? The answers are as surprising as they are illuminating. In: n n- Steven Pinker dismantles the working theory of human behavior n- Richard Dawkins renounces essentialism n- Sherry Turkle reevaluates our expectations of artificial intelligence n- Geoffrey West challenges the concept of a Theory of Everything n- Andrei Linde suggests that our universe and its laws may not be as unique as we think n- Martin Rees explains why scientific understanding is a limitless goal n- Nina Jablonski argues to rid ourselves of the concept of race n- Alan Guth rethinks the origins of the universe n- Hans Ulrich Obrist warns against glorifying unlimited economic growth n- and much more. nProfound, engaging, thoughtful, and groundbreaking, This Idea Must Die will change your perceptions and understanding of our world today . . . and tomorrow.n