August 5, 2004


Edge 144
8.5.04
(12,250 words)

THE REALITY CLUB

Nick Humphrey:
" A Self Worth Having"

Daniel C. Dennett, Jaron Lanier, Dylan Evans, Daniel Moerman, George Dyson, Thomas Metzinger, Jesse Prinz, Alva Noë, Rupert Sheldrake, Natika Newton, John Skoyles, Geoffrey Miller; Nicholas Humphrey replies
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2004

Richard Dawkins
TOPS PROSPECT'S LIST OF BRITAIN'S 100 TOP PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS
[7.21.04]

Nicholas Humphrey
"A SELF WORTH HAVING"
[6.30.04]

Scott Sampson
"AN ECO-EVOLUTIONARY DANCE THROUGH DEEP TIME"
[6.19.04]

Paul Bloom
"NATURAL-BORN DUALISTS"
[5.13.04]

W. Daniel Hillis
"ARISTOTLE" (THE KNOWLEDGE WEB)?
[5.6.04]

Richard Dawkins
 JOHN MAYNARD SMITH
[1920-2004]
[4.26.04]

Richard Dawkins
THE NEXT STEP, A NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE?
[4.26.04]

Nassim Nicholas
Taleb
LEARNING TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
[4.19.04]

THE BILLIONAIRES' DINNER — 2004
[3.23.04]

Martin Seligman EUDAEMONIA, THE GOOD LIFE
[3.23.04]

Daniel Gilbert AFFECTIVE FORECASTING
...OR...THE BIG WOMBASSA
[2.13.04]

Gary Marcus
LANGUAGE, BIOLOGY, AND THE MIND
[1.28.04]

Stewart Brand
THE MOUNTAIN AND THE CLOCK
[1.18.04]

Edge 7th Anniversary:
A Photo Album
[1.12.04]

The World Question Center - 2004 [1.12.04]

"WHAT'S YOUR LAW?"
Katinka Matson
PRINT EDITIONS
[1.12.04]

2003
John Brockman

Leonard Susskind
THE LANDSCAPE
[12.4.03]

Samuel Barondes, M.D.
NEW PILLS FOR THE MIND
[12.4.03]

Jaron Lanier
WHY GORDIAN SOFTWARE HAS CONVINCED ME TO BELIEVE IN THE REALITY OF CATS AND APPLES
[11.19.03]

Stuart Kauffman
THE ADJACENT POSSIBLE
[11.3.03]

Irene Pepperberg
THAT DAMN BIRD!
[9.23.03]

SUMMER POSTCARDS—
2003
[9.10.03]

Marc D. Hauser
THE MORAL SENSE TEST
[8.22.03]

Blackout!:
An Edge Conversation
[8.22.03]
Neil Gershenfeld
PERSONAL FABRICATION
[7.23.03]

Daniel C. Dennett
THE BRIGHT STUFF
[7.24.03]
Richard Dawkins
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT
[7.24.03]
Elaine Pagels
THE POLITICS OF CHRISTIANITY
[7.17.03]

Murray Gell-Mann
THE MAKING OF A PHYSICIST
[7.2.03]

Peter Galison
EINSTEIN AND POINCARÉ
[6.24.03]

Matt Ridley
THE GENOME CHANGES EVERYTHING
[6.15.03]

Robert Sapolsky
A BOZO OF A BABOON
[6.4.03]

E.O. Wilson
A UNITED BIOLOGY
[5.28.03]

Martin Rees
IN THE MATRIX
[5.19.03]

Steven Strogatz
WHO CARES ABOUT FIREFLIES?
[5.12.03]

Gerd Gigerenzer
SMART HEURISTICS
[3.31.03]

THE EDGE SCIENCE DINNER
Photo Album
[2.27.03]
Katinka Matson
FIVE FLOWERS
[2.24.02]

Lee Smolin
LOOP QUANTUM GRAVITY
[2.24.03]

Lisa Randall
THEORIES OF THE BRANE
[2.10.03]
Nicholas Humphrey
SEVEN SCIENTISTS: A EDGE OBSEQUY FOR THE SEVEN ASTRAUNAUTS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA
[2.10.03]

2002
Martin Rees
THE ULTRA EARLY UNIVERSE
[12.15.02]
Alan Guth
THE INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE
[11.21.02]
Paul Steinhardt
THE CYCLIC UNIVERSE
[11.21..02]
Ray Kurzweil
THE INTELLIGENT UNIVERSE
[11.7..02]
 
Marvin Minsky
THE EMOTION
UNIVERSE
[11.7.02]
Seth Lloyd
THE COMPUTATIONAL UNIVERSE
[10.24.02]
Per Bak
1948—2002
A REMEMBERANCE BY SMOLIN
[11.13.02]   
Toby Mundy
GOOD BOOKS
[10.24.02]
David Haig
GENOMIC REPRINTING
[10.24.02]

Richard M. Smith
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SECURITY, PRIVACY AND ENCRYPTION
:[10.24.02]
Steven Pinker
A BIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN NATURE
[9.9.02]
SUMMER POSTCARDS —2002
[8.5.02]

REVOOTING CIVILIATION II
[8.5.02]
Stephen M. Kosslyn
WHAT SHAPE ARE A GERMAN SHEPHERD'S EARS
[7.15.02]
Howard Rheingold
SMART MOBS
[7.15.02]

Katinka Matson
TWELVE FLOWERS
Introduction By Kevin Kelly
[6.5.02]

Rodney Brooks
BEYOND COMPUTATION
[6.5.02]
 
James J. O'Donnell
A MUTUAL JOINT-STOCK WORLD IN ALL MERIDIANS
[6.5.02]
Stephen Jay Gould
1942-2002
THE PATTERN OF LIFE'S HISTORY
[5.23.02]
John Brockman
THE NEW HUMANISTS
[4.22.02]
W. Daniel Hillis
DANNY HILLIS WINS $1,000,000 DAN DAVID PRIZE
[3.28.02]
Ray Kurzweil
THE SINGULARITY
[3.25.02]
Richard Wrangham
THE EVOLUTION OF COOKING
[2.28.02]
 
THE EDGE ANNUAL DINNER
Photo Album
[2.21.02]

The World Question Center - 2002[1.14.02]

"What is your question?
...Why?"

Katinka Matson
FORTY FLOWERS
 [1.14.02]

2001
Gerald Holton
REFLECTIONS ON MODERN TERRORISM
[12.4.01]
Marc D. Hauser
HOW DOES THE BRAIN GENERATE COMPUTATION?
[12.4.01]
Jaron Lanier
THE CENTRAL METAPHOR OF EVERYTHING?
[12.4.01]
Alan Guth
A GOLDEN AGE OF COSMOLOGY
[12.4.01]
David Gelernter
STREAMS
[12.4.01]
Jordan Pollack
SOFTWARE, PROPERTY, & HUMAN CIVILIZATION
[12.4.01]
Lee Smolin
INFORMATION AND COMPUTATION
[11.19.01]
Daniel C. Dennett
THE COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
[11.19.01]
Ken Kesey
(1935 - 2001)
[11.10.01]
Ernst Mayr
WHAT EVOLUTION IS
[10.31.01]
The World Question Center [10.1.01]
"WHAT NOW?"
Rebooting Civilization
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
[9.10.01]
Michael Shermer
SCIENCE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BELIEF
[8.23..01]
Ray Kurzweil
ONE HALF OF AN ARGUMENT
[8.4.01]
Seth Lloyd
HOW FAST, HOW SMALL, AND HOW POWERFUL: MOORE'S LAW AND THE ULTIMATE LAPTOP
[7.23.01]
Francisco Varela
(1946 - 2001)
THE EMERGENT SELF
[6.5.01]
Douglas Adams
(1951 - 2001)
LAMENT FOR DOUGLAS
By Richard Dawkins
[5.14.01]
Dennis Overbye
SEX AND PHYSICS
[4.2.01]
Jordan Pollack
SOFTWARE IS A CULTURAL SOLVENT
[4.12.01]
Freeman Dyson
IS LIFE ANALOG OR DIGITAL
[3.14.01]
Joseph Vardi
THE ECONOMICS OF DREAMS
[3.14.01]
Digerati Dinner — 2001
"THE LAST DIGERATI DINNER - 2001"
[2.22.01]
Anthony Giddens
THE SECOND GLOBALIZATION DEBATE
[1.30.01]
The World Question Center [1.9.01]
"WHAT QUESTIONS HAVE DISAPPEARED?"

2000
Andy Clark
NATURAL BORN CYBORGS?
 [12.29.00]
George Dyson
GOLDSMITH VS. ZIMMERMAN
[11.23.00]
David Deutsch
IT'S A MUCH BIGGER THING THAN IT LOOKS
[11.20.00]
W. Daniel Hillis
DEMOCARCY WORKS (OR WHI PERFECT ELECTIONS SHOULD ALL END IN TIES
[11.20.00]
Jaron Lanier
THE REALITY CLUB, PART II ON JARON LANIER'S .5 MANIFESTO [11.11.00]
Paul Davies
TIME LOOPS [11.3.00]
Mary Catherine Bateson CROSSING CULTURES [10.12.00]
Hubert Burda
HUBERT BURDA — GERMANY'S AGENT OF CHANGE
by John Brockman
 [10.3.00]

Jaron Lanier
ONE HALF OF A MANIFESTO
[9.25.00]

Frank Schirrmacher
BEYOND 2001: HAL's LEGACY FOR THE ENTERPRISE GENERATION
[8.31.00]
Helena Cronin
GETTING HUMAN NATURE RIGHT
[8.31.00]

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