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John D. Barrow [1.8.01]
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Once a year, John Brockman of New York, a writer and literary agent who represents many scientists, poses a question in his online journal, The Edge, and invites the thousand or so people on his mailing list to answer it.

At the end of 1998, for example, he asked readers to name the most important invention in 2,000 years; the question generated 117 responses as diverse as hay and birth control pills. This year, Mr. Brockman offered a question about questions: "What questions have disappeared, and why?"

Here are edited excerpts from some of the answers, to be posted today at www.edge.org.....

Minds Meet Online to Offer New Perspectives on Old Questions [1]

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[ Mon. Jan. 8. 2001 ]

Once a year, John Brockman of New York, a writer and literary agent who represents many scientists, poses a question in his online journal, The Edge, and invites the thousand or so people on his mailing list to answer it.

At the end of 1998, for example, he asked readers to name the most important invention in 2,000 years; the question generated 117 responses as diverse as hay and birth control pills. This year, Mr. Brockman offered a question about questions: "What questions have disappeared, and why?"

Here are edited excerpts from some of the answers, to be posted today at www.edge.org [6].....

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[1] http://www.edge.org/news/minds-meet-online-to-offer-new-perspectives-on-old-questions
[2] http://is.gd/BCHcmo
[3] http://www.edge.org/annual-question/what-questions-have-disappeared
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/09/science/09QUES.html?pagewanted=all
[5] http://www.edge.org/memberbio/john_d_barrow
[6] http://www.edge.org