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Looking through rose-colored microscopes

[1.6.07]

Why some scientists are optimistic about the future

Richard Dawkins; Max Tegmark; Jonathan Haidt; James O'Donnell; Steven Pinker; Jean Pigozzi; Jared Diamond; J. Craig Venter; Roger Highfield

EVERY YEAR SINCE 1996, the online salon Edge has e-mailed a question to scientists and thinkers about the state of the world. This year's question was: "What are you optimistic about?" Below are excerpts of some of the responses. For full responses (and those of other contributors), go to http://www.edge.org . ...

Looking through rose-colored microscopes [1]

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Why some scientists are optimistic about the future

Richard Dawkins [4]; Max Tegmark [5]; Jonathan Haidt [6]; James O'Donnell [7]; Steven Pinker [8]; Jean Pigozzi [9]; Jared Diamond [10]; J. Craig Venter [11]; Roger Highfield [12]

EVERY YEAR SINCE 1996, the online salon Edge has e-mailed a question to scientists and thinkers about the state of the world. This year's question was: "What are you optimistic about?" Below are excerpts of some of the responses. For full responses (and those of other contributors), go to http://www.edge.org [13] . ... [3]

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