Looking through rose-colored microscopes [1]
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LOS ANGELS TIMES [3]
[ Sat. Jan. 6. 2007 ]
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]