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2018 : WHAT IS THE LAST QUESTION? [1]

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Hugo Mercier [5]
Cognitive Scientist, French National Center for Scientific Research; Co-author (with Dan Sperber) of The Enigma of Reason
The Last Question

 

Can major historical events, from the advent of moral religions to the industrial revolution, be explained by changes in life history strategies?

 

   

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[1] https://www.edge.org/annual-question/what-is-the-last-question
[2] https://www.edge.org/inthenews/what-is-the-last-question
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[4] https://www.edge.org/responses/what-is-the-last-question
[5] https://www.edge.org/memberbio/hugo_mercier