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By Tim O’Reilly

Every year, John Brockman of the Edge Foundation asks a group of scientists and other thinkers a big question, and publishes their answers. that year, the question was framed as follows:

When thinking changes your mind, that’s philosophy.

When God changes your mind,

that’s faith.

When facts change your mind, that’s science.

WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?

Science is based on evidence. What happens when the goods change? How have scientific findings or arguments changed your mind?”

John asked me to contribute. At first I demurred, both considering I didn’t have anything to say to match what I expected from the august company of scientists […]

Orginal post by Tim O’Reilly