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Share Your Most Dangerous Idea

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the shhh-it's-too-dangerous-to-talk-about-here dept.

GabrielF writes "Every year The Edge asks over 100 top scientists and thinkers a question, and the responses are fascinating and widely quoted. This year, psychologist Steven Pinker suggested they ask "What is your most dangerous idea?" The 117 respondents include Richard Dawkins, Freeman Dyson, Daniel Dennett, Jared Diamond -- and that's just the D's! As you might expect, the submissions are brilliant and very controversial."

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  1. The Most Dangerous Idea of All by vectorian798 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Religion

  2. They said 'Dangerous' not 'Incredibly Stupid' by SUB7IME · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    See the subject line.

  3. Re:evolution of evil by Jim_Callahan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd say that the dangerous idea there is in thinking that violence caused by culture, poverty, pathology, or exposure to media violence (sic on the triple redundance) is for some reason not punishable. Knowing what causes crime is really an advantage when you think about it, it's the leap where we go from "we know why this crime was committed" to "well, i guess it's not really so bad then" that I get confused and society fails.

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  4. Wrong dumbass! by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No genius! Bicycles are not required to grow crops. Crops do not require bicycles!

    But America DOES require more exercise and less dependency on fossil fuels. It's not something we've tried lately.

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