你的危险想法是什么？
What is your dangerous idea?
John Brockman · 初版 2007 年
2位读者提及
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从哥白尼到达尔文，再到当代的思想家，科学家们始终在倡导那些挑战社会所珍视一切的理论，并揭示出具有正面与可怕双重后果的发现。许多在今天引起共鸣的思想之所以危险，并不是因为它们被认为是错误的，而是因为它们最终可能会被证明是正确的。世界顶尖的科学家和思想家认为他们最危险的思想是什么？通过顶尖在线论坛 Edge（www.edge.org），号召发出后，这本引人入胜且通俗易懂的文集汇集了众多答案。从使用药物……
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> 如果女性的骨盆再大一点，她们就无法好好走路和奔跑了。这勾起了我的兴趣，于是我顺藤摸瓜深挖了一下。作者引用了 Brockman 所著《What is your dangerous idea?》的第 252 页，那是 Timothy Taylor 教授写的一篇题为《The Human Brain is a Cultural Artifact》的文章。遗憾的是，尽管那篇文章的主题确实是人类大脑和骨盆，但里面根本没说这回事。所以 Prof.……
> If women’s pelvises were any bigger, they would not be able to walk and run well. That picked my interest so I dug deeper. The author cites p.252 of Brockman's "What is your dangerous idea?", which is an essay by Prof. Timothy Taylor called "The Human Brain is a Cultural Artifact". Sadly, even though its topic is indeed human brains and pelvises, the essay says nothing of the sort. So Prof.…
John Brockman 经常会把这些内容合辑成书，过段时间拿出来卖。等一阵子就能看到了。这里是之前 Edge 年度问题的合辑：《What Is Your Dangerous Idea》：http://amzn.to/fTgjYk 还有其他的：http://amzn.to/fkoFdv（没错，是返利链接）其中有两本书里收录了我的文章。:-)
John Brockman often combines these into book form and sells them later. Look for it in a little while. Here's previous edge question compilations: What Is Your Dangerous Idea: http://amzn.to/fTgjYk And others: http://amzn.to/fkoFdv (yes, affiliate links) I have essys in two of them. :-)