Brilliant minds forecast the next 50 years of science
BoingBoing points to a fascinating feature in the New Scientist, in which more than 70 of the most brilliant scientists in the world weigh in on what the next fifty years might hold for the future of science. Contributors such as Paul Davies, Francis Collins, Benoit Mandelbrot, Jane Goodall, Susan Greenfield, Dan Dennett and Steven Weinberg touch on everything from aging and alien life to neuroscience and space technology:
"In coming decades will we: discover that we are not alone in the universe? Unravel the physiological basis for consciousness? Routinely have false memories implanted in our minds? Begin to evolve in new directions? And will physicists finally hit upon a universal theory of everything? In fact, if the revelations of the last 50 years are anything to go on - the internet and the human genome for example - we probably have not even thought up the exciting advances that lay ahead of us.
[image: Benoit Mandelbrot]
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