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Edge Foundation, Inc., was established in 1988 as an outgrowth of a group known as The Reality Club. Its informal membership includes of some of the most interesting minds in the world. The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society. Edge Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit private operating foundation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributors to Edge own the copyright to their original writing posted ... More » (Source: Edge)
Overview
Media:
Online
Audience:
(English)
Political Viewpoint:
Neutral viewpoint
Editorial
Edited By:
Rod Amis
Last Edit:
Jul 11, 2006 - 2:12 PM PDT
Story Stats
Top Topics:
Sci/Tech (6), Business (4), Media (3), World (2), Citizen Journalism (2), Science (2), Internet (2), Global Warming (1), Global Economy (1), Environment (1), Extra (1), Evolution Debate (1), Religion (1), Science and Religion (1), Space (1)...
Top Authors:
Nicholas Humphrey (1), Paul Bloom (1), Daniel Dennett (1), Steven Scheider (1), Scott Atran (1), Nicholas A Christakis (1), Larry Sanger (1), Douglas Rushkoff (1), Sam Harris (1), Deena Skolnick Weisberg (1), Jaron Lanier (1), Carolyn Porco (1)
Top Formats:
Special Report (3), Opinion (3), Interview (2)
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ECONOMICS IS NOT NATURAL SCIENCE
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Social Networks Are Like the Eye
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Modeling the Future
() Warming is unequivocal, that's true. But that's not a sophisticated question. A much more sophisticated question is how much of the climate Ma Earth, a perverse lady, gives us ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Why Do Some People Resist Science?
() It is no secret that many American adults reject some scientific ideas. In a 2005 Pew Trust poll, for instance, 42% of respondents said that they believed that humans and ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Who Says We Know
() But we are now confronting a new politics of knowledge, with the rise of the Internet and particularly of the collaborative Web--the Blogosphere, Wikipedia, Digg, YouTube, and ...Posted by Dale Penn
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