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1. "Traditional American intellectuals are, in a sense, increasingly reactionary, and quite often proudly (and perversely) ignorant of many of the truly significant intellectual accomplishments of our time." ~ John Brockman
2. "Every aspect of life is an experiment that can be better understood if it is perceived in that way." ~ John Brockman
3. "By undercutting fundamentalism and intolerance, education would curtail violence and war. By empowering women, it would curb poverty and the population explosion." ~ John Brockman
4. "If, by contrast, you think that uncovering your mistakes is one of the best ways to revise and improve your understanding of the world, then this is actually a highly optimistic insight." ~ John Brockman
5. "Change is the law. Stability and consistency are illusions, temporary in any case, a heroic achievement of human will and persistence at best. When we want things to stay the same, we'll always wind up playing catch-up." ~ John Brockman
6. "Science itself is learning how to better exploit negative results." ~ John Brockman
7. "I can answer the question, but am I bright enough to ask it?")" ~ John Brockman
8. "Space, time, and objects might just be aspects of a sensory desktop specific to Homo sapiens. They might not be deep insights into objective truths, just convenient conventions that have evolved to allow us to survive in our niche." ~ John Brockman
9. "if we wish to understand why, as humans, we often act in certain predictable ways (and particularly if there is a desire or need to change these behavioral responses), we can remember our animal heritage and look for the possible releasers that seem to stimulate our fixed-action patterns." ~ John Brockman
10. "Really tapping into our inner vision and inner child might not make us happier or better adjusted, but it might make us appreciate just how smart we really are." ~ John Brockman
11. "we all have a number of executive subselves, and the only way we manage to accomplish anything in life is to allow only one subself to take the conscious driver's seat at any given time." ~ John Brockman
12. "twice as many people in India have access to cell phones as to latrines." ~ John Brockman
13. "Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin: "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down")." ~ John Brockman

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