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"The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.
- Stephen Jay Gould"

THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2006

THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2006: "The Edge Annual Question 2006

WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?

The history of science is replete with discoveries that were considered socially, morally, or emotionally dangerous in their time; the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are the most obvious. What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not because it is assumed to be false, but because it might be true? "

True Extra Credit Question

How much do we know about Western History?

What group invaded the British Isles from France about a thousand years ago (one point), and in what year (one point)?

The answer is given in the link as well as a funny observation of Historical understanding.

Tenser, said the Tensor: Norman Who?