The Last Unknowns
I wrote down some of the most thought provoking questions from ‘The Last Unknowns’ - a book of profound questions that matter to the world's finest minds - Nobel Prize winners, scientists, philosophers, economists and artists. In this book, John Brockman (founder, Edge.org) asks these great thinkers: "What is ‘The Last Question,’ your last question, the question for which you will be remembered?"
Why are reason, science, evidence so impotent against superstition, religion, and dogma?
Are we smart enough to know when we’ve reached the limits of our ability to understand the universe?
Will post-humans be organic or electronic?
How far will we go in predicting human behavior from DNA?
What is the master principle governing the growth and evolution of complex systems? - John Mather, 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics
What will happen to human love when we can design the perfect robot lover?
Is there a subtle form of consciousness that operates independent of brain function?
What will be the use of 99% of humanity for the 1%?
Will reading and writing survive given the seduction of video and audio?
Are feelings computable?
How will the world change when battery storage technology improves at the same exponential rate seen in computer chips in recent decades?
Where were the laws of physics written before the universe was born?
These questions show us how much there is still to discover about our world, how many unanswered questions that still exist. Although scientific development have come a long way, we humans are still perplexed at how it all works - especially around consciousness, our limitations, and what the future of humanity holds.