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=== Essays, Responses, Features === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Type !! Title !! Link !! Published |- | Article (Feature) || Eric Weinstein: The String Theory Wars || [https://iai.tv/articles/eric-weinstein-the-string-theory-wars-auid-2394 Read] || 2023-02-16, Alexis Papazoglou, Institute of Art and Ideas |- | Article (Feature) || Covid lab-leak theory shows the ‘fact wars’ are still raging ||[https://www.ft.com/content/41f6f9ba-db82-4782-8ec0-bc952abb3836 Read] || 2021-06-09, Jemima Kelly, Financial Times |- | Article (Feature) || Isadore Singer, Who Bridged a Gulf From Math to Physics, Dies at 96 || [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/science/isadore-singer-dead.html Read] || 2021-02-12, Julie Rehmeyer, New York Times |- | Article (Feature) || Contrarians are valuable, even when they’re wrong || [https://www.ft.com/content/6ca97a49-cd31-43a6-a494-54aecdc72905 Read] || 2021-01-28, Jemima Kelly, Financial Times |- | Book (Feature) || [[Tools of Titans (Book)|Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers]] || [https://www.amazon.com/Tools-Titans-Billionaires-World-Class-Performers/dp/1328683788 Read] || 2016, Tim Ferriss |- | Book (Feature) || [[The Physics of Wall Street|The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable]] || [https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Wall-Street-Predicting-Unpredictable/dp/0544112431 Read] || 2014, James Owen Weatherall |- | Edge Essay || What is the Last Question? [[The Last Question (Edge Essay)|The Last Question]] || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27761 Read] || 2018 |- | Edge Essay || What Scientific Term or Concept Ought to Be More Widely Known? [[Russell Conjugation (Edge Essay)|Russell Conjugation]] || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27181 Read] || 2017 |- | Edge Essay || What Do You Consider the Most Interesting Recent (Scientific) News? What Makes It Important? [[Anthropic Capitalism And The New Gimmick Economy (Edge Essay)|Anthropic Capitalism And The New Gimmick Economy]] || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26756 Read] || 2016 |- | Edge Essay || What Scientific Idea Is Ready for Retirement? [[M-theory or String Theory is the Only Game in Town (Edge Essay)|M-theory / String Theory is the Only Game in Town]] || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/25547 Read] || 2014 |- | Edge Essay || What *Should* We Be Worried About? [[Excellence (Edge Essay)|Excellence]] || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23879 Read] || 2013 |- | Edge Essay || What is Your Favorite Deep, Elegant, or Beautiful Explanation? [[Einstein's Revenge: The New Geometric Quantum (Edge Essay)|Einstein's Revenge: The New Geometric Quantum]] || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11441 Read] || 2012 |- | Edge Essay || What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's Cognitive Toolkit? [[Kayfabe (Edge Essay)|Kayfabe]] || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11783 Read] || 2011 |- | Edge Essay || How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? [[Go Virtual Young Man (Edge Essay)|Go Virtual Young Man]] || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11861 Read] || 2010 |- | Quora Answer || [[In Kung Fu Panda, how does Po end up developing the capability to be an awesome Kung Fu fighter (Quora Answer)|In Kung Fu Panda, how does Po end up developing the capability to be an awesome Kung Fu fighter? How does he shift from being a total fat slob to becoming capable of defeating Tai Lung?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LV0 Read] || 2013-5-31 |- | Quora Answer || [[What is Gauge Theory (intuitively)?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LxA Read] || 2012-12-12 |- | Quora Answer || [[What are some of the most badass photos ever taken? (Quora Answer)|What are some of the most badass photos ever taken?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LDm Read] || 2012-12-10 |- | Quora Answer || [[Was Feynman right when he said, If you give more money to theoretical physics, it doesn’t do any good if it just increases the number of guys following the comet head (Quora Answer)|Was Feynman right when he said "If you give more money to theoretical physics, it doesn’t do any good if it just increases the number of guys following the comet head"?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LmL Read] || 2012-10-12 |- | Quora Answer || [[What are the most guy-friendly chick flicks of all time (Quora Answer)|Movie Lists: What are the most guy-friendly chick flicks of all time? What differentiates them from more traditional romantic comedies?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LjA Read] || 2011-12-06 |- | Quora Answer || [[What does it feel like to have an answer collapsed for the first time?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LQG Read] || 2011-11-19 |- | Quora Answer || [[What should I do if I'm carrying an abstract algebra book around and someone thinks I'm doing remedial algebra (Quora Answer)|What is the best thing to do if I'm carrying an abstract algebra book around, and someone thinks I'm doing remedial algebra?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LdR Read] || 2011-11-02 |- | Quora Answer || [[Why does an economy need derivatives?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LLK Read] || 2011-10-27 |- | Quora Answer || [[How to combat the despair that comes with the realization that one will die without understanding the universe (Quora Answer)|What should one do to combat the despair that comes with the realization that one will, someday soon, die without knowing even the basics of the nature of 97% of the matter and energy in the universe?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3L0Y Read] || 2011-10-11 |- | Quora Answer || [[What is Occupy Wall Street about?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3L06 Read] || 2011-10-06 |- | Quora Answer || [[What's the most complicated instrument to play (Quora Answer)|What's the most complicated instrument to play?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LfS Read] || 2011-09-27 |- | Quora Answer || What are some good ways to insult an American? Their shoes || [https://qr.ae/pN30Xh Read] || 2011-09-03 |- | Quora Answer || [[What is the greatest entrance in cinema history?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN30Xl Read] || 2011-07-17 |- | Quora Answer || [[What does it feel like to read a groundbreaking academic paper?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3071 Read] || 2011-06-23 |- | Quora Answer || [[What are some of the most epic photos ever taken?]] || [https://qr.ae/pN3LWH Read] || 2011-04-28 |- | Edge Contribution || [[Thaler's Question (Edge Event)|Thaler's Question: The flat earth and geocentric world are examples of wrong scientific beliefs that were held for long periods. Can you name your favorite example and for extra credit why it was believed to be true?]] || [https://www.edge.org/conversation/thalers-question#eweinstein Read] || 2010 |- | Edge Contribution || [[The Ash Cloud (Edge Event)|The Ash Cloud]] || [https://www.edge.org/conversation/john_brockman-the-ash-cloud Read] || 2010 |- | Edge Contribution || [[Can Science Help Solve the Economic Crisis? (Edge Essay)|Can Science Help Solve the Economic Crisis?]] || [https://www.edge.org/conversation/lee_smolin-stuart_a_kauffman-zoe-vonna_palmrose-mike_brown-can-science-help-solve-the Read] || 2008 |}
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