2016 : What do you consider the most interesting recent [scientific] news? What makes it important?

2016 : What do you consider the most interesting recent [scientific] news? What makes it important?
- January 31, 2016
- Donald Hoffman, cognitive sciences professor, is featured by Edge Jan. 2016
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From Edge:
The abdication of space-time, Donald D. Hoffman, Cognitive scientist, UC, Irvine;
Author, Visual Intelligence [writes]: Space and time capture the imagination precisely
because they engender, and also imprison, our imagination. … The good news is that
sophisticated replacements might be on the way.
For the full story, please visit http://edge.org/response-detail/26563.
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