Re: The Civil Heretic - Freeman Dyson - Profile - NYTimes.com

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: George Dyson <gdyson () gmail com>
Date: March 28, 2009 3:41:35 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] The Civil Heretic - Freeman Dyson - Profile -  
NYTimes.com

This article is the result of a commencement address given at the  
University of Michigan, 18 December 2005, where Freeman Dyson  
(encouraging his audience to greet the future with heretical thinking  
as well as common sense) listed THREE heresies: first, "that all the  
fuss about global warming is grossly exaggerated" (note that he does  
not say wrong, simply grossly exaggerated); second, "that  
biotechnology will soon be domesticated"; third, "that the United  
States has less than a century left of its turn as top nation." Heresy  
#1, which has received all the attention, was considerably milder in  
its speculations than heresy #2 or heresy #3.

On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:06 AM, David Farber wrote:

> Well worth reading  djf
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/magazine/29Dyson-t.html





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