A Cultural Forum asks leading thinkers and philosophers to share their mistakes When a scientist admits: I had it wrong [1]

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From theories of evolution to differences among races, some scholars' mea culpa are online

LONDON — "When thinking changes your mind, that's philosophy, when God changes your mind, that's faith, when facts change your mind, that's science". This is the introduction to the year’s question as posed by a cultural association to which belong the principal thinkers of this moment, from Richard Dawkins [4], British evolutionary biologist and author of cult book The Selfish Gene, to psychologist Steven Pinker [5], passing through music producer Brian Eno [6].

Hundreds responded to the challenge (perhaps in part because the answers to preceding questions were published as books) and revealed widespread reversals of opinions—sometimes dramatic, sometimes gracious.

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