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WHAT SCIENTIFIC TERM OR CONCEPT OUGHT TO BE MORE WIDELY KNOWN? [2]

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The Wall Street Journal [3]
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[ Sat. Dec. 31. 2016 ]

What scientific term or concept should be more widely known in the year ahead? Six answers from leading thinkers.

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The Second Law of Thermodynamics [6] (Steven Pinker), Life History [7] (Alison Gopnik), Positive Illusions [8] (Helen Fisher), Common Sense [9] (Jared Diamond), The Law of Small Numbers [10] (Adam Alter), Complementarity [11] (Frank Wilczek), The Copernican Principle [12] (Mario Livio), Effective Theory [13] (Lisa Randall)

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[1] https://stage.edge.org/news/terms-of-enlightenment
[2] https://stage.edge.org/annual-question/what-scientific-term-or%C2%A0concept-ought-to-be-more-widely-known
[3] http://www.wsj.com/
[4] http://bit.ly/2hAuIMV
[5] http://graphics.wsj.com/image-grid/year-end-science/
[6] http://www.edge.org/response-detail/27023
[7] http://www.edge.org/response-detail/27020
[8] http://www.edge.org/response-detail/27110
[9] https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27111
[10] http://www.edge.org/response-detail/27024
[11] http://www.edge.org/response-detail/27095
[12] http://www.edge.org/response-detail/27010
[13] https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27044