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JUNE GRUBER (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/june_gruber) is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and director of the Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Laboratory. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/june_gruber-misunderstanding-positive-emotion

PAUL DOLAN (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/paul_dolan) is a professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics and Political Science and author of Happiness by Design. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/paul_dolan-the-social-construction-of-stories

GARY MARCUS (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/gary_marcus) is CEO and founder, Geometric Intelligence; professor of psychology, New York University; author, Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/gary_marcus-is-big-data-taking-us-closer-to-the-deeper-questions-in-artificial

FRANK WILCZEK (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/frank_wilczek), currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT, has received many prizes for his work in physics, including the Nobel Prize (2004) for work he did as a graduate student at Princeton University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/frank_wilczek-power-over-nature

JOSHUA KNOBE (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/joshua_knobe) is an experimental philosopher and professor of philosophy and cognitive science at Yale University. DANIEL KAHNEMAN (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/daniel_kahneman) is the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (2002), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013). He is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Princeton, and author of Thinking Fast and Slow. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/joshuaknobe-danielkahneman-a-characteristic-difference

GEORGE CHURCH (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/george_church) is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Personal Genome Project. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/george_church-the-augmented-human-being

JANNA LEVIN (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/janna_levin) is a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. She is the author of How the Universe Got Its Spots; A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines; and most recently, Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/janna_levin-sounds-of-the-skies

REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/rebecca_newberger_goldstein), awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal by President Obama, is a philosopher, novelist, and professor of English and Philosophy at NYU. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/rebeccanewbergergoldstein-the-mattering-instinct

HOWARD GARDNER (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/howard_gardner) is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Gardner also directs the Good Project.

STEPHEN WOLFRAM (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/stephen_wolfram), distinguished scientist, inventor, author, and business leader, is Founder & CEO, Wolfram Research; Creator, Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha & the Wolfram Language; Author, A New Kind of Science. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/stephen_wolfram-ai-the-future-of-civilization

ED BOYDEN (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/ed_boyden)is a professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at the MIT Media Lab and the MIT McGovern Institute. He leads the Synthetic Neurobiology Group. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/ed_boyden-how-the-brain-is-computing-the-mind

DAVID REICH (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/david_reich) is a geneticist and professor in the Department of Genetics at the Harvard Medical School. He is the author of Who We Are and How We Got Here. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/david_reich-the-genomic-ancient-dna-revolution

RICHARD NISBETT (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/richard_nisbett) is a professor of psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition Program at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking; and The Geography of Thought. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/richard_nisbett-the-crusade-against-multiple-regression-analysis

GLORIA ORIGGI (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/gloria_origgi) is a researcher at the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris and a journalist. She is a best-selling novelist in the Italian language, a respected philosopher in French, a cognitive scientist in English, and the person you want to sit next to at a dinner party. Her latest book, La Reputation, was recently published in France. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/gloria_origgi-what-is-reputation

JAMIL ZAKI (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/jamil_zaki) is an assistant professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/jamil_zaki-choosing-empathy

PHILIP E. TETLOCK (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/philip_tetlock), Political and Social Scientist, is the Annenberg University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with appointments in Wharton, psychology and political science. He is co-leader of the Good Judgment Project, a multi-year forecasting study, the author of Expert Political Judgment and (with Aaron Belkin) Counterfactual Thought Experiments in World Politics, and co-author (with Dan Gardner) of Superforecasting: The Art & Science of Prediction . Class V Part I: https://www.edge.org/conversation/philip_tetlock-edge-master-class-2015-a-short-course-in-superforecasting-class-v

PHILIP E. TETLOCK (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/philip_tetlock), Political and Social Scientist, is the Annenberg University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with appointments in Wharton, psychology and political science. He is co-leader of the Good Judgment Project, a multi-year forecasting study, the author of Expert Political Judgment and (with Aaron Belkin) Counterfactual Thought Experiments in World Politics, and co-author (with Dan Gardner) of Superforecasting: The Art & Science of Prediction . Class V Part II: https://www.edge.org/conversation/philip_tetlock-edge-master-class-2015-a-short-course-in-superforecasting-class-v

PHILIP E. TETLOCK (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/philip_tetlock), Political and Social Scientist, is the Annenberg University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with appointments in Wharton, psychology and political science. He is co-leader of the Good Judgment Project, a multi-year forecasting study, the author of Expert Political Judgment and (with Aaron Belkin) Counterfactual Thought Experiments in World Politics, and co-author (with Dan Gardner) of Superforecasting: The Art & Science of Prediction . Class IV Part II: https://www.edge.org/conversation/philip_tetlock-edge-master-class-2015-a-short-course-in-superforecasting-class-iv

PHILIP E. TETLOCK (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/philip_tetlock), Political and Social Scientist, is the Annenberg University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with appointments in Wharton, psychology and political science. He is co-leader of the Good Judgment Project, a multi-year forecasting study, the author of Expert Political Judgment and (with Aaron Belkin) Counterfactual Thought Experiments in World Politics, and co-author (with Dan Gardner) of Superforecasting: The Art & Science of Prediction . Class III Part I: https://www.edge.org/conversation/philip_tetlock-edge-master-class-2015-a-short-course-in-superforecasting-class-iii

PHILIP E. TETLOCK (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/philip_tetlock), Political and Social Scientist, is the Annenberg University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with appointments in Wharton, psychology and political science. He is co-leader of the Good Judgment Project, a multi-year forecasting study, the author of Expert Political Judgment and (with Aaron Belkin) Counterfactual Thought Experiments in World Politics, and co-author (with Dan Gardner) of Superforecasting: The Art & Science of Prediction . Class III Part II: https://www.edge.org/conversation/philip_tetlock-edge-master-class-2015-a-short-course-in-superforecasting-class-iii