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DANIEL C. DENNETT (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/daniel_c_dennett) is a Philosopher; Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University; Author, Intuition Pumps. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/daniel-c-dennett-the-de-darwinizing-of-cultural-change-headcon-13-part-x

JOSHUA KNOBE (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/joshua_knobe) is an Experimental Philosopher; Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/josh-knobe-experimental-philosophy-and-the-notion-of-the-self-headcon-13-part-viii

DAVID PIZARRO (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/david_pizarro) is Associate Professor of Psychology, Cornell University, specializing in moral judgement. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/david-pizarro-the-failure-of-social-and-moral-intuitions-headcon-13-part-ix

KEVIN KELLY (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/kevin_kelly) is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He helped launch Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor until January 1999. He is currently editor and publisher of the popular Cool Tools, True Film, and Street Use websites. His most recent books are Cool Tools, and What Technology Wants. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/kevin_kelly-the-technium

LAURIE SANTOS (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/laurie_r_santos) is Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Comparative Cognition Laboratory, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/laurie-santos-what-makes-humans-unique-headcon-13-part-vii

JOSHUA GREENE (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/joshua_d_greene) is John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. Author, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, And The Gap Between Us And Them. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/joshua-greene-the-role-of-brain-imaging-in-social-science-headcon-13-part-vi

NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/nicholas_a_christakis) is a Physician and Social Scientist; Director, The Human Nature Lab, Yale University; Coauthor, Connected: The Surprising Power Of Our Social Networks And How They Shape Our Lives. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/nicholas-christakis-the-science-of-social-connections-headcon-13-part-v

FIERY CUSHMAN (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/fiery_cushman) is Assistant Professor, Cognitive, Linguistic, Social Science, Brown University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/fiery-cushman-the-paradox-of-automatic-planning-headcon-13-part-iii

JUNE GRUBER (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/june_gruber) is Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director, Positive Emotion & Psychopathology Lab, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/june-gruber-the-scientific-study-of-positive-emotion-headcon-13-part-ii

SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/sendhil_mullainathan) is Professor of Economics, Harvard; Assistant Director for Research, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Treasury Department (2011-2013); Coauthor, Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/sendhil-mullainathan-what-big-data-means-for-social-science-headcon-13-part-i

JOSHUA D. GREENE (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/joshua_d_greene) is the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. He studies the psychology and neuroscience of morality, focusing on the interplay between emotion and reasoning in moral decision-making. His broader interests cluster around the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. He is the author of Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/joshuadgreene-deep-pragmatism

DAVID MOININA SENGEH (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/david_moinina_sengeh) is a doctoral student at the MIT Media Lab, and a researcher in the Lab’s Biomechatronics group. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/davidmoininasengeh-technology-and-innovation-as-a-national-development-strategy

LEE SMOLIN (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/lee_smolin) is a founding and senior faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada. He is also Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Waterloo and is a member of the graduate faculty of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Toronto. He is the author of Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/lee_smolin-think-about-nature

ADAM ALTER (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/adam_alter) is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Stern School of Business, NYU. He is the author of Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/adam_alter-disfluency