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http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html

"Every 100 million years or so, an asteroid or comet the size of a mountain smashes into the earth, killing nearly everything that lives. If ever we needed proof of Nature's indifference to the welfare of complex organisms such as ourselves, there it is. The history of life on this planet has been one of merciless destruction and blind, lurching renewal." - Sam Harris

"I realised too that I had to learn to evaluate opinions separately from those who were giving them: the truth might sometimes come out of a mouth I disliked, but that didn't automatically mean it wasn't the truth." - Brian Eno

i was trying to figure out what this topic was about.
then i clicked on the link.
Ahhhh! the edge. I bought their book in 06, title
"What We Believe but Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty",
It had some great thought provoking essays, but it was only about 25% of the book.