Epstein Secrets

aking, they are the best learners in the universe. Much of the process of turning data into theories happens before we are five. Since Aristotle and Plato, there have been two basic ways of addressing the problem of how we know what we know, and they are still the main approaches in machine learning. Ar

m JFK. “The great American visionary thinker John Brockman arrives this morning at Grand Hotel Milan. You MU

greeted me as I turned on my phone at the baggage carousel at Malpensa Airport after the long flight from JFK. “The great American visionary thinker John Brockman arrives this morning at Grand Hotel Milan. You MUST, repeat MUST pay him a visit.” It was signed HUO. The prior evening, waiting in the lounge at JF

aking, they are the best learners in the universe. Much of the process of turning data into theories happens before we are five. Since Aristotle and Plato, there have been two basic ways of addressing the problem of how we know what we know, and they are still the main approaches in machine learning. Ar

m JFK. “The great American visionary thinker John Brockman arrives this morning at Grand Hotel Milan. You MU

greeted me as I turned on my phone at the baggage carousel at Malpensa Airport after the long flight from JFK. “The great American visionary thinker John Brockman arrives this morning at Grand Hotel Milan. You MUST, repeat MUST pay him a visit.” It was signed HUO. The prior evening, waiting in the lounge at JF

that life should be lived to its fullest Hauser Evilicious. Front matter 2 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012748 Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. — Plato To witness suffering does one good, to inflict it even more so. — Friedrich Nietzsche Man produces evil as a bee produces honey. — William Golding

k Van Honk, and Richard Wrangham. My agent, John Brockman...not only a great agent but a wonderful human be

Gordon Kraft-Todd, Errol Morris, Philip Pettit, Steven Pinker, Lisa Pytka, Richard Sosis, Fritz Tsao, Jack Van Honk, and Richard Wrangham. My agent, John Brockman...not only a great agent but a wonderful human being who supported me during challenging times. My editors at Viking/Penguin, Wendy Wolff and Kevin

t is really there." I did so because the story I have told is the most profound ex- ample of this wise observation that I know of. I next described Plato's Allegory of the Cave because I know of no better or more lyrical representation of the actual history of science. The triumph of human existence

lealerASIonEverTold_Atirdd 307 12/18/18 3:08 PIA EFTA00286229 308 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS hadn't been skillfully managed by my new agent and old friend John Brockman and his staff, and happily it worked out that my editor for this book was my editor for A Universe from Nothing, Leslie Meredith at Atria Books. Le

ully managed by my new agent and old friend John Brockman and his staff, and happily it worked out that my