effrey, Every single topic you list is fascinating. For the "differential geometrist" you mention for the power laws gathering, I'd like to suggest David Donoho. He was my advisor and, along with Danny Hillis, the best scientific thinker I know. He is also a MacArthur genius grant awardee (at age 34) and is

009 21:26:37 +0000 It depends on the problem, but my top picks for intellectual integrity (and people I'd most like to have dinner with) would be: David Donoho Danny Hillis Nathan Myrhvold Pam Samuelson - Berkeley Law School Lee Smolin laron Lanier Freeman Dyson lain Johnstone - Stanford statistics als

wrote: Every single topic you list is fascinating. For the "differential geometrist" you mention for the power laws gathering, I'd like to suggest David Donoho. He was my advisor and, along with Danny Hillis, the best scientific thinker I know. He is also a MacArthur genius grant awardee (at age 34) and is

ct: Re: Title: Rc: It depends on the problem, but my top picks for intellectual integrity (and people I'd most like to have dinner with) would be: David Donoho Danny Hillis Nathan Myrhvold Pam Samuelson - Berkeley Law School Lee Smolin Jaron Lanier Freeman Dyson lain Johnstone - Stanford statistics als