Questions for the Reality Club

Every year, the New York literary agent John Brockman asks a question of scientists and science writers.
The question for 2006 is...

WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?

The history of science is replete with discoveries that were considered socially, morally, or emotionally dangerous in their time; the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are the most obvious. What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not because it is assumed to be false, but because it might be true?

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2005
The question was:

What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?

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