If you never heard of them, they are three brilliant and well-known scientists.
Hauser is a cognitive neuroscientist who does research on animal behavior and animal cognition (and also linguistics recently).
Smolin is a theoretical physicist, responsible among others for one of the two contending theories unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity - i.e. quantum loop gravity.
Trivers is an evolutionary biologist, perhaps most well known for work on reciprocal altruism, parental investment and parent-offspring conflict.
Apparently they are among the participants of a literary festival called KOSMOPOLIS 05 in Barcelona. The event is called THIRD CULTURE and details (repeated below) can be found at here
Marc Hauser, Lee Smolin and Robert Trivers. The New Humanists: Science at the EdgeI would have obviously liked to see them and I almost could if I were going to Barcelona a week earlier than I am :( I still plan to enjoy my stay though!
Moderator: John Brockman
Presenter: Eduard Punset
Saturday December 3rd, 7.00 p.m. > Proteus Hall, Barcelona. English, with simultaneous translation
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