• Question: What do you think will be the most important area of science in the future?

    Asked by mikemoore to Ed, Sam on 24 Jun 2011.
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      Ed Morrison answered on 24 Jun 2011:

      I’ve got two suggestions.

      1) Quantum physics, which gives an explanation of all matter in the universe on a very funademental level. When physicists work this out they could have a “theory of everything” which bascially means they understand all the physical laws of the universe.

      2) Brain science. We actually know very little about how the brain works. It would be amazing if we could understand how the brain forms memories, how it generates consciousness and how it makes decisions.

      I also think conservation science will be really importnat because we are losing species at a massive rate due to human activity. Although here we don’t really need more science, just to care enough to stop destroying habitats and over fishing.

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