What We Don't Know

Wired Magazine is running a cover article this month on the really BIG questions -- 42 of them to be exact -- by John Hodgman, nerd in chief on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. It's an easy pop-science read, good to fill the void of a perfectly boring day, without the loss of brain cells that usually accompany a dose of television. Here, to tickle your curiosity, are the questions I found of interest:
  • Is time an illusion?
  • How does a fertilized egg become human?
  • Why do we sleep?
  • How can observation affect the outcome of an experiment?
  • How do entangled particles communicate?
  • What is the universe made of?
  • Is time travel possible?
  • What happens to information in a black hole?
  • How does the brain calculate movement?
  • How does the brain produce consciousness?
  • Is the universe actually made of information?
  • Can mathematicians prove the Riemann hypothesis?
  • Why do we die when we do?
  • What causes gravity?
So, why exactly 42 questions? A nerd would know the answer to that one.

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