future quiz 11

1. (T/F) Howard Gardner agrees with Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers) that there's nothing mysterious about talent and creativity.

2. Timothy Taylor cites ___________ on language to make the point that invention and technology, "essential to our long-term survival," require prior cultural __________.

3. The downside of medical miracles due to "old-fashioned" nanotechnololgy would be the ________ (expansion, contraction, disappearance) of free time.

4. (T/F) Marc Hauser says the brain evolved to process information mainly about the present.

5. Those with ________________ already have an evolutionary advantage, says Juan Enriquez. He predicts our grandchildren will do what?

6. (T/F) Stuart Kauffman says Darwinian preadaptations or exaptations. are predictable.

7. Gregory Benford predicts a lifespan of ___ and says it will make people ____ (more, less) mature, responsible, and inclined to take the long view.

8. Marcel Gleiser says we are what we _______, & exist only as long as ___... What does he predict?

9. The Greeenland and Arctic ice sheets contain enough water to cover the planet to what depth?

10. How will climate challenges alter our perspective on the future, according to William Calvin?