to read the book to see if I agreed with the anonymous reviewer--because I just couldn't imagine how a collection of interviews with some of the greatest minds on the planet, about some of the most interesting questions that I can think of, could possibly be as "dull" as the reviewer claimed. It just looked too interesting. After reading the book, the big question that I now have about that review is: Why didn't Publisher's Weekly pay somebody to read the book who actually has an interest in exploring philosophical ideas? Since I have some questions about our approaches to the implausible, that go beyond clinging to normative standards, I found this book to be a fascinating gateway into a lot of fabulous minds. This book contains interviews with experts about diverse subjects such as genetic engineering, neuroscience, robotics, psychic phenomenon and consciousness. Besides the regular questions there are some that are asked every interviewee. This way, the reader gets informed about topics from different viewpoints and ideologies. Questions such as: - What do you think happens to consciousness after death? - What is your perspective on the concept of God? - Do you think that the human species is going to survive the next hundred years? The well chosen questions, the extensive philosophic and divergent ideas of the interviewees make a fascinating, informative and mind-expanding book. I was delighted to find such a diversity of brilliant people interviewed in one book. Many of the ideas expressed give me tremendous