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Culture, history and society

Culture, history and society

A million years into the future: why you need a dose of very deep thinking

22 Feb 2021 Robert P Crease
Taken from the February 2021 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Very deep thinking".

Robert P Crease discovers why a nuclear-waste programme in Finland can help us to envisage the world a million years from now

Olkiluoto nuclear-power plant in Finland
Far-out thoughts The planned underground repository near the Olkiluoto nuclear-power plant in Finland could teach us the merits of long-term thinking. (Courtesy: iStock/Firaxx)
The Greek philosopher Plato once imagined a city that provides full justice to its citizens. Setting

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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