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Science Foo Camp
I’m about to climb on a plane to travel to what I expect will be the most amazing scientific meeting I’ve ever attended. What would be your ideal scientific conference? It’s a thought game I’ve sometimes played. Naturally, some of the most amazing minds on the planet would be there. Lots of them, but not so many that you might not hear or speak to most of them — around 200, say. And what about the topic? There are just too many interesting subjects to choose from, so my perfect meeting wouldn’t have a theme as such: the topics would