# How Can Grey Matter Discover Truths From Quarks to Quasars by Alison Gopnik > “How can the few pounds of grey goo between our ears let us make utterly surprising, completely unprecedented, and remarkably true discoveries about the world around us, in every domain and at every scale, from quarks to quasars?” > **— Alison Gopnik**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Alison Gopnik](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27426) — Alison Gopnik's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-278). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Cognitive Architecture|Cognitive Architecture]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “How can the few pounds of grey goo between our ears let us make utterly surprising, completely unprecedented, and remarkably true discoveries about the world around us, in every domain and at every scale, from quarks to quasars?” — Alison Gopnik, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alison-gopnik-grey-matter-discover-truths-from ```