"What do you believe is true, even though you cannot prove it?"

From Declan McCullagh's invaluable Politech mailing list comes this link to a great story at Edge.org:

John Brockman, a literary agent and publisher of Edge, a science website, collects an annual list of provocative responses to provocative questions. This year his question is: "What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?" and it's an excellent way to begin the new year.

An abridged version of this article ran in the New York Times this week; the full article at edge.org is here.