The question "What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?" is Brockman's edge.org annual question. See http://www.edge.org/annual-que

The question "What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?" is Brockman's edge.org annual question. See http://www.edge.org/annual-question/ http://www.edge.org/annual-question/ where it is addressed by many different authors. See: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2135504 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2135504 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2106857 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2106857 http://apps.ycombinator.com/item?id=2540390 http://apps.ycombinator.com/item?id=2540390 http://apps.ycombinator.com/item?id=2107720 http://apps.ycombinator.com/item?id=2107720 and so forth.