Are You Getting Into a Car Accident?

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Self-driving cars should count factors such as light in eyes and baby crying, he says. He asks: What do you do with people who drive motor cycles for pleasure? And if so, do you end up creating statistical death lanes where all the accidents will occur? "There's a confluence of factors coming together," writes David Frum.

Michael Shermer speaks with Chris Edwards about educational reform, his study and teaching of world history, the problems in K–12 education, the zip-code model vs. the seat time model of education and how they result in massively different educational outcomes, how “no child left behind” left children behind, federal vs. state educational systems, cheating scandals and what to do about them, the future of education in a world of free (or nearly free) online learning, comparing the U.S. educational system to other countries. Shermer and Edwards also discuss thought experiments, based on Edwards’ latest book, Thought Experiments: History and Applications for Education.