I clicked to this "Edge" page to read a blurb by Keith Devlin on changing his mind about mathematical Platonism:
http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_4.html
....but then realized the entire section (from 2008) was interesting, on science-types answering the question, "What have you changed your mind about?" It starts here:
http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_1.html
and the 150+ contributors are indexed here for easier sorting through:
http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html#contributors
ADDENDUM: the latest book co-authored by Devlin, "The Computer As Crucible" (on experimental mathematics), was just reviewed here:
http://tinyurl.com/23yg94f
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