Emergence and decline of scientific paradigms
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Emergence and decline of scientific paradigms. / Bornholdt, S.; Jensen, Mogens Høgh; Sneppen, Kim.
I: Physical Review Letters, Bind 106, Nr. 5, 02.02.2011, s. 058701.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Emergence and decline of scientific paradigms
AU - Bornholdt, S.
AU - Jensen, Mogens Høgh
AU - Sneppen, Kim
PY - 2011/2/2
Y1 - 2011/2/2
N2 - Scientific paradigms have a tendency to rise fast and decline slowly. This asymmetry reflects the difficulty in developing a truly original idea, compared to the ease at which a concept can be eroded by numerous modifications. Here we formulate a model for the emergence and spread of ideas which deals with this asymmetry by constraining the ability of agents to return to already abandoned concepts. The model exhibits a fairly regular pattern of global paradigm shifts, where older paradigms are eroded and subsequently replaced by new ones. The model sets the theme for a new class of pattern formation models, where local dynamics breaks the detailed balance in a way that prevents old states from defending themselves against new nucleating or invading states. The model allows for frozen events in terms of the coexistence of multiple metastable states
AB - Scientific paradigms have a tendency to rise fast and decline slowly. This asymmetry reflects the difficulty in developing a truly original idea, compared to the ease at which a concept can be eroded by numerous modifications. Here we formulate a model for the emergence and spread of ideas which deals with this asymmetry by constraining the ability of agents to return to already abandoned concepts. The model exhibits a fairly regular pattern of global paradigm shifts, where older paradigms are eroded and subsequently replaced by new ones. The model sets the theme for a new class of pattern formation models, where local dynamics breaks the detailed balance in a way that prevents old states from defending themselves against new nucleating or invading states. The model allows for frozen events in terms of the coexistence of multiple metastable states
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.058701
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.058701
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21405444
VL - 106
SP - 058701
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 33110283