The Epistemic Benefit of Transient Diversity

Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 17 - 35
Published: Jan 1, 2010
Abstract
There is growing interest in understanding and eliciting division of labor within groups of scientists. This paper illustrates the need for this division of labor through a historical example, and a formal model is presented to better analyze situations of this type. Analysis of this model reveals that a division of labor can be maintained in two different ways: by limiting information or by endowing the scientists with extreme beliefs. If both...
Paper Details
Title
The Epistemic Benefit of Transient Diversity
Published Date
Jan 1, 2010
Journal
Volume
72
Issue
1
Pages
17 - 35
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