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Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas | News & Events

 

Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who are members of the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center (SCNARC) at Rensselaer, used computational and analytical methods to discover the tipping point where a minority belief becomes the majority opinion. The finding has implications for the study and influence of societal interactions ranging from the spread of innovations to the movement of political ideals.

 

 

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Popular Science kills comments - while YouTube tries to fix them - The Guardian

Popular Science kills comments - while YouTube tries to fix them - The Guardian | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Website says comments harm debate, while YouTube begins integration with Google+ to bring friends and 'popular personalities' to greater visibility - and hide random remark

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How is our consciousness connected to the world?

How is our consciousness connected to the world? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

How is our consciousness connected to the world?
Explore the unconscious functions of the brain with visual illusions and mysterious perceptual phenomena.


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Academia.edu raises funds to build a Facebook for scientists - CNET

Academia.edu raises funds to build a Facebook for scientists - CNET | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Startup hopes to overhaul how researchers publish papers, making them freely available to all and substituting social-network success for the traditional peer-review process.

 
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Open Access vs academic power - Frontline

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THAT the United States and its European allies dominate the world of knowledge is unquestionable. This is reflected in indicators of academic “output”. According to the National Science Foundation of the United States, the U.S. accounted for 26 per cent of the world’s total science & engineering (S&E) articles published in 2009 and the European Union for 32 per cent. In 2010, the U.S. share in total citations of S&E articles stood at 36 per cent and the E.U.’s share was 33 per cent, whereas Japan’s and China’s remained at 6 per cent each.

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