[FRIAM] Scientific polarization

[Alfredo Covaleda Vélez]

Here it is the recommend article.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 11:54 AM glen ep ropella <gepr at tempusdictum.com>
wrote:

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> Scientific polarization
>     Cailin O’Connor, James Owen Weatherall
> https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13194-018-0213-9
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> > Contemporary societies are often “polarized”, in the sense that
> sub-groups within these societies hold stably opposing beliefs, even when
> there is a fact of the matter. Extant models of polarization do not capture
> the idea that some beliefs are true and others false. Here we present a
> model, based on the network epistemology framework of Bala and Goyal
> (Learning from neighbors, Rev. Econ. Stud. 65(3), 784–811 1998), in which
> polarization emerges even though agents gather evidence about their
> beliefs, and true belief yields a pay-off advantage. As we discuss, these
> results are especially relevant to polarization in scientific communities,
> for these reasons. The key mechanism that generates polarization involves
> treating evidence generated by other agents as uncertain when their beliefs
> are relatively different from one’s own.
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