Chris Santos-Lang

William Whewell might claim that becoming less wrong has often been accompanied by the introduction of new concepts. In that spirit, I have written a paper about a previously undiscussed fundamental game (think Coordination game and Prisoner's Dilemma) which Chris Homan and I are calling "MAD Chairs". I consider this concept less as a new invention than as a previously overlooked discovery.

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Study of the bible and other books used to be reserved for professionals, but is conducted by millions of small groups of regular people today. At some point in history, Step one in this process has already occurred regarding the study of science. Abandonment of the assumption that only professionals can advance science has created a citizen science movement which now has over a million members in over thirty countries.