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Diversity, Not Randomness, Trumps Ability.

A number of formal models, including a highly influential model from Hong and Page, purport to show that functionally diverse groups often beat groups of individually high-performing agents in solving problems. Thompson argues that in Hong and Page's model, that the diverse groups are created by a r...

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Published in:Philosophy of Science Vol. 86; no. 1; pp. 178 - 192
Main Author: Singer, Daniel J.
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Jan2019
Subjects:
Cultural pluralism
Ability
Argument
Causation (Philosophy)
Philosophy
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