Science is not egalitarian. Top researchers get more credit and funding than lesser-known scientists. The long-held practices creating inequality also amplify gender disparities that hold back women.
- Research Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California
Does it seem like your friends have better lives than you do? Mathematics, in the form of the “majority illusion,” can help explain why.
Social networks connecting us through kinship and friendship are often small. This can often lead to surprising points of connection between two people who do not know each other.
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