Matthew effect
May 15, 2004 12:08 AM Subscribe
The Matthew effect "It was Merton who identified and named the tendency always to assign exclusive scientific credit to the most eminent among all the plausible candidates. At least I hope it was he, though I'm sure Merton, who invented many wonderful jokes himself, would have been delighted if the credit for it turned out to be misattributed to him." Or is this called the flypaper effect? The question remains: Who popularized the phrase 'Shut up and Calculate!'
Great post, Miguel.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 2:56 PM on May 16, 2004
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 2:56 PM on May 16, 2004
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