http://www.metafilter.com/tags/mattheweffect Posts tagged with 'mattheweffect' at MetaFilter. Sat, 15 May 2004 00:08:29 -0800 Sat, 15 May 2004 00:08:29 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/33111/Matthew%2Deffect <a href="http://physicstoday.org/vol-57/iss-5/p10.html">The Matthew effect</a> <i>"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."</i> Or is this called the <a href="http://www.ralphkeyes.com/pages/books/niceguys/index.htm">flypaper effect</a>? The question remains: Who popularized the phrase 'Shut up and Calculate!' tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.33111 Sat, 15 May 2004 00:08:29 -0800 mattheweffect merton physics science vacapinta