My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Previously I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College.
Friday, May 23, 2014
The Science of Failure
One popular thing to study in complex systems these days is the so-called science of success.
One of these days, I hope to have a suitable project within studies of citation networks or other things related to 'success' so that I can use the title "The Science of Failure" for some of my presentations.
Update (6/06/14): As Mikko Kivelä pointed out to me when I first wrote this post, "The Science of Mediocrity" would also be an excellent title of a talk to give in this area.
I think "The Science of Mediocrity" describes your work quite well.
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ReplyDeleteYou are of course welcome to your opinion. For comments like that to be worth something, however, you should be willing to do it with your name attached. When you are, please drop me a line. But you have the advantage of me, given that you know my name and I don't know yours. That makes a debate impossible. Until then, I will merely say that I am very proud of my work and not defend it to you further.