Science & technology | The Q&A: Samuel Arbesman
The half-life of facts
We talk to Samuel Arbesman about how knowledge changes over time, and what this means for the way people consume information
By R.D.A. | LOS ANGELES
IN PRIMARY school Babbage learned that there were nine planets in the solar system. None were known to exist outside it. Since then, astronomers have spotted over 800 planets around other stars (and thousands more "candidates") and demoted Pluto to a mere "dwarf planet". Even a cursory glance at other fields reveals similar patterns.
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