The latest Edge talk really blew me away. In super-short summary, Nicholas Christakis, MD, PHD, MPH (Masters of Public Health), talks about studying social networks not by topology, but by the flow of “stuff” through the network. To use his analogy, it’s like studying the physiology of the body as opposed to anatomy. I think [...]
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Social Networks: Dynamics v. Topology
February 27th, 2008 · No Comments · philosophy, social networks
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Esteemed scholar talks, confuses.
February 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · cmu, cognitive science, philosophy
Earlier today Dr. Paul Thagard gave a talk as part of Carnegie Mellon’s humanities lecture series, titled “Minds, Mechanics, and Computers.” My Philosophy of Mind class professor, Dr. Andy Norman, told our class about the talk yesterday, and seeing as it was pertinent to this class and my Cog Sci major I figured I’d attend. [...]
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