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Network structure explains intellectual discourse across human history

2025-09-22

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<p>The production of knowledge is a collective endeavor. Scientific discovery, for instance, reflects not only the insights of individual scientists but also interactions among scientists. This is often taken to reflect social influences on collective epistemic vitality, the capacity to generate and synthesize new ideas. However, in science, it is difficult to separate intellectual influence from access to materia...

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9c60f5d3-d8ce-53a4-b4c2-80a47a56709c
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10.31234/osf.io/ep3ub_v3
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