Computer Science – Social and Information Networks
Scientific paper
2012-04-16
Computer Science
Social and Information Networks
Presented at Collective Intelligence conference, 2012 (arXiv:1204.2991)
Scientific paper
Is collective intelligence just individual intelligence writ large, or are there fundamental differences? This position paper argues that a cognitive history methodology can shed light into the nature of collective intelligence and its differences from individual intelligence. To advance this proposed area of research, a small case study on the structure of argument and proof is presented. Quantitative metrics from network science are used to compare the artifacts of deduction from two sources. The first is the work of Archimedes of Syracuse, putatively an individual, and of other ancient Greek mathematicians. The second is work of the Polymath Project, a massively collaborative mathematics project that used blog posts and comments to prove new results in combinatorics.
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