How Could Science be Different?

FQxI Competition Winning Essays and Videos

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  How could science be different? Ask a feminist! Francesca Vidotto

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  How to Unsplit the World: Quantum mechanics, cognitive science, and the subject-object divide Amanda Gefter

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  Towards convivial science Sylvia Wenmackers

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  Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Scientific Collaboration? Edward Kneller

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  Interstitial Realism: Science in Perspective Jochen Szangolies

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  Mass-Producing the Mistake Minimizer Marco Giancotti

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  A tool for helping science find the optimal path toward the truth: falsification trees Kelvin McQueen

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  Softening Hard Science Dan Bruiger

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  Back to the Ivory Tower Philipp Strasberg

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FQxI Competitions

Competition Title Competition Dates Competition Sponsors
  How Could Science Be Different? Open to submissions: February 28, 2023 to April 19, 2023 The John E. Fetzer Institute, and The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation  
  Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability Essay Contest December 2019 to April 2020 Fetzer Franklin Fund, and The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation  
  What Is “Fundamental” October 2017 to January 2018 The Fetzer Franklin Fund, and The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation  
  Wandering Towards a Goal December 2016 to March 2017 The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation  
  Trick or Truth: The Mysterious Connection Between Physics and Mathematics December 2014 to March 2015 Nanotronics Imaging, The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, and John Templeton Foundation Media Partner: Scientific American  
  How Should Humanity Steer the Future? January 2014 to August 2014 The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, and Scientific American  
  Show Me the Physics! (Video) May 8, 2014 - November 14, 2014 The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation and John Templeton Foundation  
  It From Bit or Bit From It March 2013 to June 2013 The Gruber Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, and Scientific American  
  Questioning the Foundations May 2012 to August 2012 The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, SubMeta, and Scientific American  
  Is Reality Digital or Analog? November 2010 to February 2011 The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation and Scientific American  
  What's Ultimately Possible in Physics? May 2009 to November 2009 Astrid and Bruce McWilliams  
  The Nature of Time August 2008 to December 2008