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Selecting Chance Curation Strategies: Is Chance Curation Related to the Richness of a Cognitive Niche?

Selecting Chance Curation Strategies: Is Chance Curation Related to the Richness of a Cognitive Niche?

Lorenzo Magnani, Tommaso Bertolotti
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 1947-8208|EISSN: 1947-8216|EISBN13: 9781466630765|DOI: 10.4018/jkss.2013010104
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Magnani, Lorenzo, and Tommaso Bertolotti. "Selecting Chance Curation Strategies: Is Chance Curation Related to the Richness of a Cognitive Niche?." IJKSS vol.4, no.1 2013: pp.50-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/jkss.2013010104

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Magnani, L. & Bertolotti, T. (2013). Selecting Chance Curation Strategies: Is Chance Curation Related to the Richness of a Cognitive Niche?. International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS), 4(1), 50-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/jkss.2013010104

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Magnani, Lorenzo, and Tommaso Bertolotti. "Selecting Chance Curation Strategies: Is Chance Curation Related to the Richness of a Cognitive Niche?," International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS) 4, no.1: 50-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/jkss.2013010104

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to tackle the following issue: as it is renown that chances can be faked, it seems intuitive to think that the inhibition of chance-faking contexts is a good activity of chance curation. Yet, could this activity sometimes be counterproductive? The question will be answered positively considering the case of bullshit as a case of fake chances, but also as a fertile ground for learning and developing intuitions. Ultimately, this paper will argue that the peculiar context, that is the cognitive niche supporting the (potentially) fake chances, is the discriminating factor: indeed, a rich cognitive niche may benefit from certain kind of fake chances – which should therefore not be inhibited – whereas a poorer niche might not benefit from this situation, and therefore the preclusion of fake chances is an act of chance curation in those contexts.

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