12th Article" On unifiers, diversifiers, and the nature of pattern recognation."

Nur fatmawati
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On unifiers, diversifiers, and the nature of pattern recognation.

Dichotomy of scientific styles, unifying and diversifying , as proposed by Freeman J. Dyson. The extent to which the dichotomy transfers from the natural sciences (where Dyson proposed it) to the field of Pattern Recognition . To address this  firstly ask what it means to be a “unifier”or “diversifier”in a field, and what are the relative merits of each style of thinking.Many researchers can adopt unifying perspectives one day, and be diversifying the next. It takes many years to master advanced physics, such as the mathematics of String Theory. Equivalently, to be an experimental physicist, tools such as electron microscopes cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. As the tools become more specialised, they will become more financially inaccessible. Although we have argued that theory/experiment is not an isomorphic dichotomy to unifier or diversifier, it is one factor. If theorists and experimenters become very distinct roles in PR, with theorists rarely (if ever) learning the tools of experimenters, and vice versa, then the gulf between unifier and diversifier may grow larger.