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This doesn’t mean tolerating recklessness, but rather creating safe-to-fail spaces—a term popularized by complexity theorist Dave Snowden—where people can test ideas, share lessons and adjust without fear of blame.
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Sandro Da Silva, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 July 2025
Oscillator theorists refer to this behavior as the Devil's staircase—a mathematical term for sudden jumps or skips in patterns.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Past that limit, theorists had predicted solid gold would have a higher entropy than liquid gold—a clear violation of the laws of thermodynamics.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 23 July 2025
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Sandro Da Silva, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 July 2025
Oscillator theorists refer to this behavior as the Devil's staircase—a mathematical term for sudden jumps or skips in patterns.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Past that limit, theorists had predicted solid gold would have a higher entropy than liquid gold—a clear violation of the laws of thermodynamics.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 23 July 2025
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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorist. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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theorist
noun
the·o·rist
ˈthē-ə-rəst 
ˈthi(-ə)r-əst
: a person who theorizes
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