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|description=Is the '''ambiguity crisis''' | |description=Is the '''ambiguity crisis''' a contemporary crisis comparable to the credibility or [[reproducibility crisis]]? The term 'crisis' is rooted etymologically in the Greek word ''krinein'': meaning to 'separate, decide, judge'. In this sense, science and communication in general are a continuous crisis at the edge of separating clarity or certainty from confusing double meaning or obscure 'alchemical' fake-news gibberish. Reproducibility relates to the condition of repeating calculations or experiments presented in a published resource. While ambiguity is linked to relevant issues of reproducibility, it extends to the communications space of terminological and graphical representations of concepts. Type 1 ambiguities are the inevitable consequence of conceptual evolution, in the process of which ambiguities are replaced by experimentally and theoretically supported paradigm shifts to clear-cut theorems. In contrast, type 2 ambiguities are traced in publications that reflect a simple disregard and ignorance of established concepts without an attempt to justify the inherent deviations from high-quality science. | ||
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Description
Is the ambiguity crisis a contemporary crisis comparable to the credibility or reproducibility crisis? The term 'crisis' is rooted etymologically in the Greek word krinein: meaning to 'separate, decide, judge'. In this sense, science and communication in general are a continuous crisis at the edge of separating clarity or certainty from confusing double meaning or obscure 'alchemical' fake-news gibberish. Reproducibility relates to the condition of repeating calculations or experiments presented in a published resource. While ambiguity is linked to relevant issues of reproducibility, it extends to the communications space of terminological and graphical representations of concepts. Type 1 ambiguities are the inevitable consequence of conceptual evolution, in the process of which ambiguities are replaced by experimentally and theoretically supported paradigm shifts to clear-cut theorems. In contrast, type 2 ambiguities are traced in publications that reflect a simple disregard and ignorance of established concepts without an attempt to justify the inherent deviations from high-quality science.
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