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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorist
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Last year, a group of philosophers and computer scientists published a report urging AI companies to start testing their systems for evidence of consciousness and to devise policies for how to treat the systems should this happen.—
Mariana Lenharo & Nature magazine,
Scientific American,
6 Aug. 2025
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In the words of one of the early internet’s greatest philosophers, leave Brittany alone.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Companies or individual practitioners found to be in violation of the law could face fines of up to $10,000 per offense.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025
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South Carolina is not among the 23 states that ban conversion therapy, and those bans apply only to services given to minors by licensed practitioners, not to adults in private or religious settings.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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