Mechanism of Scientific Inertia

How does a scientific mosaic preserve itself through time? What makes the elements of a mosaic continue to remain in the mosaic?

Explaining how scientific theories and methods become part of the mosaic is one task, explaining how they remain in the mosaic is another. The fact that something became part of the mosaic doesn't necessarily mean it should stay there. Thus, the question is what is it that makes a mosaic preserve its elements through time and when exactly does this inertia end?

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. The First Law (Barseghyan-2015) is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available theory on the subject. The First Law (Barseghyan-2015) states "An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements."

History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of this question (it includes all the instances when the question was accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by a community):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016	This is when the community accepted its first answer to the question, The First Law (Barseghyan-2015), which indicates that the questions is itself considered legitimate.	Yes

All Theories

The following theories have attempted to answer this question:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
The First Law (Barseghyan-2015)	An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.	2015

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Accepted Theories

The following theories have been accepted as answers to this question:

Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	The First Law (Barseghyan-2015)	1 January 2016

Suggested Modifications

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Current View

In Scientonomy community, the accepted theory on the subject is The First Law (Barseghyan-2015). It states: "An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements."

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Open Questions

The following related topic(s) currently lack an accepted answer:

• Tautological Status of the First Law: Is the first law a tautology, i.e. can it in principle be violated? The topic has no accepted answer in Scientonomy.

Related Topics

This topic is a sub-topic of Mechanism of Scientific Change. It has the following sub-topic(s):

• Tautological Status of the First Law

Contributors

Jacob MacKinnon (26.8%), Paul Patton (15.1%), Hakob Barseghyan (58.2%)