Scenarios about 'scientific paradigms'
Scientific paradigms are frameworks of concepts, theories, and methodologies that define how science is practiced within specific fields during particular historical periods. These shared models of understanding, as articulated by Thomas Kuhn, undergo revolutionary shifts when accumulated anomalies lead to crisis and the adoption of new explanatory frameworks. In alternate history scenarios, different scientific paradigms might emerge or persist, fundamentally altering technological development, social structures, and the course of human knowledge.
What If The Flynn Effect Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where IQ scores remained stagnant throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, drastically altering our understanding of human intelligence, education systems, and socioeconomic development.