The Right Thing

Doing the Right Thing

Do the right thing.

We study a model of opinion formation where the opinions in conflict are not equivalent. This is the case when the subject of the decision is to respect a norm or a law. In such scenarios, one of the possible behaviors is to abide by the norm and the other to ignore it. The evolution of the dynamics is implemented through an imitation mechanism, in which agents can change their opinions based o...

Doing the right thing.

In this paper we examine a phenomenon which has proved difficult to account for using standard assumptions of current syntactic theory, namely extraposition. Starting with Rosenbaum (1967), all analyses we are aware of (with the exception of Emonds (1976)) treat extraposition as adjunction of a phrase to some right peripheral projection of a matrix sentence. This adjunction may either be analyz...

Do the right thing

You don’t need to be involved in a case of scientific fraud to appreciate the importance of ethics in research. Ethical behavior — such as publishing only what is true, giving credit where it’s due, and sharing materials when needed to permit replication of one’s observations — has always been critical to the scientific enterprise. For science to progress, scientists must be able to trust one a...

Do the right thing

We study a model of opinion formation where the opinions in conflict are not equivalent. This is the case when the subject of the decision is to respect a norm or a law. In such scenarios, one of the possible behaviors is to abide by the norm and the other to ignore it. The evolution of the dynamics is implemented through an imitation mechanism, in which agents can change their opinions based o...