The Science of Innovation

Fourth, the final factorization has to be fair, that is, independent and impartial, like the anonymity of the participating people of a Delphi study. Indeed, mathematical algorithms can be inherently partial, either hazardously or deliberately by reasonably skilled tricksters. But the whole effort to investigate a trend is just profitable, when arbitrary, surprising, unbiased, and novel aspects become obvious. For instance, a controversial discussion about falsifications, uncertainties, contradictions, and incompleteness is always a feasible research option, as previously explained. Taking a sincerity of impartial judgments as given, the best opportunity turns out by the algorithm alone—freed from idols of misperceptions, misunderstandings, prejudices, ...