Category: Technology
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Best-known Curves in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Public finance and the size of the state Inequality, growth and the environment Macroeconomics, labour and money Trade, debt and external balance Innovation, technology and marketing Business operations and product life Psychology, memory and performance Society, crime and population Quantitative linguistics and information Narrative structure and the arts
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Significant Paradoxes: Science, Technology, and Ecology
97 Paradox of Enrichment In laboratory predator-prey systems (e.g., algae and zooplankton), adding extra nutrients seems beneficial but can trigger large-amplitude oscillations leading to extinction. Abundant food lets prey over-populate, predators then explode, prey crash, and predators starve. Real ecosystems show similar instability when fertiliser run-off spurs algal blooms. The paradox warns that interventions geared…