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PREDICTIONS – 10 Years Later - Santa Fe Institute

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APPENDIX C<br />

WHY DID SWEDES REPLACE RUSSIANS?<br />

The ratio: Sweden<br />

Russia<br />

<strong>10</strong><br />

1<br />

0.1<br />

1952 1957 1962 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987<br />

APPENDIX FIGURE 6.7 The ratio of Swedes to Russians in a Swedish-Russian<br />

“microniche” of Nobel prize winners. In fair agreement with a straight line the<br />

evolution of this ratio raises questions to whether we are witnessing a natural<br />

substitution in passing from an 80% Russian group to an 80% Swedish one 25<br />

years later or whether there was some other factor at work. ∗<br />

∗ The figure is reprinted from my article, “Competition and Forecasts for Nobel Prize<br />

Awards,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 34 (1988): 95-<strong>10</strong>2.<br />

307

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