Blackboxing
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Blackboxing
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In science studies, the social process of blackboxing is based on the abstract notion of a black box. To cite Bruno Latour, blackboxing is "the way scientific and technical work is made invisible by its own success. When a machine runs efficiently, when a matter of fact is settled, one need focus only on its inputs and outputs and not on its internal complexity. Thus, paradoxically, the more science and technology succeed, the more opaque and obscure they become."
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Social process in science studies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboxing
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2024-02-15T20:55:34Z
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