Nowadays, chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics lack research focuses. Here we mention a few major open problems: 1. an effective description of chaos and turbulence, 2. rough dependence on initial data, 3. arrow of time, 4. the paradox of enrichment, 5. the paradox of pesticides, 6. the paradox of plankton.

A recent article in the California Management Review portrays independent film companies (and similar project-based enterprises) as a paradox for contemporary strategic management theory. Specifically, DeFillippi and Arthur, the authors of Paradox in Project-Based Enterprise, make the observation that “...in the film making example, no capital investments convert to fixed assets, no revenues ar...

The paper begins with an introduction of the Singularity Paradox, an observation that: “Superintelligent machines are feared to be too dumb to possess commonsense”. Ideas from leading researchers in the fields of philosophy, mathematics, economics, computer science and robotics regarding the ways to address said paradox are reviewed and evaluated. Suggestions are made regarding the best way to ...

This article is concerned with the so-called Levinthal’s paradox. It will be argued that many have sought a “solution” to Levinthal’s paradox, where in fact, the “solution” already appeared in Levinthal’s original articles. Most of the subsequent suggested “solutions” were inadequate solutions to a non-paradox. It is shown that the discovery of strong hydrophilic forces not only dismisses the L...

Mechanical and electromagnetic relations involved in the Trouton–Noble paradox are analysed on the basis of special relativity theory as well as on the basis of Maxwellian electrodynamics. It is shown that the paradox only arises when not all dynamical effects associated with the moving capacitor used by Trouton and Noble are considered. Crucial for the resolution of the paradox is the fact tha...

Current methods of data mining, word sense disambiguation in the information retrieval, semantic relation, fuzzy sets theory, fuzzy description logic, fuzzy ontology and their implementation, omit the existence of paradox called here the paradox of the fuzzy disambiguation. The paradox lies in the fact that due to fuzzy data and the experts knowledge it can be obtained precise knowledge. In thi...

This paper examines the role of paradoxes in research and proposes strategies of engaging with them. For this purpose, it analyses the ways in which six paradoxes are constitutive of sports mega-events such as the Olympic Games: the universalism paradox, the compliance paradox, the winner’s paradox, the participation paradox, the uniqueness paradox and the passion paradox. It then develops thre...