# kaal:claim:3782220-033

**Claim.** Science is politically decentralized because no person, university, institution, or nation controls whether a theory becomes established fact, yet this global Science DAO is highly protocol centralized around objective universal truth.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- science as a globally open discipline

**Source quote.**

> Science as a globally open discipline is extremely decentralized politically. No per- son, university, institution, or nation has monopoly control over whether any theory becomes established scientific fact. But this global Science DAO is very protocol cen-

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization* (2021), Universal values from science and poetry, page 12

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220

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**Topics.** decentralization, dao

**Keywords.** science, decentralization, protocol-centralization, truth, dao-analogy

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