There is not just one "correct" model of the world*. Rather, pluralism argues that it is better to have a number of different overlapping models*. This is true for models of society as well as scientific theories. I therefore favor a society of intelligent agents** and collective leadership***.
The scientific research community is an especially successful example of such a collective intelligence.**** To function properly it needs to be "open source".*****
* See my blogs of 17 August 2012 and 26 September 2010 and Bull. Am. Phys. Soc.,vol. 55, #2, February 2010. Also pages 381-382 of Kelly's The Logic of Reliable Inquiry, Oxford Univ. Press, 1996.
** Humans and/or A.I.s. See also my blog of 16 September 2010.
*** Perhaps involving things like my blog of 10 September 2023.
**** Despite various issues such as those noted in my blogs of 26 August 2011, 3 February 2012, and 2 May 2026.
***** See my blog of 20 February 2026.
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