Why Winners Keep Winning The Science Behind the Matthew Effect!

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Why do the rich get richer and the famous become legends? In this video, we dive into the fascinating Matthew Effect—the science of why winners keep winning. From historical stories to surprising facts, you'll see how success often builds on itself. Hit play and join us for an eye-opening look at this powerful phenomenon!  #ScienceFacts #Sociology #HistoryOfScience

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00:00Why winners keep winning the science behind the Matthew effect?

00:04In the echo chambers of history, a single phrase has whispered through the corridors of power and discovery.

00:10For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance.

00:14Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.

00:19This is the Matthew effect.

00:20A force as subtle as gravity but no less omnipresent in the grand theater of science.

00:25Picture an unremarkable laboratory in Paris, 1897.

00:31Marie Curie, working late into the night, painstakingly measures traces of radioactivity,

00:36but when her discoveries shake the world, only her association with Pierre Curie grants the scientific recognition she deserves.

00:44The credit flows to those already celebrated.

00:46A glimpse of how fame begets more fame.

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