ZERO IS BETTER THAN "ONE": AN ANALYSIS OF BEING "FIRST"

Authors

Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314Follow

Abstract

Modern societies place great emphasis on being “the first”: the first to make a discovery, the first to obtain a graduate degree relative to some specific group, etc. Our purpose is to demonstrate by means of explicit examples that this concept, i.e. “firstness” has no intrinsic meaning or significance. Consequently, at the simplest level, it is hard to ever prove that someone is a “first.” So, why the important attention that is given to “firstness”? We provide some answers to this question.

Recommended Citation

Mickens, Ronald E. (2024) "ZERO IS BETTER THAN "ONE": AN ANALYSIS OF BEING "FIRST"," Georgia Journal of Science, Vol. 82, No. 1, Article 75.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.gaacademy.org/gjs/vol82/iss1/75