The problem is that the scientific community places more value on absolute answers, but wicked problems are unanswerable because solutions involve tradeoffs and compromised objectives. There is no point of finality in the solution of wicked problems (Kunz & Rittel, 1972).

Refs:

Kunz, Werner, & Rittel, Horst. (1972). Information science: on the structure of its problems. Information Storage Research, 8, 95-98. doi: 10.1016/0020-0271(72)90011-3

More Jan Golembiewski's questions See All
Similar questions and discussions