In crowd wisdom, the ‘surprisingly popular’ answer can trump ignorance of the masses

Monday, February 6, 2017 - 12:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Crowd wisdom such as what might arise from online voting is popularly assumed to provide better answers than any one person by aggregating multiple perspectives. Democratic methods, however, tend to favor the most popular information, ... Read more

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