Film Science: Which Picks Great Movies More Accurately, A Film Critic Or An Algorithm?

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 00:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Wine, medicine and movies are two great examples of how the naturalistic fallacy - the old ways are better - retain a vice-like grip on aspects of culture.  The naturalistic fallacy issues of wine tasting and medicine have been well-documented on Science 2.0 and, as anyone who got stuck watching "Crash" or "American Beauty" can tell you, awards and and critical acclaim in films also needs to be replaced with 21st century technology. read more

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