wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > The dumping could be counteracted if positive votes couldn't be
> > cancelled out by negatives and vice versa, both would show up.
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385721706/sr=8-1/qid=1145988564/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-1423200-8312725?%5Fencoding=UTF8
>
> The "Wisdom of Crowds" really changed my view on, well, the wisdom of
> crowds. By getting a large set of independent and diverse views,
> "errors" on each side cancel each other out and often the group
> consensus is better than that of "experts". Really its basic
> statistics -- sampling theory -- but "cloaked" in relatively
> non-statistical terms and lots of modern examples.
>
> Note the need for a large number of independent and diverse views.
Which would mean that the system is highly accepted, that is people
would actually vote.
> When these conditions are not met, ignorance manifests. The book
> implicity provides a huge agrument against the consolidation of media.
> And ties to recent discussions of the media's weakness (lack of
> diversification, IMO) resulting in the manifestation of ignorance, not
> wisdom, in the past two presidnetial elections.
Thanks.
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