>
> --- In [email protected], anony_sleuth_ff <no_reply@>
> 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
Well, even 30-40% voting is quite large -- both in absolute numbers,
and as a compared to good sample sizes (which are much smaller).
If the voters are diverse (different regions, incomes, educations,
family backgrounds, occupations, etc, and independent (less than
10%-20%of voters listen to Fox News, Rush or PBS Newshour) then the
wisdom of crowds manifests. Thus the % of voters is less an issue --
but the concentration of media is.
The hopeful savior is the internet -- as more people get news and
information from much more diverse sources -- papers across country
and world, diverse mags, journals and blogs, web casts of diverse news
sources, etc.
>
> > 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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