Harnessing the wisdom of the inner crowd.
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چکیده
Ever since Galton's classic demonstration of the wisdom of crowds in estimating the weight of a slaughtered ox, scholars of the mind and the public alike have been fascinated by the counterintuitive accuracy achieved by simply averaging a number of people's estimates. Surprisingly, individuals can, to some extent, harness the wisdom of crowds within the confines of their own mind by averaging self-generated, nonredundant estimates.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Trends in cognitive sciences
دوره 18 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014