The Wisdom of Crowds
My incredible discovery from this packet of pasta...
In 1906, Francis Galton made a remarkable discovery: The Wisdom of Crowds. For the sake of speed I will reprint here Derren Brown’s brief retelling of the story:
“It was in 1906 that Galton … attended a farmers' fair in Plymouth where he was intrigued by a weight guessing contest. The goal was to guess the weight of an ox when it was butchered and dress…
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