Consensus

The ignorance and wisdom of the crowd

AAARHHHH! goes the crowd!…   photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash

Background Video

Wisdom of the crowd

Check out this video by Mehdi Moussaid for an introduction to the wisdom of the crowd (ca. 14 minutes).

Required Reading

Read Mannes, Soll, and Larrick (2014) (ca. 120 minutes) to get an overview of theoretical and empirical work on the wisdom of the crowds.

Mannes, A. E., Soll, J. B., & Larrick, R. P. (2014). The wisdom of select crowds. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107(2), 276–299. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0036677

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