Tag: Scientific Revolution
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Collective Wisdom Conditions
This is the third entry in a miniseries about collective wisdom. In The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki detailed the four conditions for collecting wisdom from a population. People must think independently of each other, no groupthink. Their thinking must be decentralized, not influenced by a centralized authority. Such conditions allow for collecting a diversity
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Knowledge, Experience and Wisdom
This is the second entry for a miniseries about wisdom. “Inconceivable!” Vizzini declares this in The Princess Bride, after witnessing events repeatedly conceived and implemented. Inigo Montoya then gives the classic response: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” I think the same thing whenever I
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