Tag: Scientific Revolution

  • 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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