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Crowd Wisdom Principles

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Crowd Wisdom Principles

A ten-minute explainer from Hypermind on the wisdom of crowds, covering Galton's discovery and the diversity theorem. It argues that collective intelligence comes from diversity, independence and aggregation.

HN people cite it as a short explanation of how aggregated individual guesses approach the truth.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2023–2025

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