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Xeni Jardin asks over at Boing Boing: CNN's "Presidential Showdown Game":
Surowiecki's The Wisdom of Crowds points out that large groups of people do really well at predicting the outcome of things like elections, sporting events, or how much the fat lady weighs. Actually much better than pundits or analysts do.Is it just me, or does this CNN banner ad seem incredibly bizarre, and CNN's online game to "Pick the winner of the popular vote in each state" to be in profoundly bad taste? The winner gets a gigantic HDTV. It feels weird. I mean, since when are these things "Presidential Showdowns?" My people call 'em "Elections."
So while the feel of this whole endeaver may feel smarmy (to say the least) the reality is that we should look at the results very, very closely. If they really get tens of thousands of people guessing "how many jelly beans are in the jar?" the aggregated average is likely to be really, really close to reality.
Just a nitpick - I think you meant Surowiecki.
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