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Tag Archives: Francis Galton
Journalism Failures — Big Time
— – In February 2001, Fortune magazine named ENRON the “most innovative company”. – In October 2007, Robin Hanson, on the Overcoming Bias blog, re-published the falsehood that James Surowiecki (and 3 other book authors in their respective book) made … Continue reading
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James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom Of Crowds… still stands.
James Surowiecki’s 4 comments at Overcoming Bias (in October 2007), responding to accusations that he got it all wrong about Francis Galton: — James Surowiecki’s 1st comment: “Galton did not even bother to calculate a mean, as he saw his … Continue reading