The “wisdom of crowds” would only apply if everyone is trying to actually get the answer right, and if the errors of incompetence are somewhat random. A large number of intentional pranksters (or one prankster who says “a googolplex”) can predictably screw up the average by introducing large variance or acting in a non-random fashion.
This seems contradictory. Care to explain?
The “wisdom of crowds” would only apply if everyone is trying to actually get the answer right, and if the errors of incompetence are somewhat random. A large number of intentional pranksters (or one prankster who says “a googolplex”) can predictably screw up the average by introducing large variance or acting in a non-random fashion.