Wisdom of the Crowds

When:
April 28, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
2018-04-28T18:00:00+01:00
2018-04-28T19:30:00+01:00
Where:
Mathematical Institute
Radcliffe Observatory
Oxford OX2
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:

Can the wisdom of the crowd help us estimate the number of sweets in a jar?

From guessing the weight of a cow or the number of sweets in a jar, there is evidence that the average of a crowd’s guesses can deliver surprisingly accurate results.

Professor du Sautoy will carry out a number of live interactive quizzes and experiments to test these ideas and look at how these principles can be harnessed for citizen science projects.