The Un-Wisdom Of Crowds: Prediction Markets Failed Their Midterm Exams
- Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 7:11
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“The wisdom of crowds” is not a universal principle of human decision-making. Prediction markets – which automate such group-think – were wrong in all the key races in the midterms. Groups are not always “smarter than the smartest people in them.”