Comments on: Humans follow the crowd, even when it’s wrong (Leeb) http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/07/22/humans-follow-the-crowd-even-when-its-wrong-leeb/ A web site by Joshua Sowin that addresses culture, books, technology, ecology, religion, and other topics. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:43:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: steveballmer http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/07/22/humans-follow-the-crowd-even-when-its-wrong-leeb/#comment-75500 steveballmer Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:24:07 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/07/22/humans-follow-the-crowd-even-when-its-wrong-leeb/#comment-75500 ... Apple people! … Apple people!

]]> By: Blaine http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/07/22/humans-follow-the-crowd-even-when-its-wrong-leeb/#comment-75160 Blaine Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:14:05 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/07/22/humans-follow-the-crowd-even-when-its-wrong-leeb/#comment-75160 I disagree with the wording of that conclusion. It should be, "...even when the crowd clearly conflicts with their own judgement." If, for example, they had asked "What is 2+2?" and the group had said "Five," I don't think many test subjects would have agreed. In that hypothetical, the group is clearly wrong, but here, their judgement of the lines' lengths simply does not agree with the test subjects' own. Either way, an interesting experiment. I apologize for my uneloquence. I disagree with the wording of that conclusion. It should be, “…even when the crowd clearly conflicts with their own judgement.” If, for example, they had asked “What is 2+2?” and the group had said “Five,” I don’t think many test subjects would have agreed. In that hypothetical, the group is clearly wrong, but here, their judgement of the lines’ lengths simply does not agree with the test subjects’ own.

Either way, an interesting experiment. I apologize for my uneloquence.

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