How New Scientist readers predicted the Oscar winners
5 March 2018
We ran a simple experiment to test if the wisdom of the crowd could predict the future. It looks to have been a success
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Intelligence agencies have found that crowds of everyday people can forecast events with surprising accuracy. Now we’re running our own experiment
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Want to know if a dictator will be deposed? Or shares will crash? Intelligence agencies and firms are realising groups of everyday people can foresee what will happen
