kalla724 comments on Crowdsourcing the availability heuristic - Less Wrong

31 Post author: kalla724 25 April 2012 06:20AM

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Comment author: kalla724 27 April 2012 09:29:44PM *  2 points [-]

I see your point, but I'll argue that yes, crowdsourcing is the appropriate term.

Google may be the collective brain of the entire planet, but it will give you only those results you search for. The entire idea here is that you utilize things you can't possibly think of yourself - which includes "which terms should I put into the Google search."

Comment author: chaosmosis 30 April 2012 09:34:16PM 1 point [-]

In real life, you can only ask the people who you're already friends with. That means you'll probably share common biases.

Unless you asked strangers. That might be a good way to fix this.

Comment author: fburnaby 30 April 2012 08:25:56PM *  0 points [-]

Yes. The art of Googling can be pretty difficult, and a few brains are still smarter (though less broadly knowledgeable, perhaps) than Google, at this point in time.