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The Wisdom of the Crowd: Guessing Jelly Beans in a Jar

timb6 · Explainer · 5 min · 2011 · YouTube title: BBC - The Code - The Wisdom of the Crowd
Why it's here

Used as a quick, convincing demonstration of crowd estimation when discussing aggregated judgment.

What it covers

Marcus du Sautoy of the BBC demonstrates the wisdom of the crowd, showing that averaging many guesses of jelly beans in a jar lands near the true count.