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.