Category: Majority
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Expert decisions…
Does a mass on a mammogram indicate breast cancer? Will Serbia be a member of the EU by 2025? Will there be more floods in Germany in five years' time? The diagnoses and predictions made by doctors, scientists, and experts often have far-reaching consequences. And in many cases, it is only years later that it…
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The many, the few, the Truth… [Twitter and correct information spreading]
In the maelstrom of information, opinion and conjecture that is Twitter, the voice of truth and reason does occasionally prevail, according to a new study. Tweets from "official accounts" can slow the spread of rumors on Twitter and correct misinformation that's taken on a life of its own. The research team from the Emerging Capacities…
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Consumers. Products. The curse of the “majority”. One. Many. People lost…
Research demonstrates how consumer product reviews published on the internet could be analyzed through data mining techniques and allow designers to find ways to improve a given product or even add features that had not occurred to the manufacturer. (1) Our world is based on what the majority wants. Our world is based on what…
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We are all gay. And black. And women. And…
When some years ago his enemies wanted to hurt the image of Comandante Marcos, they spread the rumor that he is gay. The answer from the leader of the Zapatistas was not something like "Subcomandante has laid half of Mexico" but a rather surprising answer which make his movement even more popular. "Yes, Marcos is…
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Quality in the Internet. Garbage in the Internet. The oppression of the (stupid) majority_
Search the Internet for quality content. Find music "mixes" which are just a concatenation of songs. With thousands of page-views. Find good mixes which took hours into the making. With a mere dozen of page-views. Say hello to the oppression of majority. Say good bye to quality. Meet the "Internet".
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