tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200358893539431848.post5183624634911656998..comments2023-11-02T08:08:51.638+00:00Comments on nick burcher: Eurovision jury voting returns - the 'wisdom of crowds' isn't always the best solution?Nick Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882585281219264601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200358893539431848.post-17382871531094130432008-09-18T19:34:00.000+01:002008-09-18T19:34:00.000+01:00So one vote per person coupled with a population w...So one vote per person coupled with a population weighting factor would make more logical sense - but doing this would probably spoil some of the drama. It may also stop our house voting 17 times for Sweden!<BR/><BR/>The wisdom of crowds ox example is based on using the w of c to solve a mathematical problem. As soon as you introduce any sort of emotive subject then I think it gets more complicated - especially with cyclical trends in fashion / music / culture etc where 'the answer' changes every year.Nick Burcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00362469077618878025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200358893539431848.post-65388224061928226842008-09-17T10:52:00.000+01:002008-09-17T10:52:00.000+01:00Laughing at the yellow card!In my view Eurovision ...Laughing at the yellow card!<BR/><BR/>In my view Eurovision was never really an example of the W o C for several reasons - <BR/><BR/>- Not a votes were equal - the votes of Latvia (pop 2.2m) were equal to the votes of Germany (pop 82.4m)<BR/><BR/>- People could vote multiple times <BR/><BR/>- People didn't always vote for the best song, they voted for other reasons. There were lots of new states voting for each other, and I myself was partly responsible for making Lordi the winner a couple of years ago, purely for th crack of it.<BR/><BR/>I think, as you say, that the W o C is very bad in matters of cultural taste - and also is massively overused as a concept. Also I gave up reading the book midway through because I disagreed with so much of it!<BR/><BR/>DanDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735828140954046581noreply@blogger.com