(Maybe the wicked problems emerging from climate change could be tackled through “swarm” thinking - Robert McLean)
The answers to some of the world’s toughest questions could soon be crowdsourced by a computer platform.
A Melbourne University cognitive scientist is building the platform – SWARM – to use collective reasoning to solve problems.
The Wikipedia page about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is an example of collective reasoning working well, Timothy van Gelder tells Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan.
The page provided comprehensive analysis of the various theories, evidence and reasoning behind what may have caused the MH370’s disappearance, he says.
“So we’re looking at something similar. Our question is, if you were to design a Wikipedia-like platform from the outset to support good quality reasoning, what would that be like?
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