The Wisdom of Crowds: Francis Galton’s 1907 Vox Populi, and Why the Long-Term Equity Investor Should Respect the Market’s Verdict Before Betting Against It

Cover: schematic distribution of the 787 weight guesses at Plymouth, 1906 — median 1,207 lb against an actual dressed weight of 1,198 lb, an error of 0.8 per cent

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