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Why ignorance is fish.
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- Author(s): Gill, Martha
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New Statesman. 10/12/2012, Vol. 141 Issue 5127, p15-15. 1/2p.
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The article looks at research conducted by ecologist Iain Couzin with fish, demonstrating the value of an uninformed or inexperienced sub-population in improving the outcomes of group decision-making in the entire population. The author suggests the same principle might apply to politics in the U.S. or other countries, with an ignorant sector of the population moderating the influence of well-informed extremists in elections or other political decisions.
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