Comments on: Of oxes and the wisdom of crowds: Lior Zoref at TED2012

By: A leap of faith — off the top of a 1,148 foot tall building | TEDActive Blog

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:18:46 +0000

[...] even jumping off a building for fun. We spotted brave TEDActivator Doug Abrams and TED2012 speaker Lior Zoref ”sky-jumping” at the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas. The experience, called Sky [...]

By: The Wisdom of Crowds | The Chuffed Boffin

The Wisdom of Crowds | The Chuffed Boffin — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:16:35 +0000

[...] of uninformed opinions we can approach a truth (big emphasis on can). Consider the case of Lior Zoref, who brought a live ox on stage at a 2012 TED conference and asked 500 uninformed conference attendees to guess it’s weight (estimates were sent [...]

By: paul najar

paul najar — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:13:01 +0000

Why can we not do something like this to solve the dispute in the Middle East? The Israelis and the Palestinians are trapped in their own drama, pain, and conflict. Both peoples share the common ancestor of Abraham. They are cousins and it is breaking our collective hearts that this horrible conflict lingers in this sacred place. There has got to be a way that the “wisdom of the crowds” could intervene. Perhaps peace treaties could be negotiated on-line allowing participation of the majority. That is the majority of us who are not so close to the conflict that we cannot see a way out.

By: Yotpo Blog | Wisdom of the Crowd

Yotpo Blog | Wisdom of the Crowd — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:12:29 +0000

[...] http://blog.ted.com/2012/02/29/of-oxes-and-the-wisdom-of-crowds-lior-zoref-at-ted2012/ [...]

By: GfK Blog » Blog Archive » Why Online? It’s Where Influentials Are Headed

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:28:26 +0000

[...] fast? Lior Zoref, an Israeli Ph.D. student, put the question to the test in a recent TED talk, asking viewers of his presentation to go to a website and estimate the weight of an ox he’d [...]

By: Change is Good: E is for Engagement « The Slalom Blog

Change is Good: E is for Engagement « The Slalom Blog — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:55:37 +0000

[...] a recent TEDx event in Los Angeles, Lior Zoref successfully demonstrated the wisdom of crowds by bringing an ox onto stage and asking the crowd to [...]

By: Crowd prediction of NFL games « Learning From Data

Crowd prediction of NFL games « Learning From Data — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:00:31 +0000

[...] year, Lior Zoref actually bring a live ox on stage of [...]

By: Why Online? It’s Where Influentials Are Headed « gfktrendtalk

Why Online? It’s Where Influentials Are Headed « gfktrendtalk — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:21:24 +0000

By: TED moments | Jenny Lantz

TED moments | Jenny Lantz — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:57:09 +0000

[...] Han är nämligen doktorand inom kollektiv kognition och nätverk och vill visa på dess styrka. När det är dags för Liors framträdande har han övat över 400 gånger och bestämt sig för [...]

By: karsenti

karsenti — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:18:21 +0000

Reblogged this on Karsenti and commented: Try this at home...