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:Interesting! Another neat example, this one from math, is the recent [http://michaelnielsen.org/polymath1/index.php?title=Main_Page Polymath project].  They post open problems on a Wiki and large numbers of editors collaborate on them.  Finding the best of the public in math is probably easier than in something like chess, as it's usually easy to see who has the correct idea, without regard for his standing.  The first polymath event gave a much nicer proof of a well-known theorem and solved one open problem.  It's probably not "the best of the public" per se, as most contributors are graduate students and professors, but it surely isn't "the best of the experts", and I think the principle here is the same. --[[User:JimR|JimR]] 11:05, 18 December 2009 (EST)

:Interesting! Another neat example, this one from math, is the recent [http://michaelnielsen.org/polymath1/index.php?title=Main_Page Polymath project].  They post open problems on a Wiki and large numbers of editors collaborate on them.  Finding the best of the public in math is probably easier than in something like chess, as it's usually easy to see who has the correct idea, without regard for his standing.  The first polymath event gave a much nicer proof of a well-known theorem and solved one open problem.  It's probably not "the best of the public" per se, as most contributors are graduate students and professors, but it surely isn't "the best of the experts", and I think the principle here is the same. --[[User:JimR|JimR]] 11:05, 18 December 2009 (EST)