Re:Wisdom of the Crowd! (Score 1)

The so-called "wisdom of crowds" is merely mob rule by another name and mob rule has a very poor history. Mob rule is behind lynchings, attacks on minorities, ethinic clensing, and other atrocites.

Dear friend, I'm definitely not pointing at the crowd involved in lynchings, attacks on minorities, ethinic clensing, and other atrocites. This is nothing but a group under a strong Authority doing blindly whatever the leader says. Such a crowd should not be confused with the crowd consisting of free thinking, and open minded people. What you are talking about is the crowd which consists of people who give their thinking ability to some Authority and just behave as the authority instructs them to do.
Linux community who has contributed so much to the technology is not that lynching crowd, but a free-thinking, technology sharing and open-minded people. This community doesn't want authoritarian elements spurting in it. This is the wisdom I'm talking about.