This would be very encouraging if proved true. It could speed up the resolution of complex problems. The analogy seems to be those screen-savers that do calculations, independent, and then upload results to researchers.
In a message dated Tue, 6 Nov 2001 3:53:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, Brian D Williams <talon57@well.com> writes:
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> There is a small article (page 54) in the Oct 22, 2001 issue of
> COMPUTERWORLD on "Symbiotic Intelligence".
>
> The conclusion from Norman Johnson, a computational physicist from
> Los Alamos who heads the Symbiotic Intelligence Project is that
> self organizing groups of "average" people can solve complex
> problems better than experts can.
>
> So lets get to work.
>
> www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO64912,00.html
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> Brian
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