--- title: "Vital Signs #130: Group Intelligence vs. The Experts" description: Read about the merits of Group Intelligence image: https://www.sjordanassociates.com/hs-fs/file-31291438-jpg/images/sjarectangle1.jpg --- ![](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/hs-fs/file-31291438-jpg/images/sjarectangle1.jpg) # Vital Signs #130: Group Intelligence vs. The Experts Published by [ Scott Jordan ](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/author/scott-jordan) on Tue, Mar 10, 2015 @ 10:00 AM ![The Crowd](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/hs-fs/file-31291438-jpg/images/sjarectangle1.jpg)   “Every week *Who Wants to Be a Millionaire *pitted group intelligence against individual intelligence, and every week, group intelligence won.” ***The Crowd! ***The phrase elicits a range of emotions from extremely pessimistic, “Either the Crowd is never wise, never reasonable and doomed to be extreme,” (Charles Mackay, publisher of *Extraordinary* *Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds*) to profoundly optimistic, James Surowiecki in *The Wisdom of Crowds*, “This intelligence (~collective), or what I’ll call “the wisdom of crowds,” is at work in the world in many different guises. It’s the reason the Internet search engine Google can scan a billion Web pages and find the exact piece of information you were looking for. It’s the reason it’s so hard to make money betting on NFL games, and it helps explain why, for the past fifteen years, a few hundred amateur traders in the middle of Iowa have done a better job of predicting election results than Gallup polls have.” So which is it?!   Click here to read more about Group Intelligence, There is No Substitute, http://www.healthiosxchange.com/documents/2/270/group-intelligence-there-is-no-substitute   To learn more about the leading healthcare investment marketplace, HealthiosXchange, please click  [http://www.healthiosxchange.com/pages/who-we-are](http://www.healthiosxchange.com/pages/who-we-are) Tags: [Crowdfunding](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/topic/crowdfunding), [The Crowd](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/topic/the-crowd) [Back to Blog](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Related Articles ## [Vital Signs #96: David Loucks Introducing HealthiosXchange](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/390722/Vital-Signs-96-David-Loucks-Introducing-HealthiosXchange) [Read More ](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/390722/Vital-Signs-96-David-Loucks-Introducing-HealthiosXchange) ## [Vital Signs #50 - Crowdfunding, Strategics](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/275998/Vital-Signs-50-Crowdfunding-Strategics) HealthiosXchange is a Crowdfunding Portal launched by Healthios, a Chicago-Based healthcare... [Read More ](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/275998/Vital-Signs-50-Crowdfunding-Strategics) ## [Vital Signs #71: HealthiosXchange, Healthcare Crowdfunding Portal](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/326356/Vital-Signs-71-HealthiosXchange-Healthcare-Crowdfunding-Portal) A Message to Healthcare Investors On behalf of Healthios Capital Markets, I am delighted... [Read More ](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/326356/Vital-Signs-71-HealthiosXchange-Healthcare-Crowdfunding-Portal)