Volunteer gamers trump computers, and science is the winner
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 17:49
in Mathematics & Economics
Scientists have found that everyday people are better than supercomputers at some of the time-consuming tasks that are essential to research. Several websites allow users to do their part. Supercomputers may routinely defeat human chess champions these days, but sometimes regular folks still beat out fancy technology. An example published in the journal Nature this week: Lay people were better than a computer...