# kaal:claim:3128900-007

**Claim.** Human shortcomings in micro task work such as limited attention span, irrationality, and inaccuracy create a need for verification, but manual verification fails as a remedy because the verifiers are subject to the same human limitations.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- manual verification of micro task work

**Source quote.**

> All too human shortcomings of micro task works, such as limited attention span, irrationality, and inaccuracies result in verification requirements for micro task work. However, manual verification of micro task work is subject to the same human limitations.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation* (2018), 1 Problems in Centralized Mechanical Turk, page 7

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900

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**Failure mode.** Recursive human verification problem  (family: data-quality-and-comparability)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** verification, human-error, quality-control, micro-tasks

**Related claims.**

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