Statistics
| Confidence | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% | 100% | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | 44% | 55% | 61% | 73% | 85% | 88% | |
| Sample Size | 926 | 1392 | 1366 | 1259 | 2004 | 533 | 7480 |
Recent Predictions
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I will achieve a passing score on both practice tests. ( 65% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo about 1 hour ago; known in 2 days; judged wrong by Jayson Virissimo 21 minutes ago.
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I will achieve a passing score on practice test #2. ( 80% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo about 1 hour ago; known in 2 days.
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I will achieve a passing score on practice test #1. ( 80% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Jayson Virissimo about 1 hour ago; known in about 9 hours; judged wrong by Jayson Virissimo 21 minutes ago.
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Google will get involved in a case brought by European regulators for antitrust or privacy issues before mid 2013 ( 65% confidence )
Created by RandomThinker about 3 hours ago; known on 2013-06-01.
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NY taxi fares will go up > 15% by end of the year. ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker about 3 hours ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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Skyfall (James Bond movie) will do worse than expected (4 wk gross < 170m @ HSX) ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker about 3 hours ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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I will complete my daily Anki review within the next 10 hours. ( 60% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 1 day ago; known about 15 hours ago; judged right by Jayson Virissimo about 14 hours ago.
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I will complete chapter 18 of the All-In-One CompTIA Network+ Exam Guide within the next 10 hours. ( 100% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 1 day ago; known about 15 hours ago; judged right by Jayson Virissimo about 20 hours ago.
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I will complete chapter 17 of the All-In-One CompTIA Network+ Exam Guide within the next 10 hours. ( 100% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 2 days ago; known 1 day ago; judged right by Jayson Virissimo 1 day ago.
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GB will out-medal GB in the 2012 olympic games ( 51% confidence; 3 comments )
Created by Ben Doherty 2 days ago; known on 2012-08-12.
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Facebook will fall below it’s offering price ($38) next week ( 53% confidence; 2 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 3 days ago; known in 4 days; judged right by RandomThinker about 17 hours ago.
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“I predict that by 2030, China will lay an ownership claim to the entire moon.”- Kelly L Anderson ( 4% confidence; 4 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by JoshuaZ 3 days ago; known on 2030-01-01.
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India will overtake US as Facebook’s biggest market by end of 2015 — CNBC, Gartner ( 35% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 4 days ago; known on 2015-12-31.
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I’ll organize another LW-meetup this year. ( 70% confidence )
Created by wallowinmaya 6 days ago; known on 2012-11-16.
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I will complete my Anki physics deck and merge it with my master deck within the next 10 hours. ( 60% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 6 days ago; known 6 days ago; judged right by Jayson Virissimo 6 days ago.
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I will complete my daily Anki review within the next 10 hours. ( 100% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 6 days ago; known 6 days ago; judged right by Jayson Virissimo 6 days ago.
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I will complete chapter 16 of the All-In-One CompTIA Network+ Exam Guide within the next 10 hours. ( 100% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 6 days ago; known 6 days ago; judged right by Jayson Virissimo 6 days ago.
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App Store revenues will break $10,000 for the first 30 days after app launch. ( 10% confidence )
Created by gsaines 6 days ago; known on 2012-06-26.
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Batman the Dark Knight Rises will do worse than expected (4wk gross < 415m on HSX) ( 50% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by RandomThinker 7 days ago; known on 2012-08-31.
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Conditional on working any days, Grognor will work 1<=x<=14 months for Walmart. ( 67% confidence; 4 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by gwern 8 days ago; known on 2013-08-14.
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The movie Battleship will do worse than expected (4wk gross < 107.2m per HSX) ( 65% confidence )
Created by RandomThinker 8 days ago; known on 2012-07-01.
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Avengers will outgross Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 (global box office > 1.32b) ( 85% confidence )
Created by RandomThinker 8 days ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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Avengers will outgross Titanic (global box office > 2.18b) ( 60% confidence )
Created by RandomThinker 8 days ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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Avengers will outgross Avatar (global box office > 2.78b) ( 40% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 8 days ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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Eduardo Saverin will un-renounce or try to regain his US citizenship sometime in his life ( 28% confidence; 6 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 8 days ago; known on 2072-12-31.
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Europe will abandon austerity policy by end of 2013 ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 8 days ago; known on 2013-12-31.
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Rondo will end up with more career playoff triple doubles than Larry Bird (he’ll pass Bird by 2015) ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 9 days ago; known on 2015-07-01.
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I will pass my Geometry course. ( 72% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by acephalus 9 days ago; known on 2012-08-22.
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There’ll be another big trader loss incident (involving over $1b in losses) reported before end of 2013 ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 9 days ago; known on 2013-12-31.
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Apple long-rumored TV product will not arrive in 2012 ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 9 days ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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I will attend my Statistics exam. ( 63% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by acephalus 9 days ago; known in 24 days.
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I will attend my Geometry exam. ( 80% confidence )
Created by acephalus 9 days ago; known on 2012-06-22.
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I will have sex with a woman before 2013. ( 38% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by acephalus 9 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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The US will default on its debt in 2013 — Matthew Yglesias ( 15% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 9 days ago; known on 2013-12-31.
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When I retest my IQ at the end of my n-back experiment my IQ will have increased by equal to or greater than 5 points. ( 40% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 11 days ago; known on 2012-07-01.
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I will still be alive in 2078. ( 53% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 11 days ago; known on 2078-01-01.
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Gold has peaked for the next 5 years (spot gold < 1900 until 1-1-2017) ( 45% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 11 days ago; known on 2017-01-01.
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There’ll be no iPad Mini in 2012 ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 11 days ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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Rutaesomn will offer to send me some free pills. ( 10% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by gwern 11 days ago; known in 20 days.
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Greece will have another election by end of June, 2012 ( 65% confidence )
Created by RandomThinker 11 days ago; known on 2012-07-01.
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I will die by non-suicide means by the end of 2012. ( 0% confidence; 7 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Grognor 12 days ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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Death Note: Equestria: Spike is L ( 47% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by gwern 12 days ago; known in 19 days; judged wrong by gwern 12 days ago.
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I will squat 1.5x my own bodyweight or more for 5 sets of 5 reps with equal to or less than 1 minute rests before 2013. ( 55% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 13 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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I will deadlift 1.5x my own bodyweight or more for 5 sets of 5 reps with equal to or less than 1 minute rests before 2013. ( 68% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 13 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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I will run 4 miles in 30 minutes or less before 2013. ( 75% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 13 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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Tablet market will grow 5x in 5 years (424.9 million units by 2017) —NPD ( 33% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 13 days ago; known on 2018-03-01.
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Google self driving car will get in an accident (involving human injury or property damage > $2k) before end of 2018. ( 58% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 13 days ago; known on 2018-12-31.
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I will complete chapter 1 of Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid within the next 10 hours. ( 55% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 14 days ago; known 14 days ago; judged wrong by Jayson Virissimo 14 days ago.
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Apple will switch away from Samsung as the fab for its processors in iPhones and iPads by end of 2014 ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 15 days ago; known on 2014-12-31.
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At most 1 of the NYT profiled hot startups (Pinterest, Path, Pinwheel, Taskrabbit, Dropbox, Square, Quora, Uber, Airtime) will be acquired before the end of 2013. ( 55% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 15 days ago; known on 2013-12-31.
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I will complete chapter 10 of the All-In-One CompTIA Network+ Exam Guide within the next 8 hours. ( 60% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 16 days ago; known 16 days ago; judged wrong by Jayson Virissimo 15 days ago.
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Facebook IPO price will “pop” above $45 on first day ( 67% confidence; 3 wagers; 8 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 16 days ago; known in 10 days; judged wrong by bobpage 3 days ago.
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Facebook will buy Evernote before end of 2013 ( 22% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by RandomThinker 16 days ago; known on 2013-12-31.
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Japan will restart nuclear reactors before end of 2020 ( 68% confidence; 6 wagers; 9 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 16 days ago; known on 2020-12-31.
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The margin of victory in the French election will be less than 5 points ( 65% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 16 days ago; known in 8 days; judged right by RandomThinker 15 days ago.
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Knicks will be swept in the first round of NBA playoffs ( 70% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 16 days ago; known 12 days ago; judged wrong by RandomThinker 15 days ago.
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Dewey LaBoeuf (law firm) will cease to exist by the end of 2012 ( 70% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 16 days ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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Yahoo will change CEO’s before end of 2012 ( 73% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 16 days ago; known on 2012-12-31; judged right by RandomThinker 8 days ago.
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The “blind lawyer” Chinese dissident will come to the US (for however long) before end of 2012 ( 68% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 16 days ago; known on 2012-12-31; judged right by RandomThinker 2 days ago.
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By the end of the summer, I will have memorized over 500 words in Italian. ( 65% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by pkfalu92 17 days ago; known on 2012-09-01.
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By the end of the summer, I will have memorized 1000 words in Italian. ( 35% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by pkfalu92 17 days ago; known on 2012-09-01.
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By 12am tonight, I will have written my HIS paper. ( 70% confidence )
Created by pkfalu92 17 days ago; known 17 days ago; judged right by pkfalu92 16 days ago.
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I will reply to Kawoomba’s comment (http://www.reddit.com/r/DebateReligion/comments/t5svm/to_all_the_rational_is_framed_by_the_reasonable/c4k5xk8) ( 98% confidence )
Created by khafra 17 days ago; known 17 days ago; judged right by HonoreDB 15 days ago.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky retracts or significantly edits one of the posts in the quantum physics sequence in the next two years. ( 6% confidence; 5 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by papermachine 18 days ago; known on 2014-05-03.
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I will finish a second draft of my article before my advisor meeting tomorrow. ( 30% confidence )
Created by papermachine 18 days ago; known 18 days ago; judged right by papermachine 7 days ago.
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I will complete Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots within the next 150 days. ( 40% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 19 days ago; known on 2012-09-30.
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I will complete Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty within the next 120 days. ( 45% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 19 days ago; known on 2012-08-31.
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I will complete Metal Gear Solid within the next 90 days. ( 50% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 19 days ago; known on 2012-08-01.
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I will complete Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker within the next 60 days. ( 60% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 19 days ago; known on 2012-07-02.
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I will complete Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater within the next 30 days. ( 75% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 19 days ago; known in 11 days; judged right by Jayson Virissimo 3 days ago.
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I will attempt suicide this year ( 38% confidence; 2 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by Leo 20 days ago; known on 2013-05-03.
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http://dkmvs.com/ will rank #1 on Google searches for “dick moves” in Australia ( 60% confidence )
Created by scott.arbeitman 20 days ago; known in 15 days.
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I will complete my daily Anki review within the next 10 hours. ( 80% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 20 days ago; known 20 days ago; judged wrong by Jayson Virissimo 20 days ago.
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I will complete chapter 9 of the All-In-One CompTIA Network+ Exam Guide within the next 10 hours. ( 60% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 20 days ago; known 20 days ago; judged right by Jayson Virissimo 20 days ago.
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Looking back from 2016, people will say that Microsoft “got” social networking better than Google. ( 33% confidence; 3 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 20 days ago; known on 2016-12-31.
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Neutrino communication will be used commercially for high-frequency trading within 10 years. ( 11% confidence; 7 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by gwern 20 days ago; known on 2022-05-01.
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Google will buy RIMM before the end of 2013 ( 25% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 20 days ago; known on 2013-12-31.
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I will complete my daily Anki review within the next 7 hours. ( 95% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 21 days ago; known 21 days ago; judged wrong by Jayson Virissimo 21 days ago.
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I will go back to China before Chirstmas this year. ( 58% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by happyday 21 days ago; known on 2012-08-09.
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I will complete chapter 8 of the All-In-One CompTIA Network+ Exam Guide within the next 7 hours. ( 55% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 21 days ago; known 21 days ago; judged right by Jayson Virissimo 21 days ago.
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I predict that in the next two hours, I will finish 90% of the assignment I’m working on ( 90% confidence )
Created by Selector_3 22 days ago; known 22 days ago; judged wrong by Selector_3 21 days ago.
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I will complete chapter 8 of the All-In-One CompTIA Network+ Exam Guide within the next 10 hours. ( 75% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 22 days ago; known 22 days ago; judged wrong by Jayson Virissimo 22 days ago.
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I will finish Learn Python the Hard way by the end of the School Year ( 65% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by meisnewbie 22 days ago; known in 26 days.
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Seth Roberts will not post a blog post on my (supposedly) null result for taking vitamin D in the morning. ( 83% confidence; 2 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by gwern 23 days ago; known 19 days ago; judged right by gwern 20 days ago.
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I predict that if I logout from my account on this website, I will be unable to login again. A notification in red will appear that says “Couldn’t log you in as…” ( 100% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Selector_3 24 days ago; known 23 days ago.
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Zeo vitamin D morning: Week 7 &8: placebo then vitamin D ( 70% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by gwern 24 days ago; known 24 days ago; judged right by gwern 24 days ago.
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Michael Green did not have any explosives on him. ( 90% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RobFisher 25 days ago; known 20 days ago.
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I will pass exam 220-702 tomorrow. ( 63% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 25 days ago; known 24 days ago; judged right by Jayson Virissimo 24 days ago.
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3D technologies (like 3D TV channels) will become widespread by the year 2013. Football matches will be screened in 3D as well. ( 58% confidence; 6 wagers; 8 comments )
Created by Selector 25 days ago; known on 2013-01-31.
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US domestic movie box office for summer in 2012 will be higher than 2011 ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker 25 days ago; known on 2012-10-01.
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Apple will be a trillion dollar company before end of 2016 ( 59% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 26 days ago; known on 2016-12-31.
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I will still learn French by the end of the year. ( 95% confidence )
Created by Emanuel Rylke 26 days ago; known on 2012-12-31.
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Planetary Resources won’t be mining asteroids by 2020 ( 87% confidence; 7 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by RandomThinker 26 days ago; known on 2020-01-01.
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I will complete chapter 8 of the All-In-One CompTIA Network+ Exam Guide within the next 4 hours. ( 60% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 27 days ago; known 27 days ago; judged wrong by Jayson Virissimo 27 days ago.
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I will listen to the entire lecture series Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation by Mark W. Muesse within the next 3 weeks. ( 55% confidence )
Created by Jayson Virissimo 27 days ago; known 6 days ago.
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GSoC 2012: “Haskell-Type-Exts” ( 55% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 27 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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GSoC 2012: “multiuser browser-based interactive ghci, hpaste.org meets tryhaskell.org, for improved teaching of those new to Haskell.” ( 80% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 27 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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GSoC 2012: “Enable GHC to use multiple instances of a package for compilation” ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 27 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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GSoC 2012: “Sandboxed builds and isolated environments for Cabal” ( 75% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 27 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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GSoC 2012: “Accelerating Haskell Application Development” ( 40% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 27 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
