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Gwern's real identity is Andre Lahs.

Created by WhoIsGwernAnyway on 2013-10-31; known on 2013-11-01; judged wrong by WhoIsGwernAnyway on 2013-10-31.

  • WhoIsGwernAnyway estimated 90% on 2013-10-31
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway said “https://plus.google.com/116351289085764820132/postson 2013-10-31
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway said “http://trikeapps.com/about/andre-lahs/on 2013-10-31
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway said “Main evidence that set me on this track: https://github.com/tricycle/predictionbook/issues/3on 2013-10-31
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway said “Andre talks about code “excerpted from my Nootropics essay where I am judging my Adderall predictions”. This code snippet matchs up with code in Gwern’s nootropics essay.on 2013-10-31
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway said “Other details add plausability: Andre is associated with TrikeApps/predictionbook, and has almost no internet presence (under that name.)on 2013-10-31
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway said “However, when I emailed Gwern about it, he denied the claim. He says that Andre was quoting him in that post, and although it was not marked as a quote or attributed in any way to anyone.on 2013-10-31
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway said “I accept that. At times people are unclear with their comunication, and althogh this case is pretty grievous, I can see it.on 2013-10-31
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway   judged this prediction wrong on 2013-10-31.
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway said “So, I did not expect it to go this way when I started. I thought I had a pretty good case. But Gwern said I could post about it, although I offered to keep quiet, and that is what convinced me most of all.on 2013-10-31
  • WhoIsGwernAnyway changed the deadline from “on 2013-11-01” and made the prediction on 2013-10-31
  • gwern said “my point was that Lahs did include a <hr> divider between what I wrote and his own commentson 2013-11-01