Statistics
Confidence | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% | 100% | Total |
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Accuracy | 50% | 59% | 67% | 77% | 88% | 92% | |
Sample Size | 11812 | 16505 | 16980 | 17616 | 31357 | 8046 | 102316 |
Judged Predictions
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By the end of this year I will overcome my weakness. ( 60% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by influnza on 2014-05-08; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by influnza on 2015-01-06.
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2014 Less Wrong Survey will have > % female than 2013 Less Wrong Survey. ( 51% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Michael Dickens on 2014-01-28; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by mad on 2015-01-06.
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2014 Less Wrong Survey will have < 20% female. ( 89% confidence; 10 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Michael Dickens on 2014-01-28; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by mad on 2015-01-06.
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There will be a death from Ebola in the UK by January ( 37% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-10-28; known on 2015-01-16; judged wrong by kuudes on 2015-01-05.
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There will be no single event causing the death of over 1 billion people (hereafter defined as an “apocalypse”) before January ( 98% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-11-24; known on 2015-01-16; judged right by kuudes on 2015-01-05.
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I will visit New York City before the fifth of January ( 50% confidence; 4 wagers )
Created by tylercurtis on 2014-10-23; known on 2015-01-05; judged right by tylercurtis on 2015-01-05.
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I will score above 60 on the BIO ( 80% confidence )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-12-16; known on 2014-12-18; judged wrong by sweeneyrod on 2015-01-05.
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I will score above 70 on the BIO ( 40% confidence )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-12-16; known on 2014-12-18; judged wrong by sweeneyrod on 2015-01-05.
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I will get through to the next round of the BIO ( 20% confidence )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-12-17; known on 2014-12-19; judged wrong by sweeneyrod on 2015-01-05.
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Republicans to have fewer seats in the House after the midterm election than they currently have (233). ( 60% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2013-10-02; known on 2015-01-05; judged wrong by JoshuaZ on 2015-01-05.
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Democrats to gain control of the House at the next midterm election. ( 26% confidence; 4 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2013-10-02; known on 2015-01-05; judged wrong by JoshuaZ on 2015-01-05.
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Republicans to gain control of the Senate at the next midterm election. ( 42% confidence; 12 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2013-10-02; known on 2015-01-05; judged right by JoshuaZ on 2015-01-05.
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I will make good predictions in 2014. (ie. 40 to 60% of my predictions with an estimate between 40 and 60% will be true.) ( 50% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Mati on 2014-01-26; known on 2015-01-02; judged right by Mati on 2015-01-05.
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I will have visited the Cronics Institute in 2014. ( 34% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Mati on 2014-02-06; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by Mati on 2015-01-05.
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I will have been in Vancouver in 2014. ( 85% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by Mati on 2014-02-06; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by Mati on 2015-01-05.
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A portfolio with one third of each TWTR, CAS, and GE will do worst than the Dow Jones (not counting dividends) between February 1st 2014 and January 1st 2015 (excluded). ( 60% confidence )
Created by Mati on 2014-01-31; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by Mati on 2015-01-05.
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A portfolio with 10% of each GOOG, AMZN, TSLA, MSFT, EBAY, ORB, MMM, NVDA, DDD, and FMI will do better than the Dow Jones (not counting dividends) between February 1st 2014 and January 1st 2015 (excluded). ( 43% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Mati on 2014-01-31; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by Mati on 2015-01-05.
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I will make at least 100 public predictions on PredictionBook in 2014 (excluding predictions regarding my usage of PredictionBook). ( 20% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by tylercurtis on 2013-10-03; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by tylercurtis on 2015-01-05.
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I will attend Comiket 87. ( 90% confidence )
Created by tylercurtis on 2014-10-16; known on 2014-12-31; judged right by tylercurtis on 2015-01-05.
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EC will attend Comiket 87. ( 47% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by tylercurtis on 2014-10-21; known on 2014-12-31; judged right by tylercurtis on 2015-01-05.
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The main character in Bird Man would swap the prop gun for a real one and shoot himself. ( 60% confidence )
Created by Emmanuel M. Smith on 2015-01-04; known on 2017-05-26; judged right by Emmanuel M. Smith on 2015-01-04.
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I will publish the fanfic I am currently working on to either ff.net or Archive of Our Own by the end of the year. ( 25% confidence; 4 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Calien on 2014-08-19; known on 2014-12-31; judged wrong by sweeneyrod on 2015-01-04.
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I will manage to enroll my son Jacek into deaf children's school, even though by law he has to have a hearing deficit, which he does not have – he has auditory verbal agnosia. ( 78% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by jkadlubo on 2014-02-21; known on 2014-06-30; judged right by jkadlubo on 2015-01-04.
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I will re-watch 3+ of my favorite movies (rated 90th+ percentile) before 2015-01-05 ( 99% confidence )
Created by PseudonymousUser on 2014-10-19; known on 2015-01-05; judged right by PseudonymousUser on 2015-01-04.
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HPMOR: final chapter to be published before Jan 1st of 2015 ( 78% confidence; 5 wagers )
Created by sdr on 2014-01-24; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by sdr on 2015-01-04.
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I will still be in the Pigeon Feeders party (HabitRPG) in 2015 ( 22% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Ham Nox on 2014-05-22; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by Ham Nox on 2015-01-04.
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B will accept my friend request. ( 70% confidence )
Created by EloiseRosen on 2015-01-03; known on 2015-01-15; judged right by EloiseRosen on 2015-01-04.
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Bruce Willis will have more than 5 minutes of screentime in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For ( 20% confidence )
Created by Grognor on 2014-08-21; known on 2014-11-29; judged wrong by Grognor on 2015-01-03.
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The rehearsal on Friday will go ahead ( 40% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-12-30; known on 2015-01-03; judged wrong by sweeneyrod on 2015-01-03.
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I will read 120 books in 2014. ( 55% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by Xammer on 2014-01-31; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by Xammer on 2015-01-03.
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Italian ferry death total to reach at least 15 by January 3rd ( 55% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2014-12-29; known on 2015-01-03; judged wrong by JoshuaZ on 2015-01-03.
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I will still think Her is the best movie of 2014 by the end of 2014 ( 60% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Kytael on 2014-01-24; known on 2014-12-31; judged right by Kytael on 2015-01-03.
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The NYT, WSJ, or The Economist will run an article claiming that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been found (intact or not) before 2015. ( 44% confidence; 9 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by Jayson Virissimo on 2014-03-19; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by mad on 2015-01-03.
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The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge prize goes unclaimed. ( 98% confidence; 8 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by adbge on 2014-01-02; known on 2015-01-02; judged right by mad on 2015-01-03.
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There will be less than 5 alt-coins (out of the 50+ in existence) that will survive 2014 – http://lightspeedindia.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/bitcoin-2014-top-10-predictions/ ( 5% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by lavalamp on 2014-01-13; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by lavalamp on 2015-01-02.
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The price of Bitcoin is likely to range between $4000-5000 by the end of 2014 – http://lightspeedindia.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/bitcoin-2014-top-10-predictions/ ( 9% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by lavalamp on 2014-01-13; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by lavalamp on 2015-01-02.
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More than $100M of venture capital will flow into Bitcoin start-ups in 2014 – http://lightspeedindia.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/bitcoin-2014-top-10-predictions/ ( 38% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by lavalamp on 2014-01-13; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by lavalamp on 2015-01-02.
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By 2015, China will outlaw bitcoin, or otherwise do something to to make it impossible or very difficult to use bitcoin to evade their capital controls. ( 27% confidence; 2 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by lavalamp on 2013-11-28; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by lavalamp on 2015-01-02.
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Man U will beat/draw against Stoke ( 80% confidence )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-12-29; known on 2015-01-02; judged right by sweeneyrod on 2015-01-02.
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Man City will beat/draw against Sunderland ( 65% confidence )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-12-29; known on 2015-01-02; judged right by sweeneyrod on 2015-01-02.
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I will have no overdue tasks on January 1st ( 80% confidence )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-11-03; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by sweeneyrod on 2015-01-02.
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There will be less than 10 wagers on this prediction by the New Year ( 76% confidence; 4 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by sweeneyrod on 2014-11-19; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by sweeneyrod on 2015-01-02.
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Rob Ford will not the mayor of Toronto by January 1, 2015 ( 80% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by JoshuaZ on 2013-05-28; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by JoshuaZ on 2015-01-02.
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Some kind of altercation between China and Japan leads to missiles being launched by the end of 2014 ( 3% confidence )
Created by Ham Nox on 2014-08-11; known on 2015-01-02; judged wrong by kuudes on 2015-01-02.
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I will weight less than 65 kg by end 2014 Started at 77kg now 68kg ( 51% confidence; 3 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by waveman on 2014-01-01; known on 2914-12-31; judged wrong by waveman on 2015-01-02.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky will remain visibly overweight at the end of 2014. ( 71% confidence; 20 wagers; 19 comments )
Created by waveman on 2014-01-21; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by waveman on 2015-01-02.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky will remain visibly overweight at the end of 2016. ( 64% confidence; 5 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by waveman on 2014-02-01; known on 2016-12-31; judged right by gwern on 2017-01-01.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky will remain visibly overweight at the end of 2016. ( 64% confidence; 5 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by waveman on 2014-02-01; known on 2016-12-31; judged right by gwern on 2017-01-01.
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I will do nothing serious this year about my amazing idea to revolutionize social media. ( 93% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by waveman on 2014-02-03; known on 2015-01-01; judged right by waveman on 2015-01-02.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky will remain visibly overweight at the end of 2016. ( 64% confidence; 5 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by waveman on 2014-02-01; known on 2016-12-31; judged right by gwern on 2017-01-01.