Statistics
Confidence | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% | 100% | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accuracy | 50% | 59% | 67% | 77% | 88% | 92% | |
Sample Size | 11812 | 16505 | 16980 | 17616 | 31357 | 8046 | 102316 |
Judged Predictions
-
Tech – iPhone 12 releases in 2020 ( 80% confidence )
Created by jbeshir on 2020-05-23; known on 2021-01-01; judged right by jbeshir on 2021-01-03.
-
Tech – iPhone 12 releases in 2020, and does not include headphones/earphones in the box in the base model. ( 50% confidence )
Created by jbeshir on 2020-05-23; known on 2021-01-01; judged right by jbeshir on 2021-01-03.
-
Politics, Hong Kong – Pro-democracy candidates win a Legislative Council majority in Hong Kong's next legislative election, and such occurs within 2020. ( 9% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by jbeshir on 2020-07-26; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by jbeshir on 2021-01-03.
-
COVID, UK – It is legal for groups of seven non-shielding people to meet for the purposes of Christmas celebration on Christmas Day. ( 73% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by jbeshir on 2020-10-11; known on 2020-12-26; judged right by jbeshir on 2021-01-03.
-
Politics, US – Donald Trump concedes the 2020 US Presidential Election before the start of the 12th of December 2020 ( 50% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by jbeshir on 2020-11-15; known on 2020-12-12; judged wrong by jbeshir on 2021-01-03.
-
COVID, UK – It is not a violation of any guideline or law for a single adult living alone to travel from Edinburgh to Carnforth on the 18th of December 2020 to stay with family. ( 72% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by jbeshir on 2020-11-15; known on 2020-12-19; judged wrong by jbeshir on 2021-01-03.
-
Certain friend will get themselves killed before graduation (given that they graduate). Not necessarily suicide. ( 2% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by playablecharacter on 2017-03-05; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by playablecharacter on 2021-01-03.
-
Trump uses emergency broadcast system to ask for supporters to come to Counter-protest ( 4% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2017-01-14; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by playablecharacter on 2021-01-03.
-
Newport High School will have an active shooter situation by January 1st, 2021 ( 5% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by playablecharacter on 2017-01-15; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by playablecharacter on 2021-01-03.
-
I will suicide before 2021 ( 27% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by playablecharacter on 2017-01-05; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by playablecharacter on 2021-01-03.
-
Trump meets with Kim in 2020 ( 21% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-01-15; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
There will be no state- or nation-wide McDonald’s closures (other than closure of the dining area) due to COVID-19 in Australia in 2020 ( 80% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by sjy on 2020-03-29; known on 2021-01-01; judged right by sjy on 2021-01-03.
-
No OECD nation will have a lockdown (orders which prevent people from attending work, in the absence of any evidence of illness) in place by the end of 2020 ( 50% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by sjy on 2020-03-28; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by sjy on 2021-01-03.
-
The states (+DC) adopting the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact have less combined electoral votes at the end of 2020 than they did in 2019 ( 27% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-01-15; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
I will get a list article published at Cracked.com by 31/12/2020. ( 3% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by najdorf on 2013-02-06; known on 2020-12-31; judged wrong by najdorf on 2021-01-03.
-
No additional toilet malfunction before end of calendar year ( 80% confidence )
Created by Radish on 2020-08-12; known on 2021-01-01; judged right by Radish on 2021-01-03.
-
I get Amazon student prime by EOY ( 60% confidence )
Created by Radish on 2020-08-18; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by Radish on 2021-01-03.
-
Nicolás Maduro will be president of Venezuela on Dec. 31, 2020 ( 81% confidence; 4 wagers )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-01-15; known on 2021-01-01; judged right by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
Scotland will announce an independence referendum in 2020 ( 18% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-01-15; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
'Internet use reaches 5 billion worldwide' in 2020 ( 71% confidence; 10 wagers; 9 comments )
Created by gwern on 2010-10-23; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by PseudonymousUser on 2021-01-03.
-
There will be a 4x GM in Kaggle in 2020 ( 20% confidence )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-01-16; known on 2021-01-01; judged right by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
California has an earthquake with either one death or >$1B in damage in 2020 ( 19% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-01-18; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
Vox Media publishes an article on one of their official news sites about the SSC-NYT affair by the end of the year ( 16% confidence; 6 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-06-24; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
SIP is completed by the end of 2020 ( 98% confidence )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-07-21; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
VR is completed by 2020 ( 95% confidence )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-07-21; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
Denison University exceeds 20 COVID cases by the end of the year ( 80% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-08-07; known on 2021-01-01; judged right by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
At the end of the year, all SlateStarCodex archives are rehosted by Scott on SlateStarCodex or some other site (third-party created archives don't count) AND Scott has written at least one new post on SlateStarCodex or this new site ( 78% confidence; 13 wagers; 13 comments )
Created by peter_hurford on 2020-06-24; known on 2021-01-02; judged wrong by peter_hurford on 2021-01-03.
-
Alcor's Patient Trust Fund will be solvent in 2021. ( 77% confidence; 4 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by gwern on 2011-12-04; known on 2021-01-01; judged right by gwern on 2021-01-02.
-
United States pulls out of NATO ( 23% confidence; 4 wagers )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-11-09; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by sflicht on 2021-01-02.
-
At least one journalist/blogger jailed for criticizing President Trump ( 18% confidence; 9 wagers; 12 comments )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-07-31; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by sflicht on 2021-01-02.
-
SpaceX will launch a Mars orbit or flyby mission before 2021 ( 70% confidence; 12 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by sflicht on 2016-04-28; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by sflicht on 2021-01-02.
-
American ROE (in any relevant theatre) amended to allow US troops to fire on government-associated pakistanis within pakistan borders ( 18% confidence; 4 wagers )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2017-02-21; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by PlacidPlatypus on 2021-01-01.
-
I run 5 km in under 21:00 by next year ( 60% confidence )
Created by sam_jaques on 2020-08-11; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by sam_jaques on 2021-01-01.
-
I run 5km in under 20:00 by the end of the year ( 5% confidence )
Created by sam_jaques on 2020-08-11; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by sam_jaques on 2021-01-01.
-
The UK administers at least 10 million coronavirus vaccines by the end of the year ( 27% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by sam_jaques on 2020-08-12; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by sam_jaques on 2021-01-01.
-
“in the year 2020, we're not even close to the kind of disaster you describe – a convergence of three disasters: global currency collapse, significant warfare between rich and poor, and environmental disasters of some significant size. We won't even be cl ( 87% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by gwern on 2010-08-18; known on 2020-12-31; judged right by Baeboo on 2021-01-01.
-
Robust mouse rejuvenation by 2020 — Aubrey de Grey ( 13% confidence; 14 wagers; 8 comments )
Created by Pablo on 2012-10-01; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by Baeboo on 2021-01-01.
-
Significant third party challengers will temporally emerge within the next eight years in the USA. ( 24% confidence; 12 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by Nadanate on 2012-11-13; known on 2020-12-31; judged wrong by Baeboo on 2021-01-01.
-
America allies with North Korea, declares war on South Korea ( 0% confidence; 9 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-11-09; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by Baeboo on 2021-01-01.
-
#Calexit ( 2% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-11-10; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by Baeboo on 2021-01-01.
-
President Jerry Brown ( 0% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-12-21; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by Baeboo on 2021-01-01.
-
Politics, UK – Brexit transition period ends 31st of December 2020 with no deal or extension. ( 38% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by jbeshir on 2020-09-27; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by Baeboo on 2021-01-01.
-
The Sun will rise on 1 January 2021 ( 100% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by sjy on 2020-11-02; known on 2021-01-01; judged right by Baeboo on 2021-01-01.
-
Sometime in 2020, Satoshi Nakamoto's bitcoins suddenly start to move again, having not moved until 2020. ( 9% confidence; 7 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by themusicgod1 on 2016-05-02; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by JoshuaZ on 2021-01-01.
-
Kim Jong Un confirmed dead or vegetative state by end of June 2020 ( 23% confidence; 19 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by batemancapital on 2020-04-26; known on 2020-06-30; judged unknown by PseudonymousUser on 2021-10-13.
-
China will be revealed to have been faking data of COVID-19 confirmed cases by at least 30% on or before the end of year 2020. ( 51% confidence; 6 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by jacobgreenleaf on 2020-04-08; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by jacobgreenleaf on 2021-01-01.
-
Created by korakos on 2020-11-29; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by korakos on 2021-01-01.
-
Arbital to become a top-1000 site by 2020 ( 9% confidence; 12 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by InquilineKea on 2016-05-29; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by Issa Rice on 2021-01-01.
-
By the end of 2020, gwern will write a new article for the English Wikipedia and Vipul Naik will pay for the work https://contractwork.vipulnaik.com/ ( 8% confidence; 4 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Issa Rice on 2017-01-03; known on 2021-01-01; judged wrong by Issa Rice on 2021-01-01.
-
S&P500 crashes by more than 5% in a session within 3 months. ( 70% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by abelriboulot on 2020-08-04; known on 2020-11-04; judged wrong by Stephen on 2021-01-01.