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 |
Recent Predictions
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Tablet Sales will not overtake PC sales by Jan 1 2014. (see http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/technology/as-new-ipad-debut-nears-some-see-decline-of-pcs.html?hpw) ( 85% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-06; known on 2014-01-01; judged right by dk on 2014-03-21.
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iPad market share in Tablets will stay above 50% through November 1 2013 (2 years after Kindle release) ( 60% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-06; known on 2013-11-01; judged wrong by PseudonymousUser on 2014-01-02.
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Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-06; known on 2014-03-01; judged right by dk on 2014-03-21.
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Chinese stock market index will be higher 1 year from now (measured by SSE, which is 2410 right now, on Mar 5, 2013) ( 67% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-06; known on 2013-03-05; judged wrong by RandomThinker on 2013-04-23.
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I will read through Alicorn's Living Luminously sequence by the end of March. Any skimming not made up for will result as a failure. ( 80% confidence )
Created by Christopher on 2012-03-06; known on 2012-04-01; judged right by Christopher on 2012-03-10.
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The week end class trip won't happen due to rain ( 29% confidence; 7 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by wajdiatwah on 2012-03-06; known on 2012-03-09; judged wrong by Ben Doherty on 2012-03-13.
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GJP: #1097 Will Tunisia officially announce an extension of its current state of emergency before 1 April 2012? ( 62% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2012-03-06; known on 2012-04-02; judged right by gwern on 2012-04-04.
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GJP: #1099 Before 1 April 2012, will Al-Saadi Gaddafi be extradited to Libya? ( 45% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-03-06; known on 2012-04-02; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-03.
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GJP: #1101 Will Laurent Lamothe be ratified as Haiti’s Prime Minister before 1 April 2012? ( 40% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-03-06; known on 2012-04-02; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-03.
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GJP: #1103 Before 1 April 2012, will the Sudan and South Sudan governments officially announce an agreement on oil transit fees? ( 21% confidence; 4 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by gwern on 2012-03-06; known on 2012-04-02; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-03.
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GJP: #1104 Will Yemeni government forces regain control of the towns of Jaar and Zinjibar from Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) before 1 April 2012? ( 30% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-03-06; known on 2012-04-02; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-03.
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GJP: #1102 Will Ireland ratify the European Fiscal Compact in a referendum vote before 1 October 2012? ( 60% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2012-03-06; known on 2012-10-02; judged right by Laurent Bossavit on 2012-09-19.
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GJP: #1098 Will a foreign or multinational military force fire on, invade, or enter Syria between 6 March 2012 and 31 December 2012? ( 50% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-03-06; known on 2013-01-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2013-01-01.
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GJP: #1100 Will the Colombian government and FARC commence official talks before 1 January 2013? ( 40% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-03-06; known on 2013-01-02; judged right by gwern on 2013-01-02.
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The US will have have laws or regulations to outlaw normal people destroying drones by end of 2022 (10 years from now) ( 48% confidence; 7 wagers; 33 comments )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-06; known on 2022-12-31.
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Ares/Mars will make an on-screen appearance in Assassin's Creed 3, as a member of the First Civilization. ( 10% confidence )
Created by papermachine on 2012-03-05; known on 2012-11-01; judged wrong by papermachine on 2012-11-01.
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The character of George Washington will make a Face Heel Turn in Assassin's Creed 3. ( 35% confidence; 4 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by papermachine on 2012-03-05; known on 2012-11-01; judged right by papermachine on 2012-11-01.
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Assassin's Creed 3 will be available in the United States by October 31, 2012 ( 71% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by papermachine on 2012-03-05; known on 2012-11-01; judged right by papermachine on 2012-11-01.
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I'll be able to stick to my 2012 New Year resolution of 'no mammal meat for a year' till Dec 31, 2012. ( 20% confidence; 8 comments )
Created by roshni on 2012-03-05; known on 2012-12-31; judged right by roshni on 2012-12-31.
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I will read Deus Ex: Icarus Effect in less than 1 month from now. ( 55% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by Jayson Virissimo on 2012-03-05; known on 2012-04-05; judged right by Jayson Virissimo on 2012-03-21.
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An off-planet Playboy club is operational before 2030. ( 9% confidence; 11 wagers; 10 comments )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-03-05; known on 2030-01-01.
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An off-planet Playboy Club is operational before 2020. ( 5% confidence; 9 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-03-05; known on 2020-01-01; judged wrong by Bruno Parga on 2020-01-01.
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CDS on Greek Debt will be triggered by May 1 (about 6 weeks) ( 70% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-05; known on 2012-05-01; judged right by RandomThinker on 2012-03-11.
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Philadelphia will get past the first round of the 2012 NBA playoffs ( 45% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-05; known on 2012-05-20; judged right by RandomThinker on 2012-05-11.
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Jeremy Lin's NBA career will last over 2 years (defining he's done if he doesn't play more than 250 mins a season — around 3 minutes a game) ( 50% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-05; known on 2014-06-16; judged right by RandomThinker on 2014-07-07.
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US obesity is going down (2012 “obesity” as measured by government health data will be lower than the percentage in 2011) ( 53% confidence; 5 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-05; known on 2013-02-15; judged wrong by RandomThinker on 2013-06-15.
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The Syrian regime will reach EOL by december 2012. ( 48% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by PseudonymousUser on 2012-03-04; known on 2012-12-16; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-12-27.
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I will finish Capes by Thursday 15 March 2012 ( 75% confidence )
Created by richardw on 2012-03-04; known on 2012-03-15; judged right by richardw on 2012-03-18.
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Miami Heat will win NBA championship in 2012 ( 49% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-02; known on 2012-06-16; judged right by RandomThinker on 2012-06-22.
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Windows will have greater than 12% market share of smart phones by March 2013 (12 months from now). ( 20% confidence; 8 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by RandomThinker on 2012-03-02; known on 2013-03-01; judged wrong by Emanuel Rylke on 2013-03-01.
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Flight TT543 will be within 10 minutes of on time arrival into Melbourne ( 60% confidence )
Created by Ben Doherty on 2012-03-02; known on 2012-03-03; judged right by Ben Doherty on 2012-03-05.
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[Russia] Vladimir Putin will receive at least 60% of the vote (official election results). ( 58% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by chemotaxis101 on 2012-03-02; known on 2012-03-09; judged right by RandomThinker on 2012-03-05.
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[Marginal Revolution] Facebook Credits, or some other pseudo-currency, will become widely accepted for offline transactions throughout the world within ten years. ( 45% confidence; 2 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by chemotaxis101 on 2012-03-02; known on 2022-12-31.
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A Republican or Democratic candidate who publicly espouses Scientology will trade >=5% at any point on the Intrade market for his party's Presidential candidate nomination. ( 12% confidence; 6 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2012-03-01; known on 2017-03-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2017-03-01.
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IT / Scarlet Tea & Cakes 1/3/2012 ( 68% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by doctor_regtools on 2012-03-01; known on 2012-03-01; judged right by Michael Stevens on 2012-03-01.
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I will continue posting on my blog until the end of this year. ( 50% confidence; 5 comments )
Created by Jayson Virissimo on 2012-03-01; known on 2013-01-01; judged wrong by Jayson Virissimo on 2013-01-02.
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JG will bail on this project ( 27% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by Ben Doherty on 2012-03-01; known on 2012-03-04; judged wrong by Ben Doherty on 2012-03-05.
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First-year sales of Rowling's new book will be less than 40% of the first-year sales of Deathly Hallows (44 million according to Wikipedia.) ( 77% confidence; 13 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-29; known on 2013-12-20; judged right by Grognor on 2013-12-24.
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Computer Go running on commodity hardware (<$2k) to reach world champion level (>=9 dan) by 2030 ( 84% confidence; 27 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-29; known on 2030-01-01.
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“[O]n March 14th 2014 there will not be any Apple hardware products for sale at JB Hi-Fi stores” Ruslan Kogan ( 55% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-28; known on 2014-03-14; judged wrong by Ben Doherty on 2014-03-14.
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Conditional on competing in figure skating in the 2014 Winter Olympics, Yuna Kim will win a gold medal ( 54% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by PseudonymousUser on 2012-02-28; known on 2014-02-23; judged wrong by PseudonymousUser on 2014-02-20.
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Yuna Kim will compete in figure skating in the 2014 Winter Olympics ( 70% confidence; 5 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by PseudonymousUser on 2012-02-28; known on 2014-02-23; judged right by PseudonymousUser on 2014-02-19.
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I will have workable futures trading strategy in place. This is a replacement for another prediction where I put the wrong date in. ( 15% confidence )
Created by waveman on 2012-02-28; known on 2012-03-31; judged wrong by waveman on 2012-03-31.
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I'll make it out of studio by 4:45 ( 50% confidence )
Created by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-27; known on 2012-02-28; judged right by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-28.
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I will have enough student's to run my studio ( 80% confidence )
Created by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-27; known on 2012-02-28; judged right by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-28.
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Chrome will be ahead of Internet Explorer (all versions) in the StatCounter daily Global Stats for next Sunday. ( 45% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by faws on 2012-02-27; known on 2012-03-05; judged wrong by faws on 2012-03-05.
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http://pastebin.com/czd3pHDr Some elements of the above sentence would reappear in Ixrec's review of oretsuba. (Moogy/Kefit) ( 5% confidence )
Created by meisnewbie on 2012-02-27; known on 2013-02-27; judged wrong by meisnewbie on 2012-11-21.
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I'll get a flight quote by 6pm ( 60% confidence )
Created by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-27; known on 2012-02-27; judged wrong by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-27.
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There will be 100 or more comments on our new site within 2 months of it launching ( 43% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-27; known on 2012-10-26; judged wrong by williamycai on 2012-09-06.
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I will have done more than 5000cals of exercise by the end of Friday ( 75% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-27; known on 2012-03-02; judged wrong by Ben Doherty on 2012-03-02.
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We will have a working people tracking system in our office ( 51% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Ben Doherty on 2012-02-27; known on 2012-12-31; judged wrong by Ben Doherty on 2012-12-31.
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2020: Less than 50% of the global student body is educated in brick-and-mortar schools/colleges. ( 20% confidence; 10 wagers; 10 comments )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-25; known on 2020-01-01; judged wrong by JoshuaZ on 2020-01-01.
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2020: Less than 20% of the global student body is educated in brick-and-mortar schools/colleges. ( 12% confidence; 9 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-25; known on 2020-01-01; judged wrong by Baeboo on 2020-01-02.
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2025: Less than 50% of the global student body is educated in brick-and-mortar schools/colleges. ( 37% confidence; 6 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-25; known on 2025-01-01.
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2025: Less than 20% of the global student body is educated in brick-and-mortar schools/colleges. ( 25% confidence; 6 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-25; known on 2025-01-01.
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Hanson and Yudkowsky publish the AI FOOM debate (EDIT: in a peer-reviewed, academic journal) before 2015. ( 30% confidence; 7 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by papermachine on 2012-02-22; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2015-01-01.
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GJP: #1086 Will Mohamed Waheed Hussain Manik resign or otherwise vacate the office of President of Maldives before 10 April 2012? ( 40% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-04-11; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-11.
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GJP: #1090 Before 13 April 2012, will the Turkish government officially announce that the Turkish ambassador to France has been recalled? ( 30% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-04-14; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-14.
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GJP: #1087 Will Amr Moussa win the next Egyptian presidential election? ( 56% confidence; 4 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-06-20; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-08-28.
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GJP: #1084 Who will win Venezuela’s 2012 presidential election? Hugo Chavez ( 76% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-10-20; judged right by scav on 2012-10-11.
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GJP: #1089 Will Iran successfully detonate a nuclear device, either atmospherically, underground, or underwater before 1 January 2013? ( 16% confidence; 6 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2013-01-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2013-01-01.
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GJP: #1093 Will at least one Taliban representative be appointed to serve as a minister in the Afghan government before 1 January 2013? ( 40% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2013-01-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2013-01-01.
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GJP: #1094 Will Zimbabwe commence a presidential election before 1 January 2013? ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2013-01-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2013-01-01.
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GJP: #1095 Will there be a significant* outbreak of H5N1 in China in 2012? ( 35% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2013-01-04; judged wrong by gwern on 2013-01-04.
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GJP: #1088 Will Japan commence parliamentary elections before 1 April 2012? ( 18% confidence; 2 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-04-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-03.
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GJP: #1085 Between 21 February 2012 and 1 April 2012, will the UN Security Council announce any reduction of its peacekeeping force in Haiti? ( 40% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-04-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-03.
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GJP: #1091 Will Standard and Poor's downgrade Japan's Foreign Long Term credit rating at any point between 21 February 2012 and 1 April 2012? ( 30% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-04-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-03.
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GJP: #1092 Will Myanmar release at least 100 more political prisoners between 21 February 2012 and 1 April 2012? ( 40% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-04-01; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-03.
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GJP: #1096 Will a civil war break out in Syria between 21 February 2012 and 1 April 2012? ( 50% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-04-01; judged right by gwern on 2012-04-03.
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I will have uploaded a playable version of a computer game before the first of July 2012. ( 31% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by antsan on 2012-02-21; known on 2012-06-30; judged wrong by antsan on 2012-07-13.
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I will be selected for OpenSNP's free 23AndMe genotyping. ( 15% confidence; 2 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-20; known on 2012-04-10; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-04-10.
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Rain at apt. tonight or tomorrow morning. ( 85% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-20; known on 2012-02-21; judged right by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-21.
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The forum mafia Bayes calculator will be completed within a month. ( 70% confidence )
Created by meisnewbie on 2012-02-20; known on 2012-03-20; judged wrong by meisnewbie on 2012-03-25.
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Temperature outside above 40 ( 10% confidence )
Created by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-20; known on 2012-02-20; judged right by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-20.
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Temperature outside below 30 ( 30% confidence )
Created by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-20; known on 2012-02-20; judged wrong by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-20.
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Temperature outside between 30 and 40 F inclusive ( 60% confidence )
Created by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-20; known on 2012-02-20; judged wrong by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-20.
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In Nanoha's route, conditional upon the events not happening later in her route, the simulation featuring Nanoha is from Rain's route. ( 40% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by meisnewbie on 2012-02-20; known on 2012-04-20; judged right by meisnewbie on 2012-02-21.
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NGE: A version of the song “Komm, süsser Tod” will be used in Rebuild ( 35% confidence; 4 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-20; known on 2018-01-01; judged wrong by eviscerator on 2021-08-14.
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Tchaikovsky was a known drug addict. ( 40% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by Leo on 2012-02-20; known on 2012-02-20; judged wrong by Leo on 2012-02-20.
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HP MoR: The use of the device with the golden wibblers is revealed before 2017. ( 10% confidence; 6 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-19; known on 2017-01-01; judged wrong by Oscar_Cunningham on 2017-01-01.
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Robin Hanson: In 2032, less than 50% of cars on the road will completely autonomous. (to be assessed by asking an unbiased expert if the answer is not obvious) ( 54% confidence; 20 wagers; 11 comments )
Created by Porejide on 2012-02-18; known on 2032-02-17.
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The Drexler group escaped from the lab because they believed the self destruct system would work and prevent a grey goo scenario. (Baldr Sky) ( 80% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by meisnewbie on 2012-02-18; known on 2012-03-03; judged wrong by meisnewbie on 2012-02-18.
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The final name for the SI spinoff currently called “rationality org” will be announced on Less Wrong within a week. ( 15% confidence; 7 comments )
Created by beo_shaffer on 2012-02-18; known on 2012-02-25; judged wrong by Anubhav on 2012-02-28.
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Indian Supreme Court rules in favour of Novartis. ( 34% confidence; 6 wagers; 6 comments )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-17; known on 2013-03-27; judged wrong by gwern on 2013-04-01.
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My comment on Shiny Ogre's blog will be approved in 24 hours. ( 50% confidence; 4 comments )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-16; known on 2012-02-17; judged right by Anubhav on 2012-02-17.
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The smallest federated wiki will move beyond the stage of proof of concept this year. ( 75% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Emanuel Rylke on 2012-02-16; known on 2012-12-31; judged wrong by Emanuel Rylke on 2012-12-31.
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I will attend the next Chicago LW meetup. ( 85% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-16; known on 2012-03-16; judged right by Nic_Smith on 2012-02-26.
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Seth Roberts will link to http://www.gwern.net/Zeo#vitamin-d within the week. ( 65% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-14; known on 2012-02-21; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-02-23.
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Night 42: pill was Vitamin D ( 50% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-13; known on 2012-02-13; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-02-13.
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I will have taken over at least one country by 2035. ( 0% confidence; 13 wagers; 7 comments )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-13; known on 2035-01-01.
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Night 41: pill was Vitamin D ( 25% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-12; known on 2012-02-12; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-02-12.
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Lopen has not done an hour of grammar today ( 70% confidence )
Created by meisnewbie on 2012-02-12; known on 2012-02-12; judged right by meisnewbie on 2012-02-12.
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Iran's upcoming statement on its nuclear programme will not concern development of weapons ( 88% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by modulus on 2012-02-11; known on 2012-04-01; judged right by modulus on 2012-02-15.
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Pill was Bupropion ( 30% confidence )
Created by wallowinmaya on 2012-02-11; known on 2012-02-11; judged wrong by wallowinmaya on 2012-02-11.
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Night 40: pill was Vitamin D ( 40% confidence )
Created by gwern on 2012-02-11; known on 2012-02-11; judged wrong by gwern on 2012-02-11.
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I will score over 80% aggregate on my finals. ( 50% confidence )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-11; known on 2012-06-15; judged right by Anubhav on 2012-06-15.
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I will score over 60% aggregate on my finals. ( 90% confidence )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-11; known on 2012-06-15; judged right by Anubhav on 2012-06-15.
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I will not fail a single actuarial exam before 2014. ( 40% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Anubhav on 2012-02-11; known on 2014-01-01; judged wrong by Anubhav on 2014-01-05.
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Pill was modafinil. ( 65% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Lemmih on 2012-02-11; known on 2012-02-12; judged right by Lemmih on 2012-02-12.
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Drakeryn gets shot by Chris or gets lynched next Touhou mafia day (numbers) ( 60% confidence )
Created by meisnewbie on 2012-02-11; known on 2012-02-14; judged wrong by meisnewbie on 2012-02-15.