Monthly Archives: January 2009

Why would I twitter if I can facebook?

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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The most amazing journalistic thing I read this early morning

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Nate Silver spanking the Wall Street Journal till their ass become as red as Sicilian tomatoes. -

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Will Chris Masse of MidasOracle.org create a Twitter account in 2009?

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

It is a new prediction market at AskMarkets. I haven’t made up my mind yet. Many people told me I should invade Twitter. On the other hand, do I really need to waste time in small conversations? – “prediction markets” … Continue reading →

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Censorship?

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Midas Oracle is the only media to have published about the Lee–Moretti paper. – Learning in Investment Decisions: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Polls – (PDF file) – David S. Lee and Enrico Moretti – 2008-12-XX In this paper, we … Continue reading →

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A graph with a data point for each state, with the horizontal axis representing the polling data and the vertical axis representing the Intrade contract price

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Via Andrew Gelman On November 3, 2008:

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Buy up a play-money prediction exchange with all its traders

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

… on eBay. -

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“Entrepreneur” is a French word.

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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Bernard Henry-Lévy is a fabulist.

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

I have conducted an investigation into that French thinker (who is the heir of a rich businessman), and my sad conclusion is that that guy is a fabulist who is not to be trusted. He is not respectful of the … Continue reading →

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Making the Web works for science as it does for culture and commerce

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Creative Commons’ Science Project Open Innovation It is something I will investigate more in conjunction with my project about The Open Institute Of Prediction Markets. -

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Prediction markets in security of cryptographic primitives

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

What the fuck is that?? -

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