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- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
- Computers thru time — [CHART]
- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
- Why Samsung is no Apple — [VIDEO]
- Mitt Romney @ Bain Capital — [VIDEO]
- Central banks should set up prediction markets. — [LINK]
- Max Keiser on NADEX — [VIDEO]
- New Hampshire prediction markets screwed up political forecasting in 2008. Will they be right this time? — [CHARTS]
- The real reasons why prediction markets are accurate. — [LINK]
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- InTrade is not predictive, says notable financial journalist. — [SCREENSHOT]
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- BetFair’s glitch ruins a set of £23m prediction markets. — [LINKS]
Monthly Archives: December 2010
The doctrine that the world is made up of objects whose existence is independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with quantum mechanics and with facts established by experiment.
Bernard d’Espagnat ADDENDUM: Dean Radin on Daryl Bem‘s precognition paper. BONUS TRACK: Physics book on retrocausation. UPDATE: A critique of Bem’s paper + A defense of Bem’s paper.
Posted in Precognition, Science
Tagged Bernard d'Espagnat, consciousness, Daryl Bem, Dean Radin, parapsychology, physics, Precognition, premonition, retrocausality, retrocausation, Science, world
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The next time you read a futuristic prediction (or write one), ask yourself if it has fallen prey to one of these missteps:
Top Five Errors in Predicting the Future – Tunnel Vision – Ideological Slanting – Linearism – Static Worldview – Unrealistic Models of Human Nature
Posted in Forecasting (Science & Practice)
Tagged forecasting, predicting, Predictions
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InTrade are removing all trading and expiry fees.
InTrade will also make their API more freely available, make historical market data more freely available, and introduce a monthly membership fee.
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Transaction Costs
Tagged fees, InTrade, trading fees, transaction fees
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TV documentary on WikiLeaks – [VIDEO]
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Posted in News, Politics
Tagged data, democracy, governments, Open, People, secrets, SVT, television, TV, video, WikiLeaks
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A Rebel Without A Cause
Steven Tyler flicks off the paparazzi on the set of American Idol.
Peter Thiel: Funding intensive technologies means accepting weird, strange, and singular, ideas. – [VIDEO]
This is an addendum to my yesterday’s post on the “Audacious Optimism” event. His (excellent) point on weirdness is 2:50 into.
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Inventions & Innovations, Philanthropy
Tagged billionaires, capital, enterprise, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, entreprises, extensive technologies, Fortune, funders, funding, giving, innovation, innovators, intensive technologies, inventions, investing, investments, millionaires, Money, Peter Thiel, Philanthropy, startups, Thiel Foundation, wealth
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For now, in most cases, companies should still focus their development efforts on Apple’s iOS first, with Android second.
I totally agree.
How do you value art? ArtPrice builds up the extensive database for you. – [VIDEO]
http://artprice.com/ ArtPrice / FIAC Contemporary Art Market 2009/2010
Posted in Business, Economics, Inventions & Innovations
Tagged Art, ArtPrice, data, database, price of art, prices, Thierry Ehrmann
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If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then Sean Connery would slap her. – [VIDEO]
More info on his Wikipedia entry.