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Why you should never trust David Pennock when he brags about the accuracy of his predictions

Chris F. Masse — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:22:04 +0000

He cherry-picks positive outcomes in hindsight, and he measures probabilistic predictions categorically and in isolation.

Don’t be fooled by any “research scientist”.

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BetFair TV ad makes fun of the French people…!!!… – [VIDEO]

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:48:02 +0000

Filed in “Humor”…

Humoristic factoid of the day…

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:38 +0000

Oh, my Gosh… David Pennock is from Pittsburgh…!!!…

Fortune’s Stanley Bing did a piece on how dull Pittsburgh is, a decade ago, but I can’t find it on the Net.

P.S.: I went thru Pittsburgh’s airport, one day, but I don’t know the town. I love Philly and Harrisburg, PA, though.

CONFIRMED: Midas Oracle will be on the Apple Tablet.

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:57:26 +0000

I can confirm that Apple will release a tablet today, and that Midas Oracle will work fine on its web browser.

You can now relax, and go back to your normal activity — trading on prediction markets.

Albert Einstein said, “Besides intuition and knowledge, the only valuable thing is the set of probabilities from the prediction markets; the rest are details.”

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:54:45 +0000

“One tried-and-true method for getting people to pay attention to words is to put them into the mouth of a well-known, respected figure whom the public perceives as being an expert in the subject at hand.”

Tiger Woods Christmas Photo + Tiger Woods Voice Mail + Tiger Woods Christmas Song

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:57:45 +0000

More info…

Dark Pools, Black Holes and MidasOracle.

Niall O'Connor — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:21:22 +0000

Q. What do Dark Pools, Black Holes and MidasOracle all have in common?

A. Not many people know what is going on within them.

Inkling Markets’s Adam Siegel needs salad leaves to relieve tension.

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:27 +0000

If you listened to that “lecture” at Kellogg, send me an anonymous e-mail to cfm &&AT&& midasoracle **+DOT+** (-com-), and tell me how it went and whether Adam has convinced you of the usefulness of enterprise prediction markets.

FOX’s Bill O’Reilly in vampire costume for the Halloween

Chris F. Masse — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:35:11 +0000

You state that your book is based on one fundamental assumption about human nature: people respond to incentives. Which is another way of saying that people are basically selfish. Take someone like Jesus Christ. What was his “incentive” to go on the cross?

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:17:47 +0000

“Jesus probably didn’t know much about macroeconomics, even though he was God.”