Tag Archives: Cancer

Steve Jobs was a great visionary, and also a stubborn idiot who believed in magical thinking. — [VIDEO]

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

CBS. Quora. Mortality.

Posted in People, Psychology, Science | Tagged Apple, Apple iOS, Apple IPad, Apple iPhone, Apple Mac, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Cancer, doctors, health, innovation, innovations, invention, inventions, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mac OS, Macintosh, magical thinking, medecine, Medical Doctors, products, Science, Steve Jobs, surgeons, surgery, treatment | Leave a comment

Could genetically engineered T cells be used as part of a therapy to save Steve Jobs’s life? — [SPECULATION]

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Research, Science | Tagged Apple, Cancer, cancer cells, health, medecine, Research, Science, Steve Jobs, therapy, treatment | Leave a comment

Emile Servan-Schreiber (of NewsFutures fame) says the last goodbye to his bro (an anti-cancer food expert who is fighting brain cancer, again). — [VIDEO]

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

On David Servan-Schreiber, in French only, sorry: Emile Servan-Schreiber, frère de David, victime… par rtl-fr Emile is interviewed by Canal +, in French. David interviewed by Emile, in French. Previously.

Posted in People, Research, Science | Tagged anti-cancer, anti-cancer food, applied research, brain cancer, Cancer, David Servan-Schreiber, Emile Servan-Schreiber, food, health, nutrition, Research | Leave a comment

Anti-cancer food expert David Servan-Schreiber is fighting brain cancer, again. — [LINK]

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Emile Servan-Schreiber (of NewsFutures fame) is David‘s bro. UPDATE: David interviewed by Emile, in French. And here are some interviews, done by Emile: Emile Servan-Schreiber, frère de David, victime… par rtl-fr Emile is interviewed by Canal +, in French.

Emile Servan-Schreiber’s bro on Imus

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

David Servan-Schreiber on cancer: Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com Download this post to watch this video —if your feed reader does not show it to you.

Posted in Science | Tagged Cancer, cancer cure, David Servan-Schreiber, medicine, vitamins | Leave a comment

Hubdub Hot Predictions This Week

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Ryan

Hubdubâ€™s Hot Predictions this week, as decided by Hubdub users and staff, are selected based on their newsworthiness for the week. These stories are bound to be big news this week – and we have forecasts on how theyâ€™re likely … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Apple, Barack Obama, Cancer, federer, Harrison Ford, health care, HubDub, indiana jones, Iran, iranian elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, nadal, prediction markets, protests, Steve Jobs, universal health care, Wimbledon | Leave a comment

The John Edwards Non-Affair gives us an opportunity to look deep into the caldron of the wisdom of crowds.

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

As you all know, The National Enquirer (a supermarket tabloid which pays its informants and sometimes publishes false news) has it that John Edwards has a “love child” from one of his former assistants (all this while his wife is … Continue reading →

Posted in Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Ethics, Politics, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Cancer, Collective Intelligence, John Edwards, National Enquirer, Rielle Hunter, The National Enquirer, Wikipedia, wisdom of crowds | Leave a comment

If the British legal betting companies offer bets on the sport, it is because there is demand for bets on the sport —and if that demand were not offered in a regulated environment, it would be filled in an unregulated one (like what we see with TradeSports-InTrade and MatchBook in the US market).

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Mark Davies of BetFair (PDF file): International Leaders in Sport conference, Auckland, New Zealand. April 3-4th 2008. Keynote speech, April 4th. Mark Davies, Betfair. “New Understandings in Sports Betting” Minister, ladies and gentlemen… Thank you very much for your kind … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Betting, Business, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Explainers, Regulations | Tagged Analysis (Data) - Sports / Politics Corruption, Athens Olympic, Auckland, Australia, Australian Football League, author, Beijing, Belgium, bet exchanges, Bet Monitor technology, Bet Monitor, BetFair Radio, Betting, betting exchanges, Britain, Bundesliga, Cancer, Cheltenham Festival, Chicago Board Of Trade, Chicago White Sox, coach, commentator, cricket, Cyprus, director of corporate affairs, EUR, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event futures markets, Finance, Football League, Germany, Greece, High Street pharmacy, India, insider trading, Internet betting, Internet-based sports betting, IOC, irritation, Jacques Rogge, Jean-Paul Sartre, journalist, JPMorgan, Jumps Racing festival, ladies and gentlemen.., lawyer, Leigh Matthews, Lions, Liverpool, Madrid, Managing Director, Managing Director of Corporate Affairs, Mark Davies, Martin Arguello-Vasallo, messenger, minister, New Zealand, Nikolai Davydenko, Olympic, Olympics, Player, Poland Open, prediction markets, premiership coach, President, real time, Regulations, Reinhard Rauball, rugby, Singapore, Sports, sports administrators, sports betting, sports betting exchange, sports betting market, sports betting market saying, sports betting world, sports bodies, sports corruption, sports industry, sports punters, sports regulation, sports regulatory body, Sportsman, Swiss Futures and Options Association, tennis, The Guardian, United Kingdom, United States, United States Congress, USD, Victoria, Was Jacques Rogge, William Hill, Winston Churchill | 195 Comments

Collective Prediction – Combining human and machine intelligence in prediction economies

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- MIT’s CCI: Think of a domain in which you would like accurate predictions of future events: sales volumes for a company’s products, outcomes of sporting events or military conflicts, crime rates by neighborhood, terrorist actions, new products introduced by … Continue reading →

Posted in Forecasting (Science & Practice) | Tagged Cancer, CCI, Center for Collective Intelligence, collaboration tools, collective prediction, data mining, event derivative markets, event derivatives, machine learning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, prediction markets | Leave a comment

Forecasting Tools for Anything

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via economist Greg Mankiw, economist Ian Ayres: Featured In Super Crunchers: Predict Your Child’s Due Date (Ayres) Predict the Value of Bordeaux (Ayres) Predict Justice Kennedy’s Vote (Ayres) Personal/Family: Predict How Long You’ll Live (Northwest Mutual) Predict Your Child’s Due … Continue reading →

Posted in Forecasting (Science & Practice), Resources - References | Tagged Anything Via economist, Book Title, Cancer, Diabetes, economist, Greg Mankiw, heart disease, Ian Ayres, Lulu Titlescorer, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, MLB, National Football League, NFL, Saskatchewan, stroke, University of Saskatchewan | Leave a comment