Tag Archives: Knowledge

Internet-based encyclopedia Wikipedia is 10 years old. – [VIDEO]

Jimmy Wales: What he thinks of Quora at 7:30… he doesn’t think much of it: ADDENDUM: Jimmy Wales on the “wisdom of crowds”:

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When is “censorship” on Wikipedia entries acceptable? – [VIDEO]

1:45 into:

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Prediction Markets (in blue) vs. Forecasting (in red) – [CHART]

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I have just decided to ban the use of the word “blog” on Midas Oracle.

Midas Oracle lists 475 external web links. Not a single one is qualified as “blog”.

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Why statistics (and probability) ought to be taught over calculus in America’s mathematics curriculum

Students should aspire to be “data samurais”. Andrew Gelman, Lance Fortnow, Panos Ipeirotis and Bo Cowgill are hot again all of the sudden. Amazing videos of Arthur Benjamin:

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Scholarly journals are not so open.

Academic Papers + Open Access + Scholarly Journals = a crazzzzzy mix

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The updated listing of blogs on prediction markets

The full list: Andrew “Bert” Black — Category: “BetFair“ Ask Markets Ashish Singal Betdaq Exchange Views Betting @ BetFair Betting Market Bo Cowgill — Category: “prediction markets” Caveat Bettor — Category: “prediction markets“ Chris Hibbert — Category: “prediction markets“ Consensus … Continue reading

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IIF’s SIG on Prediction Markets

http://www.marketsforforecasting.com/ now redirects to: http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/PM/ – I have listed Andreas Graefe’s sub-website everywhere —and I have also put the link here, at the bottom of our blog sidebar. (I’m too good, I know. ) Best wishes to him. -

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