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Collecting bits and pieces of information, and aggregating it, so we can understand what people know.

Charles Plott has nailed it. – I would lay out this dichotomy: Some of our academics, consultants, and exchange executives have sold the prediction markets as the ultimate forecasting tool —which is true, but people translated that as “this is … Continue reading

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“I try to only follow electoral races in highly digested form” —that is, thru the lens of the political prediction markets.

Excellent formulation by Mike Linksvayer. Tells a lot about the usage of the prediction market probablities, and how we should market them to people. BetFair, InTrade and TradeSports, are you listening? I check prices at Intrade most days, which gives … Continue reading

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