Americans love rankings, but Americans hate to be assessed subjectively.

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I am afraid that Nigel Eccles&#8217- answer to The Numbers Guy does not go deep enough into the arguments.

The Numbers Guy (and his interviewees) made some points that Nigel does not address.

See his Video Response.


PS: Nigel, Seesmic is a piece of shit. The video does not go into the feeds (unlike YouTube or Blip.TV.)

Background Info: The Numbers Guy: HubDub&#8217-s PunditWatch is not as rigorous as Philip Tetlock was.

More Info: Interview via OPMs

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  • THE HUMAN GADFLY WHOSE OBJECTIONS ROBIN HANSON IS DUCKING…???…
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  • If you have been using PayPal to fund your InTrade, TradeSports or BetFair account, please, check that horror story.
  • 48 hours after the launch of the “Prediction Markets” group at LinkedIn, we have already 52 members —both prediction market luminaries and simple people (trading the event derivatives or collecting the market-generated probabilities).

4 thoughts on “Americans love rankings, but Americans hate to be assessed subjectively.

  1. Nigel Eccles said:

    It was a joke! It was a play on the TechCrunch/Wired blow-up. I guess you need to follow TechCrunch to get it. Anyway, the WSJ piece was a good article that did raise valid issues. We are actually working on something to resolve them. More later…

  2. Chris F. Masse said:

    @Nigel Eccles: Glad to hear that.

    PS: Yes, I saw the TechCrunch parody.

  3. Nigel Eccles said:

    It was a joke! It was a play on the TechCrunch/Wired blow-up. I guess you need to follow TechCrunch to get it. Anyway, the WSJ piece was a good article that did raise valid issues. We are actually working on something to resolve them. More later…

  4. Chris F. Masse said:

    @Nigel Eccles: Glad to hear that.

    PS: Yes, I saw the TechCrunch parody.

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