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Re:Futarchy: Robin Hanson on prediction markets by nxpnsv on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:31AM (#28539534)
Sounds clever, until you realize you want to predict stuff before it happens
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Re:Futarchy: Robin Hanson on prediction markets by naasking on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @11:14AM (#28540177)
True, but speculators and those utilizing predictions to guide policy should be separate.
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Re:Futarchy: Robin Hanson on prediction markets by __MatrixMan__ on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @02:56PM (#28542918)
Why?

If you're not willing to speculate on your own predictions, how can anyone know how confident you are about them?

If you're not interested in guiding policy, why not go bet on horse races instead?

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