Will there be a SURPRISING UPSET at the Oscars? (Winner <10% according Manifold)
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PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION BEFORE BETTING 

  • This market will resolve YES if there is a (non-shorts) winner at the 96th Academy Awards who Manifold gave less than 10% chance to win the Oscar.

    • A.K.A. a SURPRISING UPSET.

  • The source for the probability of the Oscar nominees is defined by this spreadsheet (<10% is highlighted in orange).

  • I repeat: this market does not refer to any probability that you might find on Manifold, it is solely defined by the linked spreadsheet (computed right before market creation).

  • This does not include the three "shorts" categories: only the 20 feature film categories are eligible.

Further details:

  • This spreadsheet reflects my best good faith attempt to compute the "average probability for each winner according to Manifold".

  • Rough process:

    • (1) Gather many markets from Manifold (~70 or so).

    • (2) Take the mean for each category/nominee.

    • (3) Normalize so the probabilities sum to 1.

  • Still, there is no single correct way to do this (e.g. which markets to include), some of the Manifold probabilities are bound to be a bit wonky, and probabilities might shift in the final few days, so bear all that in mind before betting.

  • If any aspects of resolution are unclear, please ask!


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I put the winners in bold on the spreadsheet. The most surprising winner was actually "The Zone of Interest" in Sound, at 26% (that one was probably my bad, put a bit too much on Oppenheimer). So (a) pretty unsurprising night, & (2) Manifolds odds were decent. Resolves NO