What conclusions will our discussion of prediction markets come to?
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Prediction markets are superior to expert judgement for forecasting
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Prediction markets are only valuable to the extent that people are irrational and dishonest
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Unregulated, unsubsidized prediction markets are a net social welfare loss
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Government should use prediction markets to decide policy
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We should use prediction markets to decide the topics of all future meetups
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Prediction markets double as markets subsidizing the occurrence of unlikely events. Also, one of the meetup attendees will spontaneously decide to buy me a cookie.
At the August 12th Halifax rationalist meetup, we will be discussing prediction markets. What conclusion will we draw from this discussion?
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@evergreenemily We ended up getting sidetracked by discussion of AI and nuclear war and barely talked about prediction markets. Next time I'll make that an option since it was pretty plausible in retrospect.
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