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Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking #214 - Anthony Aguirre on "Predicting the future of science and tech, with Metaculus"

Aug 6, 2018
50:29
This episode features physicist Anthony Aguirre discussing Metaculus, the site he created to crowd-source accurate predictions about science and technology. For example, will SpaceX land on Mars by 2030? Anthony and Julia discuss details such as: why it's useful to have predictions on questions like these, how to measure Metaculus' accuracy, why Anthony chose not to run it like a traditional prediction market, and how to design incentives to reward good forecasters.

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