Morendil comments on [LINK] Get paid to train your rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 07 September 2011 12:49:06PM 3 points [-]

I did all my predictions last night immediately after the email showed up, so that meant I got to place a lot of bets at 50/50 odds :)

(Then I recorded everything privately in PredictionBook. No point in leaving my predictions trapped on their site.)

Interface-wise, I don't like it at all. I'm still not sure what exactly I am betting at or with, compared to PB with straight probabilities or Intrade with share prices.

Comment author: Morendil 08 September 2011 01:38:09PM 1 point [-]

Have you entered any comments on your predictions at the GJ site? (You're supposed to enter a minimum number of comments over one year, and also a minimum number of responses to others' comments. My understanding is that this will in time be run as a team game, with team play conventions.)

From my first experiences, I'm assuming the scoring will be pretty much as with PB.com - based on probability. Their model seems to be calibration/resolution rather than the visual "slope" representation.

Comment author: gwern 08 September 2011 02:21:31PM 1 point [-]

Comments? I don't see any relevant fields for that, checking right now, nor does my 'About' include the substring "comment". Another experimental difference, I guess...

Comment author: Morendil 09 September 2011 07:00:16AM 1 point [-]

The "Why did you answer the way you did" field. I've been assuming we're both using the same underlying app, i.e. Crowdcast. But perhaps we're not...