MileyCyrus comments on New Year's Prediction Thread (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MileyCyrus 01 January 2012 05:27:02PM *  0 points [-]

Ron Paul runs as an Independent or third party. 20% Obama reelected. 60% IF Obama reelected, white male goes on a shooting spree citing political climate as motivation. (Ignore this prediction if Obama not reelected.) 10% The men's rights movement is mentioned in a Time or Newsweek article. 5% Dark Knight Rises gets 50-85% on Rotten Tomatoes. (Good, but not as good as Dark Knight) 60% New Michael Jackson song released posthumously. 20% Chris Brown arrested on new domestic violence charges. 20%

Comment author: MileyCyrus 02 January 2012 04:14:16PM 1 point [-]

Looks great, thanks for figuring out the formatting.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 02 January 2012 04:21:19PM 1 point [-]

The ones I didn't add were already on PredictionBook or had a close substitute that was.

Comment author: orthonormal 04 January 2012 12:21:46AM 0 points [-]

ISTM that a shooter mentioning the political climate is significantly more likely than the shooter "mentioning the 'political climate' ". I think that quote marks mean exact quotes there.