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Prediction Markets How The Internet Started Betting On Everything

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How prices act as information aggregators

futura Prediction markets convert beliefs into prices, turning individual guesses into a single real-time probability.

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How Iowa pioneered digital political markets

futura The University of Iowa launched the first digital prediction market in 1988 to study political trends.

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Fun Facts

Fun Fact

Galton's ox: In 1906, 800 people guessed an ox's weight; their average guess was 1,197 pounds, just one pound off the actual weight.

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Quizzes

Quiz

In Galton's 1906 experiment, how close was the crowd's average guess to the actual weight of 1,198 pounds?

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Quiz

What was the original primary purpose of the Iowa Electronic Markets?

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Quiz

What animal's weight did Francis Galton's crowd guess during his famous 1906 experiment?

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Quiz

What is the term for the collective intelligence that emerges when large groups pool their knowledge?

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Quiz

Which university launched the Iowa Electronic Markets in 1988?

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Quiz

Which US defense agency attempted to launch a controversial prediction market in 2003?

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Quiz

In a prediction market, what does a share price of 60 cents usually represent?

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Quiz

What economic concept describes how markets pool scattered information into prices?

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Glosario

Glossary
collective intelligence (noun)
The shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and collective efforts of many individuals. In 1906, Francis Galton observed that aggregated crowd guesses of an ox's weight were highly accurate.

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Gossip

Gossip

Which crowd guess is most reliable?

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Videos

futura How prices act as information aggregators

Jul 10

futura How Iowa pioneered digital political markets

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futura The country fair weight guessing experiment

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futura Friedrich Hayek and the price system

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