Word: predictabilities
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...current enthusiasm can be traced in part, oddly enough, to last summer's high-profile flop of a market that was supposed to help predict future terrorist attacks. A public backlash killed that Pentagon project a few months before its debut, but not before the media broadcast the notion that useful information embedded within a group of people could be drawn out and organized via a marketplace. Says George Mason's Hanson, who helped design the market: "People noticed." Another predictive market, the Iowa Electronic Markets at the University of Iowa, has been around since 1988. That bourse has accepted...
...thing about science, you cannot predict where you’re going to find the next major finding that will enlighten mankind,” said Fabyan Professor of Comparative Pathology emeritus Baruj Benacerraf. “So you must support science in general...you must keep an entirely open mind about things in general and not be totally guided by the inner calling of faith and religion...
Current forecasts for tomorrow’s Commencement predict a 50 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms...
Smarty Jones has seized the hearts, and wallets, of sports fans across America. The Preakness Stakes, which the chestnut colt from Philly won by 11.5 lengths, carried a record $59 million handle, or betting pool, and experts predict a $110 million handle, another record, for the June 5 Belmont Stakes day. Smarty's quest for the first Triple Crown since 1978 is sure to draw casual fans to the betting windows--but don't go into the event with blinders on. Some tips on how to enjoy the race while playing it safe...
...promises that existing capacity will allow Air France to proceed with planned expansion. But even he admits that the situation could get worse: "If the findings were to show a fundamental design or construction failure, then we'd have to tear it down and start again." Some experts predict that worst-case scenario won't come about - and also note ADP's good luck: the disaster struck shortly before 7 a.m., limiting a death toll that otherwise might have been in the hundreds. Others suggested the crash might prevent the airport from servicing the new superjumbo Airbus A380 when deliveries...