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Predictions For 2014

Quality
50
Solid
Claude Shift
25
Slight
RWI
2
of 10

Follow-up reading

2014 Predictions: Calibration Results — Prediction/forecast · Jan 2015

Summary

Scott's 2014 New Year prediction list — global, online-community, and personal predictions each tagged with a probability (50/60/70/80/90/95/99), to be scored later for calibration. Content-light as a standalone read, but an early instance of the durable annual-prediction/calibration practice that became an SSC/ACX institution and a template many readers adopted.

Why this score

Quality 50 · Solid. Solid (50): a bare calibrated-prediction list with little standalone analytical content; scored for its role in the ongoing calibration practice rather than as an essay.

Claude’s paradigm shift 25 · Slight. Slight (25): no novelty of argument; a forecasting exercise.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. Minor-plus (2): RWI lifted slightly above negligible because it seeds/continues the durable public-calibration practice that influenced how readers track predictions.