49 min listen
233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future
233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Experts and pundits are notoriously bad at forecasting, in part because they aren't punished for bad predictions. Also, they tend to be deeply unscientific. The psychologist Philip Tetlock is finally turning prediction into a science -- and now even you could become a superforecaster.
Released:
Jan 14, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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