Nikos

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Nikos is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between August 23, 2021 and April 25, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “Contact: Nikos, nikosbosse[at]gmail[dot]com”; “Nikos says it’s the crowds”. It most often appears alongside 1002 N St. NW, Washington DC, 20001, 1022 High St, Madison, 210 Ardmore Avenue.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: August 23, 2021
  • Last seen: April 25, 2023

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August 23, 2021 · Original source
GÖTTINGEN, GERMANY (RSVP) Contact: Nikos, nikosbosse[at]gmail[dot]com Time: 4:30 PM, Wednesday, September 15 Location: Schillerwiese, near Jérôme Pavillon Coordinates: https://w3w.co/smoothly.magma.wicket
April 25, 2023 · Original source
Nikos Bosse compares Metaculus’ performance to its “competitor” Manifold Markets, and finds that overall Metaculus was more accurate:
Does this mean that forecasting tournaments are better than prediction markets? Some past studies have provided very tentative evidence in that direction, but this one probably doesn’t - many more people use Metaculus than Manifold, and Nikos didn’t control for number of forecasters.
Nikos also gives us this beautiful graph showing how forecasts on the two platforms track each other (click to expand):