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points by mudita 3 days ago | 0 comments

Scott Aaronson comments on his blog "Given this news, I’ll up my personal probability of P=NP from 3% to 5%." (https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=10239#comment-2042428)

[–] zeroonetwothree 3 days ago

I’m not as smart as Scott but for me it’s more like 10% -> 20%. Do we have a prediction market for this?

[–] kibwen 3 days ago

Predictions markets are terrible mechanisms for this, because they require imposing an arbitrary time limit at which point the prediction will pay out. IOW, even if you religiously believed P=NP, but you think it would take at least two years to prove it, you would vote against the prediction if the deadline were one year.

[–] internetter 3 days ago

Why must prediction markets have a predefined end date?

[–] jibalt 3 days ago

Without it, capital would be trapped indefinitely.

[–] howunfortunate 3 days ago

This is not necessarily true, you could have contracts rather than money down

[–] throw-qqqqq 2 days ago

Sure, but in most (all?) financial settings, this would still count as exposure.

It doesn’t matter if I bet $N on something using cash or margin, my exposure is still $N.

Since you can’t have unlimited exposure, this would still lock up capital, until the bet can be resolved.

[–] FeepingCreature 2 days ago

Well, so? Then the prediction market would also price expected resolution time.

[–] Tadpole9181 3 days ago

How would it work otherwise...?

[–] internetter 3 days ago

Anybody can exit their contract by selling their contract to an interested party

[–] jibalt 3 days ago

It seems highly irrational to bet that your evaluation is more likely than Aaronson's.

[–] lostmsu 2 days ago

Not under the circumstances IMO