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HN refuses to believe reputable research institute disproves superconductivity of LK99, mostly based on tone and the fact that prediction markets haven't crashed to zero (news.ycombinator.com)

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Also the hivemind seems to have taken against ~~tweets~~Xeets, a stunning reversal from last year when St. Elon was gonna usher in a new Dawn of civilized discourse.

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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Markets are just the average sentiment of a mass of greedy people trying to make a buck, there is no inherent prediction power.

HN user tarsinge putting it perfectly here

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

A based take on markets. I agree with this statement.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago

I nominate the term "orange poster" (and possibly "orange poaster" for the rats) henceforth