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It seems highly irrational to bet that your evaluation is more likely than Aaronson's.
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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.
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Why must prediction markets have a predefined end date?
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Without it, capital would be trapped indefinitely.
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This is not necessarily true, you could have contracts rather than money down
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How would it work otherwise...?
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Anybody can exit their contract by selling their contract to an interested party
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