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Comment #47903796
That claim is testable. The 2026 microstructure work on the Kalshi tape (72M trades, Becker) documented a systematic +1.12% excess return for liquidity providing makers and a symme…
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Comment #47765109
I ran this analysis using Convexly, a calibration-tracking tool I'm working on. The Brier scoring math in the post is the same math that runs in the product. Disclosure out of the …
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Comment #47697102
Quick update: 1,934 quiz completions, 44.5% scored overconfident. Most interesting finding was that the quiz itself got more engagement than the product behind it. Added educationa…
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Comment #47682881
Both really good points. The research does suggest that the core skill does transfer. The quiz can help with long horizon predictions. The mechanism itself seems to be the actual a…
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Comment #47673064
Thank you! Happy to hear to how it compares!
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Comment #47668533
That's all true. I'm a solo founder and have been using Claude heavily to build this. It definitely shows in many places, and I'll make sure to clean those up. I did not expect to …
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Comment #47668261
The change to buttons was based on feedback I got today. The slider disappearing is a bug. Pushing a fix now!
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Comment #47667617
Made a few changes based on feedback from this thread: full results now shown immediately with no email gate, changed the UX to include true/false/uncertain buttons + a confidence …
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Comment #47667545
Can't fault that, actually a great workflow. Calibration helps you know which ones to research!
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Comment #47667372
Update at 2 hours: 1350+ quiz takers! 50% overconfident, 40% well-calibrated, and 10% underconfident. The average score is around 0.228, with the best score still at 0.007 (nearly …
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Comment #47667320
Great recommendation. That was one of the biggest influences for starting to write my decisions down and then building this.
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Comment #47667311
That's fair, I'll flag those or maybe even add regional context. Nice score, well above average!
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Comment #47667280
That's awesome, hadn't seen this one! I like the confidence interval approach.
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Comment #47667236
That's honest feedback, I appreciate it. The post quiz shouldn't feel like a sales funnel. I'll clean that up. Working on it!
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Comment #47667211
Your point on scoring is correct, if you're 100% confident and right on everything you would score a perfect 0. The calibration insight is in how you handle the questions where you…
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Comment #47667158
Actually means you have really strong knowledge. That 17% gap though is what gets people in trouble in high-stakes settings!