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Some people have a knack for accurately predicting the likelihood of future events. Y<\/span>ou might even be one of these “super-forecasters” and not know it — but now there’s an easy way to find out.<\/span><\/p> BBC Future<\/em> has teamed up with UK-based charity Nesta and forecasting services organization Good Judgement on the “You Predict the Future<\/a>” challenge. The purpose is to study how individuals and teams predict the likelihood of certain events, ranging from the technological to the geopolitical.<\/span><\/p> Anyone interested in testing their own forecasting skills can sign up for the challenge to answer a series of multiple-choice questions and assign a percentage to how likely each answer is to come true.<\/p> “When you’re part of the challenge, you’ll get feedback on how accurate your forecasts are,” Kathy Peach, who leads Nesta’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design, told BBC Future<\/em>. “You’ll be able to see how well you do compared to other forecasters. And there’s a leader board, which shows who the best performing forecasters are.”<\/p> You’ll also be helping advance research on collective intelligence<\/a>, which focuses on the intellectual abilities of groups of people<\/a> acting as one.<\/p> Additionally, as Peach told BBC Future<\/em>, “New research shows that forecasting increases open-mindedness, the ability to consider alternative scenarios, and reduces political polarisation,” — meaning even if you don’t find out you’re a “super-forecaster,” <\/span>you might just end up a better person after making your predictions.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Could you be a super-forecaster?<\/a> [BBC Future<\/em>]<\/p> More on forecasting: <\/strong>Forecasting the Future: Can the Hive Mind Let Us Predict the Future?<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Some People Are Exceptionally Good at Predicting the Future<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> See original here: Super-Forecasters Some people have a knack for accurately predicting the likelihood of future events. Continue reading All Winners<\/h2>
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