Prediction Markets

In which Rat tries to make sense

Good time of the day, humans!

We’re quite amazed at some of the things some of you do with their time and money:

(source)

The chance is down to 3% at the time of this writing, so we smell a good insider trading opportunity for someone with access to the premises; however, there could as well be an argument about the settlement if anyone pushes a chair during the speech.

Anyway…

Transcript:

Cousin: — Humans are strange. They’re now gambling on all sorts of events, including even farts.
Cousin: — What is the purpose of these «prediction markets», anyway?
Rat: — I’m not certain, but... how else would you catch time travelers?

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