Can Predicting News a Week in Advance Change Journalism?

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In summary, a challenge is presented to predict the news a week in advance, with a source cited and a significant prophecy made. This is followed by a "gentleman's bet" being placed against the world. Possible news events mentioned include Irene being mugged in Brooklyn, Gadhafi being tracked down in a honeymoon suite owned by Condoleeza Rice, his potential suicide, and the first contact with an alien race made out of diamonds. Other potential news events include the Phillies winning the World Series and Moammar Gadhafi's gold-plated machine guns selling on E-Bay.
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Loren Booda
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Try predicting the news a week ahead of time!

Just cite a source for the current state of the news and make a significant prophecy about it -- physical, informational, sporting, political, academic, etc.

Just place this "gentleman's bet" here, a week before the augured event.

It's you against the world.
 
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Loren Booda said:
Try predicting the news a week ahead of time!

Just cite a source for the current state of the news and make a significant prophecy about it -- physical, informational, sporting, political, academic, etc.

Just place this "gentleman's bet" here, a week before the augured event.

It's you against the world.

Los Angeles Times
Sept 2nd

Sept 2nd
 
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New York Times. Irene mugged in Brooklyn.
 
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Al-Jazeera

Gadhafi tracked down to nearby honeymoon suite owned by Condoleeza Rice.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Al-Jazeera

Gadhafi tracked down to nearby honeymoon suite owned by Condoleeza Rice.

I feel like he will just suicide.
 
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When the Phillies signed Cliff Lee in December I immediately picked them to win the world series :D

That's not until October though.
 
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Sept 5th

First contact with an alien race made that just happen to be made out of diamonds.
 
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Wired
"Where's Moammar" app sales booming.

BBC
Gahdafi's gold-plated machine guns selling on E-Bay
 

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What is "Week Correlation"?

"Week correlation" refers to a statistical measure that assesses the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables. It is often used to determine how closely two variables are related and whether there is a pattern or trend between them.

How is "Week Correlation" calculated?

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