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- Lime: Explaining the predictions of any machine learning classifier https://github.com/marcotcr/lime 9 comments
- A mathematician explains what Foundation gets right about predicting the future https://www.sciof.fi/a-mathematician-explains-psychohistory/ 4 comments
- AllenNLP Interpret: A Framework for Explaining Predictions of NLP Models https://allennlp.org/interpret 6 comments
- "Decentralized Prediction Markets Explained For Beginners!" https://youtu.be/_PCYx5Nk7zU 6 comments btc
- Can someone explain to me how predict method works ? https://www.dropbox.com/s/21l7g578kxsnqod/predict_.m?dl=0 3 comments matlab
- Two psychological factors explain why education predicts decreased belief in conspiracy theories http://www.psypost.org/2017/02/two-psychological-factors-explain-education-predicts-decreased-belief-conspiracy-theories-47483 33 comments politics
- NHL Eastern Conference predictions using analytics (based on VUKOTA, WAR, xGF: explained in article) http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-eastern-conference-predictions-using-analytics/ 9 comments hockey
- Explaining the past should be easier than predicting the future https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/ways-to-tell-the-future 19 comments cryptocurrency
- DL Explained - How Netflix uses AI to Predict Your Next Series Binge. (BlockDelta) http://www.blockdelta.com/blog/dl-explained-how-netflix-uses-ai-to-predict-your-next-series-binge-2020 3 comments deeplearning
- 2020 Year Predicted That The Arctic Ice Sheet Will Disappear Completely: Also The Year You Can Explain To Your Kids Why Santa Drowned. http://outtheotherear.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/in-the-year-2020/ 4 comments politics
- Economist explains the Wage Gap in terms other than Evil Patriarchy, and is predictably excoriated. http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block122.html 2 comments reddit.com
- Study identifies psychological pathways that explain how narcissism predicts support for Donald Trump https://www.psypost.org/2021/08/study-identifies-psychological-pathways-that-explain-how-narcissism-predicts-support-for-donald-trump-61711?amp%3Butm_medium=facebook 705 comments science
- Well-being and ill-being: How to predict, explain, and control them. https://byrdnick.com/archives/15462/causal-network-accounts-of-ill-being-depression-digital-well-being 16 comments philosophy
- Article from the beginning of the season predicting that Ricky van Wolfswinkel would be a flop for Norwich and explaining how it would have a knock on effect on their season. Scarily accurate. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1744071-why-ricky-van-wolfswinkel-will-be-a-premier-league-flop-with-norwich 10 comments soccer
- Kevin Pelton explains the Knicks SCHOENE prediction of 37 wins, which surprised even him. http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/63321/explaining-the-knicks-schoene-projection 11 comments nba
- Dick Morris Explains Why His Prediction of a Romney Landslide Was Wrong: It Was All Chris Christie's Fault http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/07/dick-morris-explains-why-was-wrong-about-2012-election/?intcmp=trending 7 comments politics
- I predict a two-hour marathon in 2045 (and explain why the progression is linear). http://allendowney.blogspot.com/2011/04/two-hour-marathon-in-2045.html 4 comments statistics
- I've seen the charts for temperature rise, the scientific models predictions, the consensus statistics of scientific agreement on Climate Change. I believe it to be fact, but I do not actually understand WHY CO2, Methane, Water Vapor, etc.. cause this to occur. Can anyone explain *why*? http://www.barrettbellamyclimate.com/userimages/Sun2.jpg 33 comments askscience
- Dick Morris predicted a 325-213 Romney Landslide, explains why he got a 332-206 Obama "Squeaker"... http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/07/1158401/-dick-morris-explains-why-he-was-so-horribly-wrong 13 comments politics
- Koide's formula predicted the mass of the lepton accurately, but has still not been satisfactorily explained. http://www.gmilburn.ca/2009/02/19/koides-formula/ 2 comments science
- The ways climate scientists explain their predictions about the impact of global warming can either promote or limit their persuasiveness.The more specific climate scientists are about the uncertainties of global warming, the more the American public trusts their predictions. https://news.stanford.edu/2019/10/14/uncertainty-scientific-predictions-can-help-harm-credibility/ 34 comments science
- A new theory explains how our brains solve the “perceptual prediction paradox” - allowing our perceptions and beliefs to follow both what we expect and what surprises us. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/daniel_yon/publication/337624140_the_perceptual_prediction_paradox/links/5de8ee1a4585159aa462ff2a/the-perceptual-prediction-paradox.pdf? 3 comments science
- Intriguing write up attempting to explain the massive discrepancy between the Caps success this season and what one would predict given their underlying numbers https://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2018/01/15/im-wrong-caps-heres/ 5 comments hockey
- [video] The memory-prediction framework - Jeff Hawkins explains the universal algorithm that underlies human consciousness http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2500845581503718756&hl=en 2 comments reddit.com
- The sexual brain, genes, and cognition: A machine-predicted brain sex score explains individual differences in cognitive intelligence and genetic influence in young children https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35471639/ 16 comments science
- Saturn's tilt caused by its moons. Scientists have shown that the influence of Saturn's satellites can explain the tilt of the rotation axis of the gas giant. Their work also predicts that the tilt will increase even further over the next few billion years. https://phys.org/news/2021-01-saturn-tilt-moons.html 3 comments space
- Jeffrey Toobin Explains What’s So Revealing About Steve Bannon’s Arrest: CNN’s chief legal analyst also predicted another big problem the former White House chief strategist now may face. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-toobin-steve-bannon-donald-trump-sleaze_n_5f3f6c16c5b697824f970625 14 comments politics
- Small DNA modifications predict brain's threat response: The results go beyond genetics to help explain why some individuals may be more vulnerable than others to stress and stress-related psychiatric disorders. http://www.newseveryday.com/articles/222/20140803/small-dna-modifications-predict-brains-threat-response.htm 4 comments science
- New Particle Born Inside Helium White Dwarf Stars, Say Physicists - The prediction could help explain some unexpected properties of helium white dwarfs http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27331/ 8 comments science
- Physicists developed a model that provides an explanation for the lightness of the Higgs. The new model that assumes that a multitude of universes existed when our Universe first formed may explain why the Higgs mass is smaller than traditional models predict. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v15/s6 2 comments science
- A new paper in Science helps explain why plants are green - it helps them harvest light efficiently despite external and internal fluctuations. The study was able to predict absorption spectra using the incident solar spectrum and an optimisation procedure. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6498/1490 3 comments science
- Music ranks among the greatest human pleasures. Predictability and uncertainty in the pleasure of music may be a reward for learning, suggests a new study in the Journal of Neuroscience, which may explain why people consistently prefer music of intermediate predictive complexity. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2019/10/11/jneurosci.0428-19.2019 2 comments science
- Alternative theory of gravity, that seeks to remove the need for dark energy and be an alternative to general relativity, makes a nearly testable prediction, reports a new study in Nature Astronomy, that used a massive simulation done with a "chameleon" theory of gravity to explain galaxy formation. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/alternative-theory-of-gravity-makes-a-nearly-testable-prediction/ 304 comments science
- Earth could take 10 million years to recover from mass extinction caused by humans | After a mass extinction, one might expect swathes of new species to quickly appear, the authors of the study explained. But fossil records show this can happen slower than predicted https://www.newsweek.com/earth-could-take-10-million-years-recover-mass-extinction-caused-humans-1388781 24 comments worldnews
- Boosting testosterone makes men prefer higher-status products. Findings align with examples from the animal kingdom that connect transient increases in testosterone levels to a rise in behaviors aimed at boosting social rank. It could eventually help explain and predict patterns in consumer behavior https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/boosting-testosterone-makes-men-prefer-higher-status-products 14 comments science
- Men who achieve a high standing are rewarded with a boost in testosterone, according to new research. The study found social prestige predicted changes in testosterone, which may explain the “winner effect”, where winning produces a surge in testosterone, increasing the odds of future victories. https://www.psypost.org/2018/06/new-study-finds-evidence-prestige-increases-testosterone-levels-men-51591 462 comments science
- Bill Nye predicts major shift in climate change debate - "About the time they have to select a (vice presidential) candidate, one of them will say, "Well, I thought about it, and it might be a real issue," Nye explained. And for him the reasoning behind such a pivot is rather obvious: "millennials." http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/22/bill-nye-predicts-major-shift-in-climate-change-debate/21346779/ 282 comments politics
- Paul Ryan struggles to explain Obama-era economy: GOP officials have spent seven years insisting that the White House’s agenda would produce an economic disaster, but none of those predictions have come to fruition. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/paul-ryan-struggles-explain-obama-era-economy 7 comments politics
- "The Republican Party was banking on Republicans turning out to vote against Obama, regardless of who the Repfublican nominee was... It explains why the likes of Dick Morris, Michael Barone, George Will, Newt Gingrich, and myself were completely wrong in predicting a Romney landslide." http://spectator.org/archives/2012/11/09/mccain-beats-romney/ 12 comments politics
- Is the Fastest Human Ever Already Alive? --- "In an era in which science is able to explain and predict so much, it's amazing how little we know about the potential of rudimentary movement. Is there a speed at which a human body would just break down and disintegrate?" http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6760031/is-fastest-human-ever-already-alive 3 comments worldnews