The writer obviously hasn’t done any deep study of prediction markets and why they often provide greater insight than other polling techniques. Are they perfect? No. They predicted Hillary would win in 2016.

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linhns 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Had they existed then, prediction markets would have picked Hillary to win also

	▲	drob518 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They did exist and they did predict Hilary.

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dh2022 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You obviously missed the point of the article. The point is that validating and advertising Polymarket on national news outlets will have ugly consequences.

	▲	bink 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's amazing how many people on HN didn't bother to actually read the article.
	▲	drob518 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I did not miss the point of the article. You obviously missed my point, however.