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. 2020 Apr 14;117(15):8234-8235.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2003390117. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

What failure to predict life outcomes can teach us

Filiz Garip  1
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What failure to predict life outcomes can teach us

Filiz Garip. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The author declares no competing interest.

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  • Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration.
    Salganik MJ, Lundberg I, Kindel AT, Ahearn CE, Al-Ghoneim K, Almaatouq A, Altschul DM, Brand JE, Carnegie NB, Compton RJ, Datta D, Davidson T, Filippova A, Gilroy C, Goode BJ, Jahani E, Kashyap R, Kirchner A, McKay S, Morgan AC, Pentland A, Polimis K, Raes L, Rigobon DE, Roberts CV, Stanescu DM, Suhara Y, Usmani A, Wang EH, Adem M, Alhajri A, AlShebli B, Amin R, Amos RB, Argyle LP, Baer-Bositis L, Büchi M, Chung BR, Eggert W, Faletto G, Fan Z, Freese J, Gadgil T, Gagné J, Gao Y, Halpern-Manners A, Hashim SP, Hausen S, He G, Higuera K, Hogan B, Horwitz IM, Hummel LM, Jain N, Jin K, Jurgens D, Kaminski P, Karapetyan A, Kim EH, Leizman B, Liu N, Möser M, Mack AE, Mahajan M, Mandell N, Marahrens H, Mercado-Garcia D, Mocz V, Mueller-Gastell K, Musse A, Niu Q, Nowak W, Omidvar H, Or A, Ouyang K, Pinto KM, Porter E, Porter KE, Qian C, Rauf T, Sargsyan A, Schaffner T, Schnabel L, Schonfeld B, Sender B, Tang JD, Tsurkov E, van Loon A, Varol O, Wang X, Wang Z, Wang J, Wang F, Weissman S, Whitaker K, Wolters MK, Woon WL, Wu J, Wu C, Yang K, Yin J, Zhao B, Zhu C, Brooks-Gunn J, Engelhardt BE, Hardt M, Knox D, Levy K, Narayanan A, Stewart BM, Watts DJ, McLanahan S. Salganik MJ, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Apr 14;117(15):8398-8403. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915006117. Epub 2020 Mar 30. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020. PMID: 32229555 Free PMC article.

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