Comments on: The Perfect Bracket http://messymatters.com/2009/03/29/the-perfect-bracket/ Bring Your Own Data Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:50:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave http://messymatters.com/2009/03/29/the-perfect-bracket/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Dave Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:58:03 +0000 http://messymatters.com/?p=127#comment-25 Andrew McAfee, a Harvard b-school professor, <a href="http://andrewmcafee.org/blog/?p=711" rel="nofollow">chose his bracket</a> using the "wisdom of markets games". Specifically, he used the prices at <a href="http://us.newsfutures.com" rel="nofollow">NewsFutures</a> to fill out his 1st round picks and the tournament seeding thereafter. His bracket is also doing very well compared to his students, though it seems that your "Yahoo! most popular" was one game better in the 1st round. Andrew McAfee, a Harvard b-school professor, chose his bracket using the “wisdom of markets games”. Specifically, he used the prices at NewsFutures to fill out his 1st round picks and the tournament seeding thereafter. His bracket is also doing very well compared to his students, though it seems that your “Yahoo! most popular” was one game better in the 1st round.

]]> By: Sharad Goel http://messymatters.com/2009/03/29/the-perfect-bracket/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Sharad Goel Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:25:46 +0000 http://messymatters.com/?p=127#comment-17 Joe, good catch - thanks! I corrected the mistake. Joe, good catch – thanks! I corrected the mistake.

]]> By: Joe http://messymatters.com/2009/03/29/the-perfect-bracket/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Joe Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:12:25 +0000 http://messymatters.com/?p=127#comment-16 $1 million / $70 billion = $0.00001428... = 0.001428 cents NOT 1.4 cents. $1 million / $70 billion = $0.00001428… = 0.001428 cents

NOT 1.4 cents.

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