thumb|robin hanson in 2011 robin dale hanson (born august 28, 1959hanson, robin. "today i'm 50." overcoming bias. august 28, 2009. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/08/today-im-50.html) is an associate professor of economics at george mason universitygeorge mason university, department of economics. "faculty and staff." http://economics.gmu.edu/faculty/index.html and a research associate at the future of humanity institute of oxford university.robin hanson: my best idea was prediction markets. he is known as an expert on idea futures, markets and was involved in the creation of the foresight exchange and darpa's futuremap project. he invented market scoring rules like lmsr (logarithmic market scoring rule)logarithmic market scoring rule used by prediction markets such as consensus point (where hanson is chief scientistconsensus point. "about us." http://www.consensuspoint.com/about/), and has conducted research on signaling. ==background== hanson received a b.s. in physics from the university of california, irvine in 1981, an m.s. in physics and an m.a. in conceptual foundations of science from the university of chicago in 1984, and a ph.d. in social science from caltech in 1997 for thesis titled four puzzles in information and politics: product bans, informed voters, social insurance, and persistent disagreement. before getting his ph.d he researched artificial intelligence, bayesian statistics and hypertext publishing at lockheed, nasa and elsewhere. in addition, he started the first internal corporate prediction market at xanadu in 1990. he is married to peggy jackson, a hospice social worker, and has two children.andrew orlowski, meet the âtranshumanistsâ behind the pentagon terror casino, the register, 5th august 2003 (accessed 17 september 2012) he is the son of a [[souther
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