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1959

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Birth Year1959—2 pts▶
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EducationUniversity of California, Irvine; University of Chicago; California Institute of Technology—2 pts▶
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—University of California, Irvine; University of Chicago; California Institute of Technologyview →
—B.S. Physics, UC Irvine (1981); M.S. Physics and M.A. Conceptual Foundations of Science, University of Chicago (1984); Ph.D. Social Science, Caltech (1997)view →
Notable ForPioneered prediction markets (since 1988); invented Logarithmic Market Scoring Rule (LMSR); proposed futarchy governance; originated Great Filter hypothesis; authored The Age of Em and The Elephant in the Brain; 5,200+ citationsMar 2026view →
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hanson—2 pts▶
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George Mason UniversityAssociate Professor of Economics1999en.wikipedia.orgResearch on prediction markets, AI futures, and social science; associated faculty at GMU
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