Category Archives: The future

Zolltan 2020 Playoff Prediction Special

Posted on 12 August 2020 by zolltan

What? You thought I wouldn’t do this just because “there’s a pandemic on and who cares about hockey” or “zolltan stayed up till 3 AM last night to write a new midterm for my students” or whatever? Pfft, it’s the … Continue reading →

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zolltan’s public predictions for 2020

Posted on 20 January 2020 by zolltan

Have I learned from last year’s mistakes? Let’s see. Brexit occurs (90%) No no-deal Brexit (80%) By the end of the year, there are at least 100 US troops stationed in Syria (80%) UK Labour led by a non-Corbynite candidate … Continue reading →

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Reviewing zolltan’s public predictions for 2019

Posted on 20 January 2020 by zolltan

I made a set of predictions at the start of 2019. How did I do? Brexit occurs (80%) No second brexit referendum (90%) No no-deal brexit (60%) No UK general election (70%) Emmanuel Macron remains president of France (95%) Justin … Continue reading →

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The Zolltan imminent geopolitical disaster prediction special

Posted on 4 May 2019 by zolltan

There are a couple good reasons to not make this post. The first is that I’ve been hoping for a long time that zipppa would make it instead. The second is that it is in really bad taste. And nevertheless, … Continue reading →

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Prediction Special: 2019 NHL Playoffs

Posted on 10 April 2019 by zolltan

Here we go! The East: (1) Tampa Bay / (8) ‘Lumbus In one sense of the word “to have,” Tampa has to win this series because they’re a really great team. In another, it’s Columbus that has to win, because … Continue reading →

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zolltan’s public predictions for 2019

Posted on 17 January 2019 by zolltan

Everyone’s doing it! These were predictions I made in the first week of 2019, and already some of them look not too great. But, you’ll just have to believe me that I didn’t change them to appear more reasonable. World … Continue reading →

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Follow the blog for more soft quietism

Posted on 8 November 2018 by zolltan

Here’s two statuses I saw shared by friends on facebook recently: “Every piece of career advice for women is either gaslighting or victim-blaming.” and “I often get asked how to get more women interested in STEM. Step one: smash the … Continue reading →

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Prediction Special: 2018 NHL Playoffs

Posted on 11 April 2018 by zolltan

At the wedding, I talked with M., who works at a biotech startup that’s trying to prevent food poisoning. He joked that he felt he wasn’t doing a good enough job, since he himself had gotten food poisoning earlier in … Continue reading →

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Defending the indefensible: Everything is bad and likely to be getting worse

Posted on 30 July 2017 by zolltan

“Defending the indefensible” is a series of posts where I write arguments for viewpoints that normally make me angry. Instead of “devil’s advocacy” style arguments, I wanted to give the most honest argument I could for the other side. Partly … Continue reading →

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Defending the indefensible: against government action on climate change

Posted on 23 June 2017 by zolltan

“Defending the indefensible” is a series of posts where I write arguments for viewpoints that normally make me angry. Instead of “devil’s advocacy” style arguments, I wanted to give the most honest argument I could for the other side. Partly … Continue reading →

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