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What fraction of nuclear weapon detonations by 2050 will be on well-populated areas?

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	lower 25%	median	upper 75%
community	0.01788%	0.5105%	0.9792%
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Quartiles	community	My Prediction
lower 25%	0.01788%	—
median	0.5105%	—
upper 75%	0.9792%	—

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Authors:

Metaculus-Partners MichaelA

Opened:

Aug 21, 2021

Closes:

Jan 1, 2050

Scheduled resolution:

Jan 2, 2050

Spot Scoring Time:

Aug 23, 2021

Nuclear Risk Horizons Project

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