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The Pope will be assassinated.

Created by NancyLebovitz on 2013-11-28; known on 2028-11-28

  • NancyLebovitz estimated 3% on 2013-11-28
  • NancyLebovitz said “I saw people claiming the Pope would be killed because of his economic views. I consider this unlikely.I doubt his call to change will make much difference, but I don’t know how to make that into a prediction.on 2013-11-28
  • JoshuaZ estimated 1% on 2013-11-28
  • RandomThinker estimated 4% and said “@Nancy I don’t think that’s impossible. The last “liberal” pope was possibly done in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_Ion 2013-12-03
  • gwern estimated 5% on 2013-12-04
  • PseudonymousUser said “the Pope as of today, or any other future Pope before 2028-11-28 as well?on 2014-01-02
  • simplicio estimated 5% on 2014-01-02
  • fela estimated 11% on 2014-01-04
  • Nithi estimated 8% on 2014-01-23
  • Rowan93 estimated 1% on 2014-01-24
  • hedges estimated 3% on 2014-03-03
  • procran estimated 1% on 2014-03-08
  • Tuxedage estimated 1% on 2014-03-09
  • Ken estimated 0% on 2014-06-11
  • rebellionkid estimated 5% on 2014-06-12
  • sweeneyrod estimated 5% on 2014-12-29
  • moridinamael estimated 3% on 2015-01-07
  • Pablo estimated 1% and said “Extremely unlikely; excluding speculative allegations, no pope has been assassinated since the Middle Ages, and the mean pope tenure is maybe 5 years.on 2015-02-10
  • Pablo said “(I assume the prediction is about the current pope, not all future popes until 2028.)on 2015-02-10
  • Unknowns estimated 5% on 2015-03-14
  • RoryS estimated 1% on 2015-04-18
  • unexpectedEOF estimated 1% on 2015-08-15
  • Temeraire estimated 1% on 2016-02-12
  • equivrel estimated 8% on 2016-02-14
  • artir estimated 1% on 2016-03-13
  • themusicgod1 estimated 4% and said “10/154 popes possibly murdered, 3/154 confirmed. on 2016-03-14
  • splorridge estimated 1% on 2016-03-14
  • PlacidPlatypus estimated 2% on 2016-03-14
  • PlacidPlatypus said “Assuming we’re just talking about Francis I.on 2016-03-14
  • pranomostro estimated 3% and said “Given that 10 popes have been killed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murdered_popes#Murdered_popes) and there have been 266 popes up to date, this is my estimate.on 2018-12-08
  • Baeboo estimated 2% on 2018-12-12
  • deleteyourbrain estimated 0% on 2019-04-26
  • PseudonymousUser estimated 6% on 2020-06-17
  • Medea estimated 3% on 2020-09-11
  • JoshuaZ estimated 1% and said “Still around 1%, but if two more years go by, update to 0.4% which rounds to 0% given age. on 2020-09-11
  • Baeboo estimated 1% on 2020-09-12
  • hampuslj estimated 1% on 2021-02-20
  • n99 estimated 2% on 2022-10-28
  • Reinersaltaccount estimated 1% on 2023-01-07