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why aren't all 3 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 1 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Prediction Not checkable as stated
Cacioppo: Nothing good comes from the Forbes self-made women list
“Nothing good will come from that list.”
Christina Cacioppo Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 0:40 I failed 22 times... then I built a $2.5B Company
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ryan Smith based his Utah Jazz offer on a Forbes mobile valuation
“It was literally a meeting where it was like, well, are you serious? Make us an offer. And we pulled up the Forbes valuation on the phone and I said, well, how's this?”
Ryan Smith Nov 5, 2025 ▶ 41:19 The High School Dropout Who Made Billions & Bought An NBA team
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2027
Sam Parr: Internet Activism Founder Will Be on Forbes Cover Within 5 Years
“He is so impressive that I was, I, this guy's going to be on the cover of fortune or Forbes, I think in the next five years.”
Sam Parr Dec 16, 2022 ▶ 1:07:59 University of Michigan Students Pitch Us Their Startups | $5000 Prize Money (#396)
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