— INSIGHTS

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Essays, field notes, and analytical breakdowns from Aurelon. Forecasting, negotiation, scenario work, and the hidden structure beneath high-stakes decisions.

— Forecasting

Polymarket Has US Alien Disclosure at 15%. The Math Says Closer to 1%.

May 2026 · 8 min read

Aurelon’s 50-scenario run on the December 2026 disclosure question puts the structural answer in the low single digits. The market’s 15% sits at the top of the plausibility band, in worlds where a quiet machinery of caution suddenly decides to stop being cautious.

— Negotiation Arena

Why Watching Negotiations Can Also Be Fun

May 2026 · 7 min read

From Bowser negotiating for canon dignity to Tom Brady bargaining over laundry duty, two playful simulations show why structured negotiation can be entertaining without losing its strategic depth.

— Negotiation

What 50 Simulations Taught Us About the Iran Peace Deal

April 2026 · 12 min read

Across fifty simulated runs, the median outcome was not simple breakthrough or collapse but something more ambiguous. A look at what the distribution revealed about sequencing, sanctions, and procedural unlocks.

— Geopolitics

What Would It Actually Take to Get Iran Into the 2026 World Cup Smoothly?

May 2026 · 9 min read

We ran 50 negotiation simulations on Iran’s World Cup participation. They converged on a striking answer: not diplomacy, but protocol.

— Forecasting

France at 11% on Polymarket. Our Probability Lab says 28%.

April 2026 · 8 min read

A 50-scenario multi-debate run points to France as the strongest probability-weighted pick for the 2026 World Cup, even in a wide-open field.

— Forecasting

Why a 69% Polymarket Price May Be Asking the Wrong Question

May 2026 · 9 min read

A closer look at the US-Iran peace deal contract, the difference between peace and peace-sounding language, and why market pricing can diverge sharply from structured scenario analysis.