The group looks very interesting (some sort of prediction market/think tank it would seem after a quick look on their website), but the name itself just screams "Official James Bond Villain Front Organization". I would not be very surprised if they were involved with some sort of grandiose scheme to have chillingly good actuarial tables- which they kept accurate through direct intervention!
"So you see, Mr. Bond, our predictions come true- because we make them true!"
"So then, civil war in Yugoslavistan..."
"...will begin in precisely 35 hours and 20 minutes, yes, Mr. Bond."
"You'll never get away with this!"
(amused) "Oh? But I have predicted that we shall..."
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Their blog is pretty interesting, speaking as a member of a competing team. It's the first time I've seen any opportunity to compare my scores with someone else's in some detail. (For instance I did relatively well on the Russian election run-off question (.20), compared to my group (.50), but these folks did really well (.08).)
Anyone else going? http://blog.daggre.org/
Looks like you can barely get direct roundtrip from LA<->DC for $600 now (probably double that if you wait a week to book).