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FB friend can't figure out why people do NCAA brackets
| Alcoholic vivacious property | 03/17/18 |
| deep maroon mad cow disease depressive | 03/17/18 |
| deep maroon mad cow disease depressive | 03/17/18 |
| Alcoholic vivacious property | 03/17/18 |
| trip offensive hairy legs | 03/17/18 |
| brilliant institution | 03/17/18 |
| Scarlet range | 03/17/18 |
| Alcoholic vivacious property | 03/17/18 |
| Concupiscible Ruddy Deer Antler Dopamine | 03/17/18 |
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Date: March 17th, 2018 11:52 AM Author: Alcoholic vivacious property This is a guy I know from UG:
Friend: "I need someone to explain something to me about basketball brackets: We objectively know which team is most likely to win each game. So why are everyone's brackets different?"
Guy: "Yeah, but it's nights like today (the first time EVER that a #16 has beaten a #1) that explains why people pick worse teams to win."
Friend: "I get why people root for underdogs and why it's fun to watch them win, but the purpose of brackets as I understand it seems to be to get as many of the games right as you can. So why would any of them differ?"
Guy: " If you look at individual games and matchups, you can see that even if a team is ranked higher, they may be at a disadvantage to the less-ranked team. The ranking system isn't always correct, and just using my knowledge of basketball as well as having watched a lot of teams play, I correctly predicted some upsets and underdog wins."
Friend: "Are you saying that the better team does not win more often?"
Guy: "All else being equal, the better team does win more often. For any given game, not everyone agrees on when all else is equal or who the better team is. Also, some people fill out their brackets based on criteria other than who they think is most likely to win."
Friend: "Thanks. That's what I was missing. I thought it was like placing a bet, and the point was to win. But you're saying it's more like an expression of hope and preference?"
Guy2: "it is the same is as picking countries that will win what ever challenge in the current space race"
Friend: "But as far as I'm aware, there is no objective numerical way to assign a probability to any country winning a space race. There is an agreed way to assign win probabilities in basketball."
Friend wants to be an astronaut btw. |
Date: March 17th, 2018 11:53 AM Author: deep maroon mad cow disease depressive At least admit you're the friend in this story. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921293&forum_id=2#35625619) |
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Date: March 17th, 2018 11:54 AM Author: deep maroon mad cow disease depressive Astronaut ain't gonna happen for this one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921293&forum_id=2#35625621) |
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Date: March 17th, 2018 11:59 AM Author: Alcoholic vivacious property He's very serious about it. Has relevant degrees in aeronautical engineering, works at a space-related company, does fake Mars missions in the desert, applies for everything with a remote chance of sending him to space (he even took part in that bullshit MarsOne scam).
But man he is just overpoweringly autistic. |
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Date: March 17th, 2018 11:57 AM Author: trip offensive hairy legs butt in to call him an autist please (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921293&forum_id=2#35625632) |
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Date: March 17th, 2018 12:02 PM Author: brilliant institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921293&forum_id=2#35625647) |
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Date: March 17th, 2018 11:57 AM Author: Scarlet range "We objectively know which team is most likely to win each game. So why are everyone's brackets different?"
LMAO get this guy into crypto or options trading ASAP |
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Date: March 17th, 2018 12:04 PM Author: Alcoholic vivacious property (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921293&forum_id=2#35625651) |
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Date: March 17th, 2018 12:45 PM Author: Concupiscible Ruddy Deer Antler Dopamine "We OBJECTIVELY know based on the SUBJECTIVE rankings given to us from a bunch of 90 IQ athletic directors." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921293&forum_id=2#35625806) |