Love this quote from the piece:
Few journalists have the scientific literacy to ask the right questions, and, partly as a result, few of their readers, viewers, and listeners have the scientific literacy to notice or care.
Yes, but wouldn't the extra-low ball be the one most likely to raise a red flag among the Indy people? Don't get me wrong; I'd love for you to be right!
Very, very unlikely (in my opinion).
The simplest scenario seems the likeliest; The balls were not tampered with between the pre-game inspection and the re-inspection later in the game.
Q: So why were the Patriots' balls found to be low?
A: Because, as has been demonstrated over and over...
Bumping this from *gasp* the last Superbowl.
I purchased the SportSync radio last time, and it didn't work well at all. Is it possible to USE a DVR delay to synch the radio and TV? I'll be watching on a set with a DVR, but I do not have one at home, thus I ask here.
I'm a physicist (PhD), and this is either sloppy reporting or sloppy science. A decrease in temperature will correspond to a decrease in pressure--guaranteed. If the balls had been inflated indoors, where the temperature was (presumably) higher than it was outdoors, then moving the balls...
When "seeing things a little differently" amounts to propagating an ignorant bigotry that hurts and divides people, then no, it should not be accepted. At one time black people were shunned from professional sports, which is unthinkable today. One day opinions like yours will be unthinkable...
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