Fourth Grader Clears Pats from Deflategate

http://nesn.com/2015/02/fourth-graders-science-project-debunks-deflategate-clears-patriots/

so a fourth grader figured out what the NFL can't?

as an aside, can you believe that cowboys fan who questioned the validity of the kid's science project because she's from boston? c'mon man.

Tedd Wells has some competition

TommyBrady12 said:

http://nesn.com/2015/02/fourth-graders-science-project-debunks-deflategate-clears-patriots/

so a fourth grader figured out what the NFL can't?

as an aside, can you believe that cowboys fan who questioned the validity of the kid's science project because she's from boston? c'mon man.

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When I read the article, I thought it was possible the Cowboys fan was another 4th grader. That wouldn't make his comments right, but at least they would be understandable. After seeing it was an adult, that's just sad on a few levels.

TommyBrady12 said:

as an aside, can you believe that cowboys fan who questioned the validity of the kid's science project because she's from boston? c'mon man.

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I might know this Hatriot idiot from the CowboysZone....list of things to do today - post at CZ "Why I am no longer a Cowboys fan"

I love how a 4th Grader can figure this out, but people like Bill Nye and Neil Degrasse Tyson are flummoxed by it.

TommyBrady12 said:

....can you believe that cowboys fan who questioned the validity of the kid's science project because she's from boston? c'mon man.

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We all know that people from Boston are sorcerers who can do magical science-defying tricks on command.

Next week on Are You Smarter Than A Fourth Grader?

Rodger Goodell takes on Sienna Kiegwin.

Kiegwin brings only her knowledge learned from Science class and an experiment she did at home using only her oven, fridge, and an inexpensive football.

Goodell brings an army of lawyers as well as forensic experts who likely spent thousands on advanced technological lab tests.

Who's going to win in this battle between David and Goliath? Tune in next week.

It's fun to screw with people but really we're just going in circles. After the thing erupted I spent many hours looking at calculations from temperature, wetness, friction, blah blah blah. But it became clear that the error bars and unknowns swamped the knowns. I say the Patriot balls started at 12.5 and went to 10.5 (2.0 change), physics can only explain 1.7 at most, boom. Just proved they cheated with physics. I say they started at 13.0 and went to 11.9, boom. Just proved them innocent with physics.

Pick whatever numbers you want to go with to start and finish because nobody knows, and pick a change between 1.1 and 2.0 and you can have any conclusion you want. I'd like to think someday we will know what they started and finished at and how wet they were but it doesn't look like we ever will. I'm not sure there's anyone on earth who knows at this point. I'd like to think no evidence equals no investigation but once we entered crazy town all bets are off anyway.

memento said:

Tedd Wells has some competition

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So does Bill Nye the Science Guy.

Empiricism FTW!