Science News 6/18: "Deflategate favored foul play over science"

[Soul_Survivor88]

I tried searching to see if this was already posted elsewhere, and couldn't find anything. Science News is a well-respected publication, so I thought I'd share this with you guys

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/culture-beaker/deflategate-favored-foul-play-over-science

 

[Froob]

Science doesn't matter, we know the Patriots cheated !!!1!1!1!1!1! Off with their heads and turn Brady into a newt.

 

[Raymond]

That doesn't matter. The fat guy called himself the deflater in a text message a year ago.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

 

[Mack Herron]

And yet another here:
http://jicohen.kinja.com/how-the-wells-report-made-fake-statistics-look-believab-1711898024
But under totalitarian rule, the leader is always right.

 

[Wordsmyth]

Goodell* and the NFL* can suck it!

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

And yet another here:
http://jicohen.kinja.com/how-the-wells-report-made-fake-statistics-look-believab-1711898024
But under totalitarian rule, the leader is always right.

You should make this into a thread!

 

[Hammer of Thor]

"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions." - John Ruskin

Yet sadly enough, even on a website called Science News, there is at least one comment from someone who just refuses to believe what science tells them, and wants to rely on his appearances and impressions. Very depressing that we get that on even those types of websites.

 

[Raymond]

I am encouraged that the closer we get to the 23rd, there appears to be a groundswell of disdain for the fuhrer and his blackshirts running the NFL.

 

[fair catch fryar]

"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions." - John Ruskin

Yet sadly enough, even on a website called Science News, the is at least one comment from someone who just refuses to believe what science tells them, and wants to rely on his appearances and impressions. Very depressing that we get that on even those types of websites.

So what!?!?!?! I don't give a damn what kind of "proof" you have. The world is flat d%#*!@t!!

 

[JudyPatFan]

I like this quote from the OP's link (emphasis added):

"The kerfuffle provided a teachable moment for physics teachers everywhere, and despite Deflategate fatigue, homework problems featuring the ideal gas law — which relates temperature, pressure and volume to an amount of a gas (in moles) — will likely be assigned for years to come. This science matters well beyond the football field: Understanding the gas law means knowing whether a scuba diver will experience potentially fatal bends when returning to surface waters, why life-saving contraptions like fire extinguishers and airbags work, and how hot air balloons and combustion engines do their stuff."

Of course, the idea of having this incident remembered in science classes will only be satisfying once Brady's suspension is overturned!