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So basically, he has sat in the German box every time and they happen to have won... correlational evidence anybody? | |
Does he also predict the score? That would help a lot:P | |
No, he hasn't - Germany lost to Serbia and, as I understand it, he got that right. OT: I don't believe in this and all but it's pretty interesting. | |
Or a clever ploy to un-nerve already fragile minds of players and supporters of the English squad and fans alike. "Oh no! A psychic octopus said we'll lose! We're gonna lose!" Yeah... | |
I'm gonna go throw a coin 10 times, and it's going to land on heads every time. If it does and these guys don't appoint me psychid leader of the world or something, i'm going to sue somebody. | |
Does Paul know much about American football? What's he think about the Lions this year? Will he sit in their box? Also, Lauren- would that avatar happen to be President Madagascar? | |
Inb4 thousands of people rush to the aquarium then place bets based on an octopus. I laugh he didnt get it wrong though and someone won millions from the bookies | |
I wonder if there are also octopi named John, George and Ringo... | |
Oh I see, that makes it a bit more interesting then. | |
I doubt he's psychic, but I do hear that those awesome little dudes are quite intelligent... | |
Bah! We English have the lucky red kit . . . OF DOOM! | |
I hardly doubt it...Its just a squid. Get it in the pan and be done with it! | |
Nothing can put me down! Nothing can change my love for England! We can do it! We can win! We can beat Germany! Nothing will change my min--
FUCK. | |
Erm. Lol. That's kinda cool. But England won't lose on Sunday. We'll beat Germany easily. >.> <.< what? | |
What I'm wondering is, who's the genius who came up with the idea to make an octopus sit in a box to predict wins/losses? That's just not a very common line of thought, I'd imagine. Like the person to discover milk comes from cows, but with less practical use. Edit: is that some Pandemic-related avatar? Woot! <3 | |
I want England to win, just so we don't get any bloody riots. That happened when we didn't qualify for the Euro. Marching people, smashed cars, and various other unruly people destroying everything. They even had a go and a Postbox! The big Metal ones stuck in the ground. That was the only funny part. The rest of it was very upsetting. Calumon: ...Is anyone going to eat that Octopus? | |
Who says they didn't just falsify this data? | |
Pfffft.... So what, the US has a psychic monkey. | |
12.5% chance of coincidence? That proves it, he's definitely a psychic, or perhaps the messiah | |
Relax, there's a 12.5% chance of a coincidence, that's obviously what happened, everyone is freaking out over nothing, lol. If he gets it right two more times (bringing the chance of coincidence down to 3.125%) then maybe I'd expect foul play. EDIT: Also, making sure he goes in one box over another wouldn't help too much, since he does this BEFORE the match takes place. | |
Well, I guess I know what i'm going to name my cephalopod companion when I live with my girlfriend in a year. Clairvoyant cephalopods FTW. Also, if your avatar referenes the Pandemic game, you are awesome. | |
It's a funny coincidence, but unless he like, knocks over a box and then that team dies in a horrible explosion the next day, It's bull. | |
i want a psychic squid. it's like a magic 8 ball but cooler | |
It's the Germans using the UK's ingrained fear of Dalek's against them, pure and simple. It could be just pure dumb luck that he's picking the right choices, wonder what will happen to him if he picks the wrong team and they lose? | |
It would indeed. I've been having a hard time in Pandemic 2. | |
Octopus, actually. | |
It seems like he'll be right a fourth time, because England's going down on Sunday. Especially now that we have a psychic octopus on our side! | |
Aah still, maybe dumb luck, but that thing is beast for making decisions like that. Animals make the world go 'round, not humanity. We got the mob in the entire World Cup..Octopus is just the mobhead.. | |
Oof. My condolences- that is a tough little island to invade. The one time I managed, I held the lowest profile I possibly could until the disease had spread to at least a few countries with ports, then upped the infectivity factors some and hoped for the best. I managed to get a foot in the door in Madagascar just before they shut down the ports, and by then I'd had Cuba as well, and from there the rest of the world is relatively easy. I even managed to get the Kongregate achievement for wiping out the population in under 100 days in Realistic. I hope this helps you in your bid to wipe out the human species! | |
Well no, he sat in the Serbia box when Serbia beat Germany. The octopus "predicted" both wins and the loss Germany had; it's very impressive, even if it is luck. Many he'll be right, we shall see, shan't we? | |
Duetschland fur das Cup!! :D | |
What is this... | |
No, you'll get executed instead of Hamlet. | |
Germany lost to Serbia, look at whose box he is sitting on. haha this is pretty cool but probably a hugeee coincidence | |
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Psychic Octopus Predicts World Cup Match Results
A German octopus named Paul is being hailed as the world's first and only cephalopod psychic. His specialty? Predicting Germany's wins and losses in 2010 World Cup.
He's had 100 percent success rate, predicting Germany's win against Australia and Ghana and loss to Serbia. Paul has cast his prediction for this Sunday's game against England, and he's predicting a loss for the Three Lions.
Scientists at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in Germany place two boxes, each with a mussel inside, into Paul's tank every time Germany will be going into a match. Each box has a flag of the opposing country on the front and Paul "predicts" the outcome of the match by choosing a box and settling inside of it.
"He really strictly marched onto the Germany box and put himself inside. He was 100 percent sure this time," says Daniel Fey, a spokesman from the Sea Life center.
There's only a 12.5 percent chance that Paul could have successfully predicted the outcomes of the past three matches. Those sound like good odds to me. I'll be right back, I need to call my bookie.
Source: Sky News
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