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1395815 No.1395815 [Reply] [Original]

its an octopus with an name.

Every time he picked a box of food or whatever he made a 50-50 guess. Go /sci/ on him

also, tell him about the chances we exist (some say 1 due to the infinite nature of everything but ignore that)

>> No.1395821
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>> No.1395825

>>1395821
>simply omits serbia prediction to fit his theory
probably a climatologist

>> No.1395835

>>1395821

>simply omits the CRUCIAL fact that the common octopus is colour blind to fit his theory

probably a christfag

>> No.1395841

:)

>> No.1395862

>>1395841

are you ready?

=======================D

>> No.1395863

>>1395821
>10%

Also for that theory to work, you'd have to also assume that Yellow makes teams win world cup matches more.

>> No.1395855

Has anyone suggested that maybe the handlers did something to make the boxes of the country which has the better chance of winning somehow more appealing to the octopus? Like a scent or something.

Also to the chances of our existence:
Well... The universe is an unimaginably big place where unimaginably rare things happen every day.
Also we are only able to be thinking about our existence because we exist. I can't really put into words what I mean but just try to think about it.

>> No.1395870

The race of cephalopods was trapped on earth. They were mercilessly hunted for thousands of years by stronger creatures on their alien planet, feeding on the weaker ones when they could.

One fateful month, a determined octopus decided to prove its extradimensional knowledge on the largest stage on earth.

The alien creatures holding him captive thought it was coincidence, and Paul became a footnote in sports trivia. The humans did not understand his gesture.

>> No.1395883

>>1395855
>implying the owners could predict serbia beating germany.

serbia being massive underdogs, coming off the back of a 1-0 defeat to ghana.

germany coming out of a 4-0 thumping of australia.

solid theory bro

>> No.1395893

>>1395821
It's not 10%. It's 0.5^8 for the world cup.

>> No.1395900

Why does he look so cute? Every other octopus looks ugly. But not Paul.

>> No.1395902
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communist gay porn.

Also, the chance he would guess every one of the 11 games I understand he guessed, is 1 to 2048, or a bit less than 0.05%

every match has a 50% chance of being accurate

>> No.1395906

>>1395893

first three games were group games, could have been draws

>> No.1395915

>>1395902
>communist gay porn.
more?

>> No.1395911

>>1395900
Because it has a name, therefore people sympathize with it.
When you see the animal you are afraid of (spiders, roaches, whatev), start naming them and you will overcome your fear.

>> No.1395921

>>1395900
He is not the average octopus. He never was made for the crowds. He is unique.

He is Paul. Paul the octopus.

>> No.1395926

>>1395893
but predicting every outcome of every game is 0.5^n where n is the total amount of games

>> No.1395933

>>1395926
Yes that's what I said too.

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>>1395915
sadly no. Communism, homosexuality, and porn are all interests of mine, but I possess little cross-genre material. As /sci/ is work-safe and I sometimes browse at work, here is some communism

>> No.1395936

theres no magic, if something doesnt fit just ignore it until it goes away.

>> No.1395938

probability that some stupid random method picks all games correctly = 1 - probability that they all fuck up = 1 - (1 - .5^m)^n for m games and n stupid random methods.

m is 10 or whatever, and n is god knows what.

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>>1395934

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I want one

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>>1395940
running out. I think I'll post some /sci/ related now

>> No.1395947

My guess is that he just knows his soccer.

>> No.1395959

>>1395938
Yes, some random shit would have picked all games correctly. But Paul's record was known well before he had picked all the games. People were watching him, and he delivered.

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>> No.1395972
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The species Octopus vulgaris is almost certainly color blind; neither behavioral studies nor electroretinogram experiments show any discrimination of a color's hue.[18][19] Nonetheless, individuals can distinguish brightness as well as an object's size, shape, and orientation. Shelagh Malham of Bangor University states that they are drawn to horizontal shapes, and indeed, there are horizontal stripes on the flags he has chosen. The flag of Germany, a bold tricolor consisting of three equal horizontal bands of black, red and gold, was Paul's usual favorite. But the flag of Spain, with its broad yellow stripe, and the flag of Serbia, with its contrast of blue and white, are more vivid still, possibly explaining why Paul picked those countries over Germany.[18] Fey suggested that Paul was confused by the similarities between the German and Spanish flags.

/fucking thread

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can't tell if this is real or not from the thumb

>> No.1395981

>>1395934
You and I were made for each other.

>> No.1395983
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My favourite nuclear Disaster, chernobyl

>> No.1395984

>also, tell him about the chances we exist
There's a chance that anything is anything or nothing is anything nothing. We can't fathom a kind of question like "Do we exist?".

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Mmmm octopus.

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>>1395981
age/location?

I have spent many a night looking at this image while listening to music. Feels good man

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again, I don't know whether this is real from the thumbnail.

>> No.1396011

>>1396004
21/Fl

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>> No.1396032

>>1396011
aww, 19/UK

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>> No.1396041

>>1395934
lol, communist

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>>1396040

>> No.1396053

>Some other oracles did not fare so well in the World Cup. The animals at the Chemnitz Zoo in Germany were wrong on all of Germany's group-stage games, with Leon the porcupine picking Australia, Petty the pygmy hippopotamus spurning Serbia's apple-topped pile of hay, and Anton the tamarin eating a raisin representing Ghana. Mani the Parakeet of Singapore picked the Netherlands to win the final.[43][44][45]

>Leon the porcupine
>Petty the pygmy hippopotamus
>Anton the tamarin
>Mani the Parakeet

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>>1396041
No, just someone who thinks communist russia was a cool bro

brother

brother russia

broseph stalin

I AM a socialist though

>> No.1396066

>>1396053

They mad coz Paul be stylin on them

Also, Paul has history, he done the Euro's in 08

>> No.1396062

>>1396032
:(

>> No.1396075

When Germany was an option, he picked it 11 of 13 times. The other two were Spain and Serbia. The common thread they have is a similar layout of horizontal stripes. The colors, however, are not similar. The octopus is a colorblind animal, so this is not surprising.


Germany is a good team, so if he is biased to pick Germany then he will have much better than 50% odds each time.

>> No.1396087

>>1396075
Exactly.

>> No.1396085

>>1395870
oh shit
what if this is true?

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>>1396062
it's ok, I'm probably 61/china

>> No.1396105

>>1396075

Trying to rationalise Paul's psychic abilities.
Failing.

>> No.1396114

>>1396105
He's not psychic, he's a fucking sports expert.

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>>1396085
we rape the octopodes for their space ship designs, and then become the dominant species again

They're already raping japanese (the smartest nation might I add) in pornography to imply sexual dominance, and we must act now.

Quantum computer in image

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>> No.1396137

>>1396120
Good think bro.
WE WILL NOT BOW TO THE OCTOPODES

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>>1396137
very well. I will purchase the oscillating tentacles immediately

>> No.1396152

>>1396120
> Quantum computer in image
Dude you've been tricked. That's Ironhide's cannon.

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>>1396152
you're right.

I remember I saved that image when I still thought quantum computers were able to communicate with other computers in other universes, which I thought was impossible. Yay public education

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This probably has something political/anti religious. Apologies

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it's the sunset on mars.

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OP: sorry I hijacked your thread. If it helps, I think the octopus was probably trained to get food out of boxes instead of being psychic.

>> No.1396289

>>1396246
>>1396258
Aw you saved both of the pictures I posted in that spaceship thread a few days back. Feels good man.

>> No.1396323

>>1396224
I'm an electrical designer (of lighting, power, and special systems in commercial buildings), and that is one of my favorite wallpapers.

I've always wished I could get a US version of it though.

>> No.1396320
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Google "Biosphere 2"

could have been a cool story, but my only image is too big

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>>1396289
They were awesome images.

faceinspace.gov

for being good at posting pictures

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>>1396323
I will post electricity related stuff I have just for you then. Shame this is a non-image focused board

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I now realise I don't have many

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that's it, lol

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I have an 11 megabyte dual monitor picture of a galaxy in infra red here and I can't post it :(

>> No.1396467

>>1396279
Op here. due to the nice images you are forgiven.

>> No.1396477

>>1396279
I'm a lilbit mad at you for posting gay porn, but live and let live, unless you lived somewhere nearer in which case id shove a dildo up your ass, so big it would tear your insides and kill you.

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>>1396467
Thanks. I only have time for about 3 more

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>>1396477
many have tried and none have succeeded

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good, 'cos I just ran out.

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I want to know where this is. Also, so long and thanks for the fish

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>>1396040

>> No.1396554

>>1396529
Nice file name, LD

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>>1396554

>> No.1396572

Paul is not 100% accurate actually, he has been wrong twice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus