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Footballguy
You're a time traveler, and your job is to go back (from the current time) to the preseason/offseason and deceive people with the truth.
Example: "If, after week 13, the Broncos have allowed the second fewest points in the NFL, and Russell Wilson has missed at most 1 start, ..."
]okay, okay, I'm cheating a little bit in my example, since Tampa has allowed 4 fewer than Denver, but still has to play tonight ... let's assume the Saints score at least 4 points ...]
"... what do you think their record will be?"
I guarantee 3-9 will be a very unpopular answer. Of course the person doesn't know you're a time traveler, and so has no expectation that the question is deceptive.
Weird thread, I know, but I've always found it fun to think about this kind of thing. You can take it to extremes by being extremely specific and picking out exactly what data you want (e.g., "If Atlanta loses in weeks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 13, what will their record be after week 13?" Obviously, it seems likely that with 8 losses and 0 wins already accounted for, they'd be lucky to be 2-11, and no way they would be 5-8). But it can be fun to try to make a more concise and elegant statement that will yield very wrong conclusions.
Example: "If, after week 13, the Broncos have allowed the second fewest points in the NFL, and Russell Wilson has missed at most 1 start, ..."
]okay, okay, I'm cheating a little bit in my example, since Tampa has allowed 4 fewer than Denver, but still has to play tonight ... let's assume the Saints score at least 4 points ...]
"... what do you think their record will be?"
I guarantee 3-9 will be a very unpopular answer. Of course the person doesn't know you're a time traveler, and so has no expectation that the question is deceptive.
Weird thread, I know, but I've always found it fun to think about this kind of thing. You can take it to extremes by being extremely specific and picking out exactly what data you want (e.g., "If Atlanta loses in weeks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 13, what will their record be after week 13?" Obviously, it seems likely that with 8 losses and 0 wins already accounted for, they'd be lucky to be 2-11, and no way they would be 5-8). But it can be fun to try to make a more concise and elegant statement that will yield very wrong conclusions.