Paul the Psychic Octopus

adultsitecms · 07-09-2010, 11:27 AM

Paul the Psychic Octopus lives in a German aquarium and correctly predicted the outcome of every single match of Germany's now-ended World Cup run. He predicted Spain would defeat Germany; Spain beat Germany today. Six outta six for Paul! UPDATE:

Math genius Hamilton Nolan tells us the probability of Paul correctly guessing the results of all six matches is less than 2%. Paul the Octopus for Supreme Ruler of the World 2012.

Like all great geniuses, Paul the psychic octopus who predicts the outcomes of Germany's soccer matches is tortured: Argentinian soccer fans who blame their team's loss on him have threatened to cook and eat him.

Paul has been Germany's soccer oracle since 2008. Now, with a perfect World Cup prediction record, Paul's fame is growing—but so, too, are the death threats. The Telegraph reports that enraged Argentinians have threatened to eat Paul as vengeance for Germany's defeat of their team, and even Germanophiles are contemplating braising Paul with olive oil and Spanish paprika, as punishment for predicting his team would lose to Spain.

This was based from here and here. What has the world come up to?