Bookie Always Wins<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe chances of detecting gravitational waves before 2010 were considered \u201cpossible but not probable,” in 2004, but still way<\/em> better than 100-1, said the astrophysicists.<\/p>\nOr, to put in British scientific terms, it was \u201cworth a punt,\u201d according to Professor Rowan.<\/p>\n
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The scientists quickly logged on to Ladbrokes and placed \u00a325 ($36) on the proposition for a sweet return of \u00a325,000 ($35,748) if they were right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The odds were immediately slashed, as the entire global astrophysics community followed suit. But unfortunately, they were five years too early, which just goes to show that even when the bookies get the price wrong, they somehow end up winning anyway.<\/p>\n
Yes, as you may or may not be aware, gravitational waves were detected for the first time in human history last week. Project Ligo picked up minuscule ripples that had travelled across the cosmos at the speed of light: the product of the merger of two very large black holes around 1.3 billion years ago.<\/p>\n
Kind of makes you think, doesn\u2019t it? Makes us think we should have paid more attention in physics class.<\/p>\n
Shane Warne Solves Science<\/strong><\/h2>\nBut forget all that, because once proud brand ambassador for 888.com and former \u201cbest cricketer in the world\u201d Shane Warne has gone one better, disproving the theory of evolution and verifying the existence of aliens in one moment of unspeakable clarity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we\u2019ve evolved from monkeys, then why haven\u2019t those ones evolved?\u201d demanded Warne on an Australian reality TV show this week. \u201cBecause, I\u2019m saying, aliens,\u201d he concluded emphatically. \u201cWe started from aliens.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s brilliant and it\u2019s mind-boggling, and we think he may have just whisked the Nobel Prize from under the noses of the Project Ligo lot.<\/p>\n
In fact, we\u2019re willing to bet on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Most of us wouldn\u2019t put UK astrophysicists and bookmakers in the same sentence. But that\u2019s just because we lack imagination, apparently. Because two British scientists recently proved their bets were on the money, if a few years too soon. As we all know, you have to be pretty smart to beat the bookies these days. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":33929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
UK Astrophysicists Miss Out on Winning $35, 748 \u201cGravitational Waves\u201d Bet by Five Years\u00a0<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n