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Latest revision as of 19:52, 31 July 2025
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| Messi |
 Title text: Commentators agree that this will probably be the last World Cup in which Messi faces serious competition. |
Explanation
In the vein of 605: Extrapolating, this comic utilizes the incorrect application of extrapolation to humorous ends, in this case what appears to be polynomial extrapolation. Extrapolation is a form of estimation in which new data points are estimated from existing ones using some method. In this case, Randall appears to have smoothed discrete data points regarding Lionel Messi's average goals per World Cup game into a grey curve.
This method only works if there is a relationship to model - however, in this case, there isn't. All of the World Cup matches exept 2026 have varying amounts of goals scored, going down significantly on 2010 & 1018. Thus this extrapolation is entirely based on the 2026 stats, ignoring the other quite low goals per game.
In the title text it shows sports commentators (previously discussed in 904: Sports) using this 'data'. They point out what would be the case if it were true, that soon afterwards if only Messi follows this extrapolation he would be unbeatable - which would be true, if the chart was actual fact, which it isn't.
Transcript
- [A graph is shown, with 1 axis having the numbers 1, 2, & 3 going up it, and the other having 24 unlabelled marks. There are 6 points on the graph itself, with them being labelled 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2026, the latter having '(so far)' under it. There is a grey dotted curve going up in a curved fashion.]
- [Title of graph:]Lionel Messi [new line] world cup points per game.
- [Caption below text:]At this rate, by 2040 Lionel Messi will be scoring hundreds of goals per game.
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