Filling out a NCAA Tournament bracket isn’t rocket science – but does being a rocket scientist give you a better bracket? As basketball fans around the…
Filling out a NCAA Tournament bracket isn’t rocket science – but does being a rocket scientist give you a better bracket?
As basketball fans around the country strategize on how to fill out their March Madness brackets, a lot of factors go into the mix: favorite teams, tournament rankings and factoring in the inevitable upsets.
Bronson Messer, a senior computational scientist who works on computational astrophysics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (aka a real rocket scientist), has some very important advice: Remove your personal emotions and biases when filling out your bracket.
“Filling out a bracket is a very emotional thing,” Messer said. “I would say, try to be as impassionate as possible.
