2010 NBA Finals: Why 2008 Tells Us Nothing About This Year

As a society, we love making hyperbolic statements to make ourselves sound smart. 

Women when they heard Tiger Woods was a cheater: "I always knew there was something I didn't like about him—the way he threw clubs on the course and cursed...I knew he was doing something wrong!"

Men when they heard Tiger Woods' wife may be newly single and $500 million richer:  "Man, I bet if I see her at a club, and she's drunk enough, and I'm wearing just enough Axe Body Spray...I bet I can get with her and get some of that money!"

And our friends, family, wives/girlfriends, and co-workers will all sit idly by and listen to our outlandish plans and thoughts.  Never mind the fact that the woman has a cheating husband of her own and the man works a minimum-wage j...

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