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longship

(40,416 posts)

5. Not necessarily bad science!

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 07:07 PM

Sep 2014

It is science that both makes one think, and makes one smile. And there are occasional awards for bad science. But that is not the purpose of the Iggies.

Amongst my favorite Ig Nobel prizes: Dead Duck Day, the first documentation of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck. (BTW, with pictures.)

The Iggies are amongst the greatest science awards on the planet. Actually, one Iggies winner went on to win a real Nobel Prize, and the Ig Nobel prize ceremonies is always attended by many Nobel winners.

It is a really great award in science, as long as one has a sense of humor, which most scientists do.

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Ig Nobel Awards cover the best in bad science [View all] shenmue Sep 2014 OP

These awards are incomplete. Archae Sep 2014 #1

Baby shit in sausages? valerief Sep 2014 #2

Ig Nobel posts are useless without Miss Sweetie Poo. longship Sep 2014 #3

treating "uncontrollable" nosebleeds, using the method of nasal-packing-with-strips-of-cured-pork DJ13 Sep 2014 #4

OT, but figured you'd get a kick out of this video... Archae Sep 2014 #7

Did he touch it, or not?! DJ13 Sep 2014 #8

Not necessarily bad science! longship Sep 2014 #5

Another winner this year was the study that examined the brains of people who see the face of Jesus KamaAina Sep 2014 #6