The IG Nobel Prize winners
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See here[^]. I kind of like the psychology winner "Leaning to the left makes the Eiffel Tower seem smaller" I also like the literature prize which was awarded to The US Government General Accountability Office, for issuing a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports. It's a slow day here, so I might take the time to read all the past winners and some of the papers too.
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See here[^]. I kind of like the psychology winner "Leaning to the left makes the Eiffel Tower seem smaller" I also like the literature prize which was awarded to The US Government General Accountability Office, for issuing a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports. It's a slow day here, so I might take the time to read all the past winners and some of the papers too.
I read down a few and some are really funny. I like;
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PEACE PRIZE: Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, LITHUANIA, for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armored tank.
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I read down a few and some are really funny. I like;
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PEACE PRIZE: Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, LITHUANIA, for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armored tank.
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Version 3.0 now available. There is no place like 127.0.0.1You can see the video here.[^] I also like "for instigating research & development on a chemical weapon -- the so-called "gay bomb" -- that will make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other." That is real foul play. and also who would have thought " that rats sometimes cannot tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and a person speaking Dutch backwards." Chris may also be interested in " Viagra aids jetlag recovery in hamsters".
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You can see the video here.[^] I also like "for instigating research & development on a chemical weapon -- the so-called "gay bomb" -- that will make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other." That is real foul play. and also who would have thought " that rats sometimes cannot tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and a person speaking Dutch backwards." Chris may also be interested in " Viagra aids jetlag recovery in hamsters".
Hell yeah, I bet they stopped parking illegally too!
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See here[^]. I kind of like the psychology winner "Leaning to the left makes the Eiffel Tower seem smaller" I also like the literature prize which was awarded to The US Government General Accountability Office, for issuing a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports. It's a slow day here, so I might take the time to read all the past winners and some of the papers too.
Missing: "Investigation of the psychological imperative to vote in Bedfordshire-based accounting staff, and the usage of the same to increase the frequency of comment-making on a developer-targeted website"
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^] -
Missing: "Investigation of the psychological imperative to vote in Bedfordshire-based accounting staff, and the usage of the same to increase the frequency of comment-making on a developer-targeted website"
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^] -
See here[^]. I kind of like the psychology winner "Leaning to the left makes the Eiffel Tower seem smaller" I also like the literature prize which was awarded to The US Government General Accountability Office, for issuing a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports. It's a slow day here, so I might take the time to read all the past winners and some of the papers too.
I like that one from 2010: MANAGEMENT PRIZE: Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, and Cesare Garofalo of the University of Catania, Italy, for demonstrating mathematically that organizations would become more efficient if they promoted people at random. Seems to relate to the view that in any large organization after some time every job position is occupied by someone who is not good at that particular position.
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I like that one from 2010: MANAGEMENT PRIZE: Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, and Cesare Garofalo of the University of Catania, Italy, for demonstrating mathematically that organizations would become more efficient if they promoted people at random. Seems to relate to the view that in any large organization after some time every job position is occupied by someone who is not good at that particular position.
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Seems to relate to the view that in any large organization after some time every job position is occupied by someone who is not good at that particular position.
It's a pretty well established view : Peter Principle[^].
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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See here[^]. I kind of like the psychology winner "Leaning to the left makes the Eiffel Tower seem smaller" I also like the literature prize which was awarded to The US Government General Accountability Office, for issuing a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports. It's a slow day here, so I might take the time to read all the past winners and some of the papers too.
ACOUSTICS PRIZE: Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada [JAPAN] for creating the SpeechJammer — a machine that disrupts a person's speech, by making them hear their own spoken words at a very slight delay. So, he invented the PA? That's exactly what microphones + speakers do in large areas, yet he managed to get people to stop talking with it? I call bullshit, it doesn't work on politicians.
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ACOUSTICS PRIZE: Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada [JAPAN] for creating the SpeechJammer — a machine that disrupts a person's speech, by making them hear their own spoken words at a very slight delay. So, he invented the PA? That's exactly what microphones + speakers do in large areas, yet he managed to get people to stop talking with it? I call bullshit, it doesn't work on politicians.
I remember reading about that a while back. I'm not sure how effective it would be for most people, but I hate hearing any sort of recording of my own voice so I'd probably shut up pretty fast. Unfortunately for all of you, the same does not apply to my typing! :laugh:
