BS: Science at its..... best?

Subject: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 11:27 AM

The IG- Nobel prizes for 2014 have been awarded.

http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/

I think this one is my favorite: "ARCTIC SCIENCE PRIZE [NORWAY, GERMANY, USA, CANADA]: Eigil Reimers and Sindre Eftestøl, for testing how reindeer react to seeing humans who are disguised as polar bears."

(you can browse through many years of .....important... results.)

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Stu
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 01:20 PM

Love it (although I have found one that might be useful in my own research believe it or not!).

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 01:52 PM

I always like these awards.

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Amos
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 01:57 PM

I love this. Just thing how many maidely lives would have had their vigor and compassion preserved for the good of mankind if this important research had been conducted a century ago:

PUBLIC HEALTH PRIZE [CZECH REPUBLIC, JAPAN, USA, INDIA]: Jaroslav Flegr, Jan Havlíček and Jitka Hanušova-Lindova, and to David Hanauer, Naren Ramakrishnan, Lisa Seyfried, for investigating whether it is mentally hazardous for a human being to own a cat.

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Ebbie
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 02:16 PM

Ye gods! Even the Nobel prize awarders' brains have gone awry!

Are these real awards?

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 05:13 PM

They're 'real' in the sense of a private group inventing a special category.... and many of the 'studies' are.. or were serious... but I think some studies were designed with this award in mind.

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 09:24 PM

They have be real, certified science.

I want to do a study on 'There are no atheists in foxholes,' but I don' want to do the research myself. I also have a proposal to study 'Money can't buy happiness' should anyone out there wish to fund my research.

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 09:40 PM

Many years ago, a study made the news for getting $30,000 to find out why children fell off of tricycles. Turned out, tricycles had only 3 wheels, had a high center of gravity, (MANY years ago) and children were sometimes careless & impulsive! Wow!
It was ridiculed, but those low, plastic trikes appeared soon after.

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Ed T
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 10:22 PM

""Dogs generally seem to be cheerful, happy-go-lucky characters, so you might expect that most would have an optimistic outlook on life. In fact some dogs are distinctly more pessimistic than others, new research shows.""

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: GUEST,Rahere
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 06:56 AM

No, the Ignobel prizes are NOT decided by the Norwegian/Swedish structures, but by the Annals of Improbable Research and Harvard. Nobel prizewinners often award the prizes and clean the stage, with the invaluable assistance of Miss Sweetie Poo.

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 10:29 AM

Ah, yes. Miss Sweetie Poo. How could I forget her? She stands up if the speaker takes too long and says, "You're boring. Please stop." Much like some of the young ladies I dated many, many years ago.

Don't forget the ritualistic paper airplanes.

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: olddude
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 07:34 PM

I love polar bears they make great coats rap don't you think.. Lets go hunting

Subject: RE: BS: Science at its..... best?
From: Bill D
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 09:07 PM

Bad joke, Dan... you tend to forget how people see stuff in text.