Ig Nobel has been around a while. I wonder if there is an opportunity for them to add a feature whereby they (and donors) could _sponsor_ research in areas that would be considered candidates. Research that would otherwise be too trivial or arcane to be funded.
IG Nobel Prize Winners 2025
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#12If you're in the London area at the end of October, the Royal Institution is hosting a special event where "Ig Nobel Prize winners will gather on stage to ask each other questions about their work"
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#14The winner for Psychology made me think, for a moment, about HN: "Telling people they are intelligent correlates with the feeling of narcissistic uniqueness: The influence of IQ feedback on temporary state narcissism," by Marcin Zajenkowski and Gilles E. Gignac. Link to paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016028962... . The entire list is hilarious, and also makes you think. Go read the whole th…
> Go read the whole thing! No, if you're looking for a cure go read something about, say, quantum physics instead.
what if you understand quantum physics?
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Go read the whole thing! No, if you're looking for a cure go read something about, say, quantum physics instead.
what if you understand quantum physics?
Then watch this:
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#16If you're in the London area at the end of October, the Royal Institution is hosting a special event where "Ig Nobel Prize winners will gather on stage to ask each other questions about their work" https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/ig-nobels-face-face
> bonjour ca va?
> > me not speaking a word of french
> > consumes alcohol
> > ca va bien merci et tu?
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#17The cacio e pepe paper posted here a couple of months ago won it in the category of physics: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article/37/4/044122/3345324/Pha...
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#18I wonder if the guy ingesting Teflon to replace food heard about PFAS...?
Right? That was the most weird and dystopic shit in the list. They even filed have a patent!
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#19The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony is also up on YouTube and is worth a watch as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1cP4xKd_L4