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Irrelevant Scientific Research Honored

Posted by samzenpus on from the wierd-science dept.

More than 1,000 people attended this year's Ig Nobel awards, a light-hearted alternative to the Nobel Prizes. Scientists who unlocked the inner secrets of dog fleas, crisps and tangled string swept the show. Handing out awards was William Lipscomb, the 1976 Nobel laureate for chemistry, also doubling Thursday, at the age of 89, as the hero in the "Win-a-Date-With-a-Nobel-Laureate Contest." The prize itself is a plaque that reads, "This Ig Nobel Prize is awarded in the year 2008 to an Ig Nobel Prize Winner, in recognition of the Ig Nobel Prize Winners' Ig Nobel Prize winning achievement." At last I can submit my paper, "Everything is Really Wet, Even Dry Stuff." for peer review.

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  1. Re:relevant inf. ignored/hidden, dishonor abounds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Serious question here, can somebody explain to me, for real, why people post shit like this? I truly don't understand why people post this stuff, or what purpose it could possibly serve. Is it really just crazy people?

  2. Re:Discovery Institute should get its act together by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    I know you're just a flaming troll but today I can't help myself.

    Have you ever taken a look at evolution - it doesn't make any sense either. All this incredible diversity from grass to humans to bugs ect... This all came from on little spark of life in some primordial goo?! I'm not buying it anymore than I'm buying a literal translation of the Creationist.

    Don't try to defend yourself by saying "but I didn't say anything about evolution" because that is your counter argument to the Creationist...

    Here's your chance to say what you mean instead of failing at starting a flame fest...