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He won an Ig-Nobel prize, but not a Nobel AFAIK. It mentions neither in TFA.
Indeed, he won the Ig Nobel together with Kruger in 2000, but the Ig Nobels are clearly different from the Nobel prizes:
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology.
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He won an Ig-Nobel prize, but not a Nobel AFAIK. It mentions neither in TFA.
Indeed, he won the Ig Nobel together with Kruger in 2000, but the Ig Nobels are clearly different from the Nobel prizes:
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology.