Fueled by Caffeine
Fueled by Caffeine MegaDork
9/23/16 8:45 a.m.

ig noble awards

Awards for scientific research whose value is questionable. Very Funny.. I love the guy who lived with Goats...

petegossett
petegossett UltimaDork
9/23/16 9:09 a.m.

In reply to Fueled by Caffeine:

I think this might be the greatest scientific study ever!

Kylini
Kylini HalfDork
9/23/16 10:16 a.m.

There are some pretty awesome studies that get that award too. Nothing like quality WTF!

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
9/23/16 10:40 a.m.
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: ig noble awards Awards for scientific research whose value is questionable. Very Funny.. I love the guy who lived with Goats...

I wouldn't say they are of questionable value, most have pretty clear value. They just seem silly on the surface (without perspective).

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
9/23/16 11:45 a.m.
aircooled wrote:
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: ig noble awards Awards for scientific research whose value is questionable. Very Funny.. I love the guy who lived with Goats...
I wouldn't say they are of questionable value, most have pretty clear value. They just seem silly on the surface (without perspective).

Lemme guess. You work for the government?

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
9/23/16 11:58 a.m.

No, I just don't look at the surface of everything. Do you work for a marketing firm? Perhaps a political adviser?

E.g. Rock personality study shows how ineffective a personality test is, polarized light study could be used to control insects, phantom scratching useful for skin disease sufferers. Lying study was a useful warning on primarily using college students for studies etc.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
9/23/16 12:00 p.m.
petegossett wrote: I think this might be the greatest scientific study ever!

You neglected to mention this little tidbit from that study:

The article wrote: With the help of selected tweets from Deepak Chopra’s Twitter account, researchers from the University of Waterloo and Sheridan College identified certain traits that made people more susceptible to B.S.

NEALSMO
NEALSMO UltraDork
9/23/16 2:01 p.m.

Rats in Underwear is the name of my new band

petegossett
petegossett UltimaDork
9/23/16 7:20 p.m.
NEALSMO wrote: Rats in Underwear is the name of my new band

I'd pay money to watch that.

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