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Erica Schippers - This is sort of neat.

Brain in a dish.

November 04, 2004 in Science | Permalink | Comments (4)

Erica Schippers - IgNobel Prizes

Presented for your amusement.

Not all scientific research is created equal:

2003 IgNobel Winners

The creators of Murphy's Law won this year, but I find that the original form is substantially different in meaning and tone than the popular version.

Original: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, someone will do it."

This seems to me to be more a declaration that "someone somewhere will inevitably be stupid" than "whatever can go wrong, will".

Also this year:

Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans
The Force Required to Drag Sheep Across Various Surfaces

January 15, 2004 in Science | Permalink | Comments (3)

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