 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony 2006 @ Harvard Originally uploaded by fantastine1234. |
I’ve been smiling all day, but people over at the Chronicle of Higher Ed are very sad…
They missed the 2006 Ig Nobel prize ceremony last night because their spam filter ate press releases containing words…not “dung beetle” or “electromechanical teenager repellent”…but maybe the description of Kees Moeliker’s prize… Whatever the reason, I’m nominating their spam filter for its own Ig! Streaming video of the event should go up at http://www.improbable.com/webcast.html soon–at the moment, alas, the site’s getting so much traffic that things there are sloowwwwww. While you’re waiting, here’s some news coverage of last night’s craziness: |
- Candace Lombardi at CNET has the star quote from Ig winner Francis Fesmire.
- “I someday really wish to be recognized for my work in cardiac research, but my son told me to look on the bright side. It’s sort of like winning a Darwin Award, but you don’t have to die.”
- David Brooks of NH notes one serious problem.
- People from NH are seriously under-represented on the list of past Ig Nobel winners!
- Steve Nadis at Nature has some great quotes
- “Another classic Ig tradition scientists attempt to sum up their field in seven words. Frank Wilczek of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology does dark matter and dark energy: ‘What you see isn’t what you get.’ “
I guess that has to be my favorite quote. Well, to be honest, my favorite quote was one applause line in Marc’s list of show contributors — “And our slide jockeys, in the back, Betsy Devine and Keith Clark!”
p.s. The great “24/7” slide in the photo is one by Keith!
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1 Betsy Devine: Now with even more funny ha-ha and peculiar » Missing the Igs // Oct 5, 2007 at 4:14 am
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