If you want to understand everything, you can begin or end [or begin and end] your journey here, in this study: “Q Methodology, Quantum Theory, and Psychology,” Simon Watts and Paul Stenner, Operant Subjectivity, vol. 26, no. 4, July 2003, pp. 157-175. The authors begin to explain: despite the quantum theory being described as both “the […]
World Standards Day 2026 is on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2026. The USA celebrates World Standards Day 2026 on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2026. We have long celebrated this what-is-now standard dueling dual World Standards Day standard. MUSICAL BONUS: An old song about a quasi-standard day:
Be you an armadillo or not, others may or may not perceive you to be unique. The how and why of that gets a vigorous (and possibly unique) writeup in this study: “What Makes Each of Us Unique? The Nine-Banded Armadillo as a Model to Study Individuality,” Delva P. Leao, Alvaro Duque, and Marcelo O. […]
Please join us for BOST-Ig, AN IG NOBEL CELEBRATION IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA — Thursday, September 24, 2026, at the Swiss Consulate, Swissnex, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, 6:00-7:00 pm, then light refreshments (doors open 5:30). WHAT: A celebration of the new Ig Nobel Prize winners, who received their prizes on September 3 in Zurich, Switzerland. at the […]