This fairly candid photo, taken backstage at the 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, shows Miss Sweetie Poo, backed by (left to right) a Greider, a Maskin, a Greider, and a Roberts. Betsy Devine took the picture: BONUS: Video highlights of previous Miss Sweetie Poos in action:
Year: 2014
Hitting-yourself-in-the-head for profit, hypothesized
If you repeatedly bang yourself in the head, with the proper force, in the proper spots, someone will throw money at you. That appears to be the idea explained and (with the exception of the money) demonstrated in this video: The person hitting herself in the head identifies herself as Erica Awakening. She provides further […]
Up the nose: Press reports about the Ig Nobel Prizes
The years bring ever more numerous intriguing, clever press reports and editorials about the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony and the new winners. We’re collecting links to a few of the new ones, on our PRESS CLIPS page. The Associated Press report include a generous helping of delicious photos, among them Charles Krupa’s instant-classic (it’s appeared on almost countless news […]
Pseudoclarity on whether/how pseudoreplication is a pseudoproblem
Wading into the depths: “Pseudoreplication is a pseudoproblem,” Jeffrey C. Schank [pictured here], Thomas J. Koehnle, Journal of Comparative Psychology, vol 123(4), Nov 2009, pp. 421-433. The authors explain: “Pseudoreplication is one of the most influential methodological issues in ecological and animal behavior research today. At its inception, the idea of pseudoreplication highlighted important concerns […]