David Kessler, stage manager of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, took a statistical wander through the archives of the 24/7 Lectures. These little lectures happen as part of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. In each 24/7 Lecture, one of the world’s great thinkers explains their topic twice: First, a complete, technical description, in 24 seconds […]
The Harts come to the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony every year, journeying from their home in Florida to be very much a part of things. This year they will make the journey from Florida to Zurich, Switzerland for the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, on September 3. In this video, they invite you […]
In looking for info about the call-it-a-chatbot-if-you-wish — the computer program — named “Claude”, we came across a tribute to a man named Claude Chabot: PASSING OF CLAUDE CHABOT, FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION DES CHABOT The Association des Chabot would like to express its sincere and deepest condolences to the entire family of Mr. […]
People who worship cats (or maybe less fervently, care unusually much about stuff related to cats) inspire other people to try to analyze why and how those people care so very much. J.C.E. Austin made one of the most notable recent attempts to make sense of it all. Details are in her PhD dissertation: ” […]