The Ig Nobel Prizes exhibition in Taiwan has begun! The exhibition opened on June 25, and runs through September 11, 2022. It’s at the National Taiwan Science Education Center, in Taipei.
Tag: Taiwan
Ig Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Parliament Keeps on Punching
BBC News reports (with action video!) today (November 27, 2020) about the ongoing peaceful activities of the Ig Nobel Peace Prize-winning Taiwan parliament: Taiwan lawmakers throw pig guts and punches Pig guts were thrown and scuffles broke out in Taiwan’s parliament over the easing of US pork imports. The government have been criticised for a […]
Peaceful punching of politicians, by politicians
In 1995, the Ig Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Taiwan National Parliament, for demonstrating that politicians gain more by punching, kicking and gouging each other than by waging war against other nations. In the subsequent two decades, Taiwan has kept up its tradition. Here’s a 2009 Spike TV video highlights reel looking back at some […]
A partial history of parliamentary fistfighting
The NewsLens news site gives a pictorial partial history of fistfights in parliaments in various countries, with a knowing nod to the 1995 Ig Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to the Taiwan National Parliament, for demonstrating that politicians gain more by punching, kicking and gouging each other than by waging war against other nations.
Experimental economics: Trade an island for a debt
Paul V. Kane, described as “a former international security fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School”, published (in the New York Times) his idea to solve two nations’ economic problems in a single stroke. He suggests that the United States should sell Taiwan to China for one trillion dollars. (Thanks to investigator Jonas Nyman of the […]
How politicians won the peace prize
This video shows Taiwan’s national parliament again demonstrating why they were awarded the Ig Nobel peace prize in 1995. The citation lauded them for demonstrating that politicians gain more by punching, kicking and gouging each other than by waging war against other nations.
Ukraine parliament mimics Ig winner
News reports, including this video, show Ukraine’s parliament members punching, beating, and otherwise assaulting each other. This mimics the behavior pioneered by Taiwan’s Parliament, which earned the 1995 Ig Nobel Peace Prize (“for demonstrating that politicians gain more by punching, kicking and gouging each other than by waging war against other nations”). The Ukrainian effort […]