-Caveat Lector- > Academe Today [Daily report from the Chronicle of Higher Education, > http://chronicle.com] > Friday, October 6, 2000 > > Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Feats That 'Cannot or Should Not > Be Reproduced' > > By TIM SWARTZENDRUBER > > Harvard University's science-humor magazine, the Annals of > Improbable Research, awarded its annual Ig Nobel Prizes on > Thursday to winners in literature, physics, public health, and > seven other categories. > > The awards, which spoof the Nobel Prizes, celebrate > achievements that "cannot or should not be reproduced." > Genuine Nobel laureates were scheduled to participate in the > ceremony, which was to feature the annual "Win a Date With a > Nobel Laureate" contest. > > Following is a list of the winners: > > > David Dunning, of Cornell University, and Justin Kruger, of > the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, received the > psychology award for their report "Unskilled and Unaware of > It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence > Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments." > > > Jasmuheen (formerly known as Ellen Greve), of Brisbane, > Australia, received the literature award for her book Living > on Light (Koha Publishing, 1998), which explains that although > some people do eat food, they don't ever really need to. > > > Richard Wassersug, of Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova > Scotia, received the biology award for his report "On the > Comparative Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles From > Costa Rica." > > > Andre Geim, of the University of Nijmegen, in the Netherlands, > and Sir Michael Berry, of the University of Bristol, in > Britain, received the physics award for using magnets to > levitate a frog and a sumo wrestler. > > > Donatella Marazziti, Alessandra Rossi, and Giovanni B. > Cassano, of the University of Pisa, in Italy, and Hagop S. > Akiskal, of the University of California at San Diego, > received the chemistry award for their discovery that, > biochemically, romantic love may be indistinguishable from > severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. > > > The Rev. Sun Myung Moon received the economics award for > bringing efficiency and steady growth to the mass-marriage > industry, with, according to his reports, a 36-couple wedding > in 1960, a 430-couple wedding in 1968, an 1,800-couple wedding > in 1975, a 6,000-couple wedding in 1982, a 30,000-couple > wedding in 1992, a 360,000-couple wedding in 1995, and a > 36-million-couple wedding in 1997. > > > Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, Pek van Andel, and Eduard > Mooyaart, of Groningen, the Netherlands, and Ida Sabelis, of > Amsterdam, received the medicine award for their > "illuminating" report, "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Male and > Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal." > > > Chris Niswander, of Tucson, received the computer-science > award for inventing PawSense, software that detects when a cat > is walking across a computer keyboard and ignores the > resulting keystrokes. > > > The British Royal Navy received the peace award for ordering > its sailors to stop using live cannon shells, and to instead > just shout, "Bang!" > > > Jonathan Wyatt, Gordon McNaughton, and William Tullet, of > Glasgow, received the public-health award for their "alarming" > report, "The Collapse of Toilets in Glasgow." > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
