Finally, the answer to why TMers try to portray John Hagelin'sIgnoble Prize as a positive. They're wearing beer glasses: http://www.nbcnews.com/science/ig-nobel-prizes-blend-serious-silly-sides\ -science-8C11140134 <http://www.nbcnews.com/science/ig-nobel-prizes-blend-serious-silly-side\ s-science-8C11140134> They probably think they're attractive, too... :-)