On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:22:17 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >The IgNobels for 2009 are out! > http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2009 > >The most "psychological" (though it is formally for veterinary medicine) >went to "Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, >Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, for showing that cows who have names give >more milk than cows that are nameless."
BRO! You've gots to be kidding me! Just ask any random male undergraduate psych major: THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST PSYCHOLOGICAL!!?!: |PEACE PRIZE: Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, |Michael Thali and Beat Kneubuehl of the University of Bern, Switzerland, |for determining — by experiment — whether it is better to be smashed |over the head with a full bottle of beer or with an empty bottle. Dude! Are these guys going to get their own reality show on MTV or just make a guest appearance on "Jackass"? |REFERENCE: "Are Full or Empty Beer Bottles Sturdier and Does |Their Fracture-Threshold Suffice to Break the Human Skull?" |Stephan A. Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael J. Thali |and Beat P. Kneubuehl, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, |vol. 16, no. 3, April 2009, pp. 138-42. |DOI:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.07.013. |WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY: Stephan Bolliger Warning: Do refer to this research the closer we get to Spring Break! ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
