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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People will stick anything up their ass these days, and these guys get the fucking Nobel Prize?!

I feel betrayed ☹️

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 91 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

the fucking Nobel Prize?!

No, the Ig Nobel Prize:

The Ig Nobel Prize monetary award is given in a solitary banknote for the amount of 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollars ($0.40 USD)

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 24 points 2 months ago

It is a prize for serious science, just serious science that also happens to be funny

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i'm a bit disappointed that it's not like 10 bucks at least, like haha funny yes, but come on you can give them an actual reward for actual science

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The actual worth of the prize could be the publicity, to stand out and be recognizer as a scientist in a flood of publications. I'm just guessing.