tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post2796775858881420844..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: 2010 Ig Nobel PrizesGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27707784689647071032010-10-04T19:03:44.582-04:002010-10-04T19:03:44.582-04:00What amuses me most about this is that I'd alr...What amuses me most about this is that I'd already heard of 3 of these papers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-51225794881116931302010-10-03T19:55:46.144-04:002010-10-03T19:55:46.144-04:00Sunny!! Redheads are NOT brunettes! We are phaeome...Sunny!! Redheads are NOT brunettes! We are phaeomelanin producers, not eumelanin producers like blondes and brunettes! Signed, a proud ginga (and no, I don't have a soul. I don't care, either!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-2419274729879335962010-10-03T16:30:30.149-04:002010-10-03T16:30:30.149-04:00I dunno about this year, I think last year's b...I dunno about this year, I think last year's bra that converts into two face masks (quickly, even) is still on top.Ben Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-79224472152081515882010-10-03T16:23:05.611-04:002010-10-03T16:23:05.611-04:00And to think that I, only recently, listened to a ...And to think that I, only recently, listened to a presentation on fruit bats wherein their ability to have oral sex while having regular sex was not even mentioned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-13903808096416398282010-10-02T22:06:32.689-04:002010-10-02T22:06:32.689-04:00Well, when you think about the fact that you have ...Well, when you think about the fact that you have to have original research for thesis and dissertations... ya know? It could be so so, ever so much worse!<br /><br />Lord knows I read some pretty awful ones in grad school for Experimental Psych & that was back in '93! ::shudder:: Of course, I <b>do</b> have to admit that I've been enjoying listening to my 14 year son talk about the research paper he wants to work on with a partner at school about "smart steel"... I thought is was an assignment. Turns out that it's <i>optional</i> <b>and</b> my bipolar/add/asperger's son who is pumped about working with <i>someone who he didn't meet until the first of the school year</i> said, "Oh yeah, and it'll look good on my resume."<br /><br />I think I'll go put these links up on my FB now, I have a number of family & friends who will seriously... appreciate them. ::wry grin:: Now I just have to convince the boychild that he can <b>not</b> make his own forge nor does MTSU have one in their lab.Kat's Katshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519016601947528061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-53052186430347197252010-10-02T20:48:45.030-04:002010-10-02T20:48:45.030-04:00The Ig Nobels are probably the highlight of the sc...The Ig Nobels are probably the highlight of the science year. This year's group are as amazing s usual.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34176775343339016622010-10-02T19:57:42.210-04:002010-10-02T19:57:42.210-04:00Two of these, at least, have been studied by the M...Two of these, at least, have been studied by the Mythbusters. They did study what what happens when you hit someone with a full bottle of beer versus an empty one (using a human analogue, of course). <br /><br />They also studied whether swearing helps with pain relief; they found it does, as compared to non-swear word. They also found that men have more tolerance than women, and redheads less than other brunettes. <br /><br />Mythbusters has done it's job, then, by encouraging people to think about science... the show may well have inspired the authors to do their own research and publish it.Sunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-73669261386532227912010-10-02T12:10:10.704-04:002010-10-02T12:10:10.704-04:00Yes.Yes.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-81409573787348816182010-10-02T12:08:59.637-04:002010-10-02T12:08:59.637-04:00Wait, these are actually real studies....Wait, these are actually real studies....OMDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937425894428802591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-41913430482489440372010-10-02T10:24:06.737-04:002010-10-02T10:24:06.737-04:00Prawo Jazdy, lolPrawo Jazdy, lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com