More details here: https://improbable.com/2011/10/14/ig-nobel-winner-writes-best-abstract-ever/

Remembered two fun things from the AIR today. This one is more meme-ish.

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Actual assignment I handed in at University:

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What was the grade?

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“ok.”

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I would say most funny… but the worst because you have to read the whole paper to know what it is about.

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The time around the superluminal neutrino result was crazy. The oddest papers were written on the slimmest chans it would last and their explination would be correct enough for a nobel prize later down the line.

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If only I could write this

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You can!

Getting it published is another matter though…

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