10 of the Most Ridiculous Ig Nobel Prizes Ever Awarded

[@spetsnatzlegion3366]

This is my new favourite awards ceremony. Having a laugh at weird science projects while celebrating their work in a light hearted way.

[@geraldfrost4710]

IgNobel prize winners show up to receive prizes a lot more often than Darwin Award prize winners!

[@dippst]

really? hmm... i think i need to do a study of this. i dont think you're right.

[@benwatts4215]

gerald frost HUH?

[@geraldfrost4710]

@@benwatts4215 It breaks the joke to explain it, but for you I'll make an exception. The Darwin Awards are given to stupid people who remove themselves from the gene pool in creative ways. The awards are usually given posthumously. There are a few survivors that get awards, like the guy who dipped his man bits in a tank of paranah.

[@cockatoo010]

You mean Piranha?

[@sharonwiner86]

@@geraldfrost4710 I think Ben Watts was saying huh as a reference to the Ig Nobel prize given out for 'the huh study' (number 8)

[@Purlee100]

My favourite Ig Nobel was to the man who wrote a serious scientific study on "Testicular Asymmetry in Greek Sculpture''

[@acepilot1]

My favorite is the study to determine if cats are solids or liquid using the common definition of liquid as something that conforms to a vessel they are in

[@geraldfrost4710]

I see follow up studies! bring in the next round of funding! (searches the internet for cute pictures of cats)

[@lilaclizard4504]

I like the one about the cats on the computer keyboard too :)

[@geraldfrost4710]

@@lilaclizard4504 I've got a better one than that! I said (to my ex wife) that big boobs means you can hold a pencil with your boobs. She proceeded to hold a computer keyboard. Yeah, that's why I married her. Little did I know...

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@geraldfrost4710 wonder if the IG winners program would work on that too _"Computer Science - Presented to Chris Niswander of Tucson, Arizona, for inventing PawSense, software that detects when a cat is walking across your computer keyboard."_ do you think it would detect it was being held up by boobs?

[@greanstreak04]

The improbable research team was recently arrested for the murder of a janitor for placing a probability calculator in a cup of hot tea and creating a working improbability drive engine...

[@geraldfrost4710]

thus says the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[@geraldfrost4710]

@@KZbincanfuckagoat kind sir, the words were spoken in true reverence and only for the furtherance of the mighty Douglas. Allow your servant to pass from your angry gaze in peace that he may spread your praise among the heathen. (Also, he owes me twenty bucks; at least spare his life so he can pay up.)

[@twigwick]

Thank you Simon for suggesting productivity videos on Skill Share. I've actually spend 16 hours a day everyday for the past six weeks watching their videos. Lost my job, girlfriend moved out, and my cat left me for the neighbor. I can't wait to become more productive!

[@joelperry]

This is probably the best video you guys have ever done, thank you much for this, and I have shared to everyone I know that is smart enough to understand the content.

[@LoveNathasha]

This was amazing, do a part 2!

[@tvsinesperanto7446]

Shooting art fans for any reason with anything is definitely worth it

[@benangel6831]

Hurray for the Iggies... one of the reasons why MIT seemed a much funner school to hang around than Harvard back in 1993... (I see that Harvard has, since then, taken them over... hmmm, might there be the makings of a VisualPolitk episode here?)

[@brianfaucett989]

Is anyone else wondering where these people are getting funding for these ridiculous studies?

[@TheP3NGU1N]

universities usually or research grants

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

Evergreen College? Book now for a ludicrously expensive university course in lesbian dance and obsessive compulsive disorder choreography studies 🤪

[@Markle2k]

They aren't actually ridiculous, though. The last one was determining the value of art in hospitals to reduce discomfort and pain without medication and the attendant risk of dependency. The cows having names thing gives a tangible result to a dairy farmer. The Ig Nobel for cow farts and belching solidly determined that the majority of methane production happens in the rumen, not the hindgut. The whale snot robot allows researchers a way to get DNA samples without needing to approach an animal that outweighs them and their boat by an order of magnitude, and without having to poke the animal with a sharp stick, possibly becoming a candidate for a Darwin Award.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Also, some of the IgNobel are bestowed on people who didn't make any study, but a notorious action: the Nigerian Prince storytellers, by example. Some years ago the Economics IgNobel was given to a Chilean trader in financial futures who botched a transaction and made the country lose a 0.5 of its gross national product. Epic.

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@Markle2k yup exactly, as the video explained, they give awards to research that makes people "laugh & then think" they're for studies that sound funny & that we can laugh at, but actually have serious benefits as well, or as Maria said, sometimes not for research at all, but to point out crazy things happening in the world, another example of that being the guy that was declared dead while still alive & the problems it caused for him, even being unable to secure a visa to travel to the award ceremony

[@Philofasus]

Skillshare MUST have Cannibalism 101...

[@87glassrose]

Simon I seriously love all of your channels! You are brilliant!

[@bananomet4052]

You know what is also brilliant? Skillshare!

[@ThomasTrue]

Re the use of needlessly long words; I recently tried to put someone down for doing just that, only to later realise, much to my embarrassment, I had referred to them as "pseudointellectual".

[@cerboris521]

Also, the pain v art one is obvious to anyone suffering from chronic pain like I do. It's not the art but the attention you place on something other than your pain. I watch movies and KZbin for the same reason, distraction.

[@narrakasa81194]

Same here.

[@kostastsangaridis4569]

The 2016 Ig Nobel Prize Winners CHEMISTRY PRIZE [GERMANY] - Volkswagen, for solving the problem of excessive automobile pollution emissions by automatically, electromechanically producing fewer emissions whenever the cars are being tested. REFERENCE: "EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Clean Air Act Violations", U.S. Environmental Protection Agency news release, September 18, 2015.

[@susanrobinson910]

I think that Simon's Skillshare courses in Productivity are working, obviously! With all of the channels he has, he is easily doing 36+ hours of work in a 24 hour period!

[@DavidGarcia-oi5nt]

Gal Gadot is one spicy Jewess

[@ewestner]

I went to the award ceremony one year - I am not sure of the year but I think it was 2010. The award I remember the most and that actually comes into play in my everyday life sometimes is the one proving that string has a tendency to tie itself in knots.

[@frankupton5821]

Could it be that cows that are excellent milkers are more likely to be given names than the rest of the herd?

[@cerboris521]

Wouldn't be more common to name the cow that gives more milk than a named cow giving more milk?

[@jimmyyu2184]

My personal favourite 3 (real) prizes that are given out every year: 1. Darwin 2. Ig Noble 3. Bulwer Lytton =))

[@Pighood]

In 2009, the IgNobel WAS the Nobel

[@EASYTIGER10]

My tossing has a terrible effect on the sheets. Saying that, I never need to starch them.

[@scottfarrell5232]

Got a question for you... what would the United States be like if instead of a final 2 years of high school, we had 2 years of mandatory military service?

[@justinakers3196]

Scott Farrell Pete Buttigieg had a similar idea also. I think it would probably be to the benefit of our nation, but I don’t see it happening. We’re all about our freedom in this country. Most people still believe they’re free and don’t see that the system is very unforgiving. If you make a simple mistake, it seems the powers that be want to keep you down

[@dudepool7530]

I remember being excited for the Snotbot lmao

[@nicoletrent3272]

Wow, to the cannibalism one. What the hell.

[@dippst]

that last one actually has a practical application. place some pretty pictures in the line of sight of patients while undergoing procedures where they are kept awake.

[@Markle2k]

Everything but the literature prize is actually practical, usually. But even the literature prize turns out to be interesting sometimes. The literature prize is the only one that often mocks the recipient.

[@the80hdgaming]

I do know that cows with names taste better than those without... But that's just my experience growing up on a beef farm... Our cows were always named after cuts of beef...

[@geraldfrost4710]

It's a bad omen when your name is Steak. "Come here Bessy! Come here Mooser! Steak? you go walk up that ominous ramp."

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@geraldfrost4710 my school farm had a pig named "P.C." but he was sent off to become Pork Chops & so replaced by a new piglet named "bacon" - You'll never guess what happened to him.....

[@marccolten9801]

This is why I'm against "farm to table" dining. The less I know about where my food comes from the better. Do really want to know that my pork chops came from a pig named Cuddles?

[@helmaschine1885]

Well, in my country we don't say huh, we say Vah. Sounds about the same if you think of it as a tonal infliction though.

[@laurenbee6340]

Simon you should get on skill share and start sharing. I would be on that

[@michellelaroche2189]

Hmmm, what crazy study could I perform and then have my brother accept an Ig Nobel prize for..?

[@markagambrel1022]

I wonder what the numbers would be if dairy cows are giving names more than beef cattle. It's hard to name a creature you're going to eat

[@plinkitee]

Why do sheets wrinkle? Because you sleep on them. Problem solved.

[@phyllisdicks9830]

Soylent Green is people!!!!!

[@susanrobinson910]

Did you know that there is a meal replacement/protein drink called, "Soylent"? I have to wonder if the creators of such a product really thought that through!

[@marissabones]

I can't decide which one was the most ridiculous for me on this list 🙃

[@TheLoxxxton]

I don't know why but this really amused me! I will be following the ignoble awards from now on

[@lilaclizard4504]

All listed on wiki & really great reading imo :)

[@loraxdavewalters2696]

Humanitarian diet! 😂

[@JO-tg2cg]

8:07 if a farmer tells you "that cow's bossy", that's not the cows name.

[@UpcycleElectronics]

4:47 The greatest use of the word Humanitarian I've ever heard.

[@Scaramanga7]

Upcycle Electronics the trope name on TVtropes for cannibalism is “I’m a Humanitarian.” I still chuckle at it.

[@geraldfrost4710]

what do you call it when one cannonball eats another cannonball? cannonballism.

[@CandyHatsuneWolff]

My favorite Ig Nobel is still Homosexual Necrophilia in the Mallard Duck. (2003 Ig Nobel for Biology)

[@golddragonette7795]

Ducks are monsters

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

I am still baffled by what obama got a Nobel for .

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

5:18 It's an art form!

[@TheRealBatCave]

I honestly cant pick the number 1 outa this list

[@torralight4642]

This was really fascinating

[@jasmineraven2171]

here I was trying to educate myself on scientific studies....happen to watch this video on silly science...how interesting it all is when Simon mentions the Skillshare as a channel plug...so now my foray into science is diverted by the video, interrupted midway by a plug...which is interrupted itself by a you tube commercial right before the top 5. Don't you hate when your commercial is interrupted by another commercial?

[@gerfmon1]

How about doing the 10 most ridiculous Nobel Prizes ever awarded? lol

[@robertclark2253]

Do people get actual funding for these nonsensical "studies" ? If so how and why ?

[@golddragonette7795]

The ignoble are for studies that sound rediculous but are actually useful

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

I knew a girl named Geraldine that put out more than any named cow .🥴

[@Darth_Zamiel]

to be fair, this is the age of the scientific method. we all shake our heads at some of the these 'studies', yet until we apply a cynical scientific approach to an idea we can't really say for sure whether or not it's true.

[@evilfluff6634]

Freaking laser beams

[@naftalibendavid]

Strippers get higher tips when ovulating

[@robramsey5120]

I thought Dr Karl's research on belly button fluff would have made this list, disappointing.

[@MrEd9574]

This is mind numbing.....

[@cannedmusic]

I'm more for shooting artists that put a black, or red, dot in the center of a canvas and call it art. But, I guess it's subjective and legal officials wouldn't appreciate said activity.

[@malleusmaleficarum6004]

"Pretty and ugly paintings?" Wouldn't that be a completely subjective variable? That doesnt seem very scientific since I thought the ultimate goal of science is to seek out objective truth. After all, isnt beauty in the eye of the beerholder?

[@lordgarion514]

Generally speaking, they would ask the patients to rate pictures ahead of time, or possibly use more famous pictures that are widely regarded as one or the other by a large percentage of people in general. I'm not sure I would say completely subjective. While it's true that any single person you randomly ask could like pretty much anything, very clear patterns begin to emerge about what people like when you do groups. And whether they asked the patients or not, I'm almost positive almost everyone that didn't like the painting said something sooner or later.

[@malleusmaleficarum6004]

@@lordgarion514 That's still not very scientific. Science is based on facts and absolute truths, not opinions. Sccience isnt a democracy, just because a large group of people agree, for example, that something is beautiful, does not make it so, especially when it comes to art which is extremely subjective. I dont know if you've seen some of the modern art that is floating around today. To many in the art world, it is beautiful, while to many others, myself included, it is ugly and I would hesitate to even call some of the pieces art. My point is that the methodology they used can hardly be described as scientific. I understand what you're trying to say that the art they chose was either widely considered as beautiful or ugly, but neither of those adjectives are quantifiable, they're strictly qualitative, so that makes the results subjective and not reproducible from country to country, or one point in time to another. People's tastes in and ideas of what constitutes art constantly changes. If that were not the case, then they wouldnt have to tailor pick pieces of art that most people find beautiful and would be able to chose pieces at random.

[@lordgarion514]

@@malleusmaleficarum6004 actually, if they ask the patients which pictures they liked and didn't like before or after that would still be science based on opinion. But if you think that's bad, you should check out the state of medication. They literally have no idea how most meds do what they do. Including Tylenol.

[@lordgarion514]

@@malleusmaleficarum6004 Another way to look at it is you don't need infinite precision to prove things. Nor do you even need facts for some things. Back to the Tylenol example. The reason it's a fact it helps with pain is because a bunch of people said it did, and not because they figured out how it works.

[@lilaclizard4504]

This isn't really complicated to follow, the scientific question being asked is "does a person looking at a picture they like/consider pretty, suppress pain more than looking at a picture they hate/find ugly?"

[@samanthamaynard4447]

I believe I recognize the author's name as formerly writing for Cracked.

[@MySerpentine]

Yay, cannibalism LOL

[@kimghanson]

Ig Nobel? Never heard of that. Damn, I gotta get out more. But. No. 8: Eh?

[@XofHope]

Except for the Nigerian Prince, I find them all very interesting. Knowledge is built tiny bit by tiny bit and no matter how ridiculous these studies may seem to the general public, in the end they may add just a tiny little more info to their general field of study. Yes, it's silly trying to ascertain if rats can distinguish between Dutch and Japanese spoken backwards, but it becomes a lot more interesting when we think about it as a study to determine if rats have a sense of rhythm and how they respond to it. Same goes for other animals and may end up having implications and applications we're not aware of right now but may eventually come to fruition later.

[@iamgreyhorse]

You forgot to mention Obama's Nobel Prize for doing absolutely nothing !!!!!!!!!

[@JimFortune]

Let's just hope snot bot research does not proceed to human testing.

[@filadelfozuniga3411]

Cows that produces more milk are more likely to get names, not the other way around necessarily

[@austy_whasty7941]

Filadelfo Zuñiga yeah that may be so but the study specifically did it they had unnamed cows that they picked then named them

[@jakeg3126]

Skillshare!!!

[@RoaringEgg]

Where's the one about homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck

[@barrywerdell2614]

For number 6, the more closely the meat you are eating' DNA the easier it is to digest. He had the right idea just too close to home. Did you hear about the cannibal? He passed his brother in the woods.

[@lordgarion514]

I think he was just doing calories? Humans that do a lot of running usually have a very low fat percentage, so less calories. But if you're literally on the edge of death from starvation, then human meat would be much better for you than any other precisely because everything in it is an exact match and needs the least amount of effort to use

[@geraldfrost4710]

What did the cannibal do when he dumped his girlfriend? He wiped his but.

[@Perrineaf]

You ever to a video about Turing?

[@Hobbes4ever]

humans, delicious humans

[@ahuddleston6512]

Yeah! I'm lucky number 13!!!!

[@patricksweeney5248]

13 is the best number. My birthday is on a 13th The day I was born it was a Friday In the night sky a full moon Any guesses what month/year I was born?

[@eliastavarez151]

But is it lg or Ig?🤔

[@kostikoskela375]

Ig

[@hotdrippyglass]

One wonders if the Ig'ys are ever going to develop a subset for You tube videos?!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

9:52 I don't believe you! Prove it!!

[@chrishill5469]

lucas and marcus

[@lagitanavderoscio]

I was ignorant Wrong; I am sorry so sorry; "Please forgive me" ~Mother Teresa

[@mikkelnrgaard6387]

Missee Donald Ungers finger cracking.

[@Patrick_Cooper]

Obama won a Nobel. I think it would have been more fitting for him to get an IG Nobel...

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Patrick Cooper Why?

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

@Eric Christen Like what?

[@lemaygaming6952]

@Eric Christen Stop getting your news from Facebook.

[@christelheadington1136]

Do these things come with a cash award? If so they sound like something I might excel at.

[@greanstreak04]

Soylent Green is people!!!

[@LouLope]

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize.

[@selinaxo1008]

Lucky no. 5! Wooohooo

[@gonoremac]

Less than a minute after upload lol

[@eval_is_evil]

I propose a Nobel prize

[@chucku00]

Hein ?

[@wildbillcbstjohn2982]

Ah for an ignoble hm dog beating for stress releife works for me

[@MartinsGarage97]

So even the Nobel Prize people think everyone deserves a medal or trophy now a day's. 🤦‍♀️

[@claudiobizama5603]

These are the "Ig Nobel" prize, not the known Nobel one.

[@lemaygaming6952]

Wrong award.

[@piranha031091]

Are you actually serious?

[@keithw4039]

Totally uninteresting...lmbo actually pretty funny...and I could actually win one,so that's kool

[@jeskeepinitreal]

Whale snot is known as ambergris and is more valuable per ounce than gold. HA!

[@talesfromthescrypt]

This just makes me angry soz

[@amandahaytasingh6314]

Wow just wow! I always thought that you had to do some amazing breakthrough in order to win the Nobel Prize. Apparently not! The most shocking one for me was the Nigerian Prince Scam. Really? So if I create a ridiculous scam can I then win the Nobel?! Edit: I missed the the fact that these are IG Nobel ( I rewatched and actually heard him explain this time). So to add to my previous comment.. thank goodness these aren’t actual Nobels because I about lost all respect for the award.

[@Vsure420]

No but you can maybe win the IG Nobel like these people. There's a pretty big difference.

[@eval_is_evil]

No

[@glenncheatham1320]

Enough with the incessant shilling for products on this ch!!!!! It’s becoming too irritating to try to watch the videos lately!!!! THIS is one of the reasons I got rid of cable tv!!!!🤬🙄

[@kevinm3751]

Yea most of these are very bizarre but Obama getting one for doing something he flat out did not do should rank right up there with the worst of them!

[@Peggyt-jp6mt]

Watch the lefties go nuts with this comment but ...... Trump deserves a real Nobel Peace Prize for his work with North Korea. Obama did nothing.

[@lemaygaming6952]

This is about Ig Nobel Prizes, he won an actual Nobel Prize.

[@Peggyt-jp6mt]

@@lemaygaming6952 I was just googling lg nobel priizes. Interesting.

[@lemaygaming6952]

@@Peggyt-jp6mt No, he doesn't. North Korea was never going to fire their nukes no matter what Trump did. He did nothing. Neither Trump nor Obama deserved Nobel Peace Prizes.

[@Peggyt-jp6mt]

@@lemaygaming6952 Trump opened communication with North Korea. That is a significant achievement.

[@JWMCMLXXX]

Nigerian Scam Universe They should give an award to whoever thought to look at it that way