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vienna · 09-24-14, 02:33 PM

If there is a ridiculously questionable field or topic to study, there is a grant, endowment, or subsidy to support the effort. Here are the 2014 Ig Nobel Prize winner:

http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2014

For more information on the Ig Nobel Prizes:

http://www.improbable.com/ig/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...gh-then-think/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize

This reminded me about the time, back in the late 60's/early 70's when there was an anti-war/anti-Nixon protest at University of California Berkeley. The police powers that be at the time decided it was a good idea to drop tear gas canisters from a hovering helicopter on the demonstrators. The big problem with this idea was there was a campus hospital nearby and the wind and prop wash blew the gas cloud into the open windows of the hospital adversely affecting the patients and staff. A decision was made to study the incident and the Nixon Administration commissioned a study on the affects of tear gas on public lawns and landscaping...

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The Ig Nobel Prize Winners For 2014... If there is a ridiculously questionable field or topic to study, there is a grant, endowment, or subsidy to support the effort. Here are the 2014 Ig Nobel Prize winner: http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2014 For more information on the Ig Nobel Prizes: http://www.improbable.com/ig/ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...gh-then-think/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize This reminded me about the time, back in the late 60's/early 70's when there was an anti-war/anti-Nixon protest at University of California Berkeley. The police powers that be at the time decided it was a good idea to drop tear gas canisters from a hovering helicopter on the demonstrators. The big problem with this idea was there was a campus hospital nearby and the wind and prop wash blew the gas cloud into the open windows of the hospital adversely affecting the patients and staff. A decision was made to study the incident and the Nixon Administration commissioned a study on the affects of tear gas on public lawns and landscaping... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __