The 32nd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize

[dismalist]

This year's Ig Noble Prize awards are riotous as usual. Spirit is "laugh first, then think". Not only are prizes in the hard sciences, such as literature and peace, awarded, but also in relatively soft sciences such as physics and economics.

Do laugh at the video embedded here: https://improbable.com/ig/2022-ceremony/, but a summary of what one is getting into is here:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/sep/15/japanese-professor-wins-ig-nobel-prize-for-study-on-knob-turning

[Hibush]

I think the winners of the Economics IgNoble just got lucky.  What did they actually do?

[dismalist]

I think the winners of the Economics IgNoble just got lucky.  What did they actually do?

Here is the abstract https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0219525918500145.

The authors have win the IgNoble for the second time, so I guess they are very lucky!