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September 21, 2020: Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes
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Tonight: Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes
Pointers:
• Ig Nobel Prizes, including video of the 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony from last Thursday, Sep 17
• The Annals of Improbable Research, edited by Marc Abrahams
• @MarcAbrahams (Twitter)
• Facebook Has Been a Disaster for the World (by Jamelle Bouie, NYT Op-Ed, Sept 18)
• The Social Dilemma (Netflix documentary on Big Tech)
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Listener comments!
Ultradamno, Webhamster.
They're cool general-purpose pocket computers... but they're terrible to try to talk over.
My cat thinks she's a cartoon dog. FWIW twitter.com...
Idiot: "I know all about that."
www.ted.com...
I really hope that madness goes out of style.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18449.The_Best_of_the_Journal_of_Irreproducible_Results