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Experimental replication: knives manufactured from frozen human feces don't work

23 points by nkurz 7y ago

ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago
Good to know.
0x8BADF00D 7y ago
Sounds like it was a shitty knife.
aklemm 7y ago
If you ask this question, imagine what other questions it leads to? Not a good path.
otterley 7y ago
This sounds like a future nomination for an Ig Nobel Prize, joining other illustrious publications such as “Nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring with stamps” - http://ignobel.org http://ignobel.org
- dmix 7y ago
  Fits well in the definition: "first make people laugh, and then make them think"
Lxr 7y ago
Don’t miss the supplementary material: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2352409X19305371-mmc1.docx https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2352409X193053...
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foldingmoney 7y ago
I hope this knowledge never ends up being relevant to my life.
umvi 7y ago
How do we know the Intuit didn't have diarrea that day and created essentially a brown ice knife?
- m463 7y ago
  Yellowknife is a town pretty close to the artic (it is in canada anyhow).
- dboreham 7y ago
  All this while also developing Quicken..
new_realist 7y ago
Piece of shit research.
dmix 7y ago
> In his book, Shadows in the Sun, Davis (1998: 20) recounts what is now arguably one of the most popular ethnographic accounts of all time > Since publication, this story has been told and re-told in documentaries, books, and across internet websites and message boards (Davis, 2007, Davis, 2010; Gregg et al., 2000; Kokoris, 2012; Taete, 2015). So it's not entirely without merit. I'm sure beyond the ethnographic stuff it will fill many "well actually ..." type corrections you find by the know-it-alls on Reddit and elsewhere on the internet.
abakker 7y ago
Good publication for an elsiever journal.
masonic 7y ago
Monetization idea: new Copro-Lite brand lightweight knives with field-replacable blades. Coming soon to Amazon!
pazimzadeh 7y ago
They tried to cut cold, dead hide with the "3D printed" knife. Anyone else think the hide might be tougher than taut, live tissue? They also only went on the Inuit diet for four days before trying it. And they didn't say how long it was frozen for. They also pointed out that the knife started melting pretty quickly after being exposed to the hide - this wouldn't happen in the arctic.
kjofol 7y ago
Smells like new "Sokal affair".
teslaberry 7y ago
Shitt knives are shitty knives, whoda thunk it.

23 points by nkurz 7y ago

ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago

Good to know.

0x8BADF00D 7y ago

Sounds like it was a shitty knife.

aklemm 7y ago

If you ask this question, imagine what other questions it leads to? Not a good path.

otterley 7y ago

This sounds like a future nomination for an Ig Nobel Prize, joining other illustrious publications such as “Nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring with stamps” - http://ignobel.org http://ignobel.org

dmix 7y ago
Fits well in the definition: "first make people laugh, and then make them think"

Lxr 7y ago

Don’t miss the supplementary material: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2352409X19305371-mmc1.docx https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2352409X193053...

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foldingmoney 7y ago

I hope this knowledge never ends up being relevant to my life.

umvi 7y ago

How do we know the Intuit didn't have diarrea that day and created essentially a brown ice knife?

m463 7y ago
Yellowknife is a town pretty close to the artic (it is in canada anyhow).
dboreham 7y ago
All this while also developing Quicken..

new_realist 7y ago

Piece of shit research.

dmix 7y ago

> In his book, Shadows in the Sun, Davis (1998: 20) recounts what is now arguably one of the most popular ethnographic accounts of all time > Since publication, this story has been told and re-told in documentaries, books, and across internet websites and message boards (Davis, 2007, Davis, 2010; Gregg et al., 2000; Kokoris, 2012; Taete, 2015). So it's not entirely without merit. I'm sure beyond the ethnographic stuff it will fill many "well actually ..." type corrections you find by the know-it-alls on Reddit and elsewhere on the internet.

abakker 7y ago

Good publication for an elsiever journal.

masonic 7y ago

Monetization idea: new Copro-Lite brand lightweight knives with field-replacable blades. Coming soon to Amazon!

pazimzadeh 7y ago

They tried to cut cold, dead hide with the "3D printed" knife. Anyone else think the hide might be tougher than taut, live tissue? They also only went on the Inuit diet for four days before trying it. And they didn't say how long it was frozen for. They also pointed out that the knife started melting pretty quickly after being exposed to the hide - this wouldn't happen in the arctic.

kjofol 7y ago

Smells like new "Sokal affair".

teslaberry 7y ago

Shitt knives are shitty knives, whoda thunk it.