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The focus also changed, way back then the Igs were awarded for discoveries "that cannot, or should not, be reproduced". Over time they changed to "honor achieve
by HarryHirsch 7y ago
The focus also changed, way back then the Igs were awarded for discoveries "that cannot, or should not, be reproduced". Over time they changed to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think".
If you are in Boston next year you should attend. The show isn't mean-spirited at all.
- masonic 7y agoway back then the Igs were awarded for discoveries "that cannot, or should not, be reproduced" Could you be thinking of the Journal of Irreproducible Results?
- jhbadger 7y agoThe Annals of Improbable Research is actually the descendant of the original Journal of Irreproducible Results -- there was an argument with the publisher in the 1990s and so most of the staff left to create the new magazine. The Igs started in the JIR era.