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>I learned recently that one winner of an Ig Nobel prize went on to win a Nobel prize in physics. The former for levitating a frog, and the latter for discoveri
by FridayoLeary 5y ago
>I learned recently that one winner of an Ig Nobel prize went on to win a Nobel prize in physics. The former for levitating a frog, and the latter for discovering that you can make graphene using Scotch tape.
Ironically, it is not immediately obvious which piece of research led to which prize. Scotch tape is hardly on the cutting edge of science is it?
- rsfern 5y agoScotch tape exfoliation is wonderfully low tech and whimsical as a material synthesis method, if that’s what you mean, but the Nobel was for graphene itself. I guess I agree that the levitating frog business could one day lead to very impactful scientific advances, but suppressing graphene at this point is a high bar.