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Demographer's work debunking regions of exceptional lifespan wins Ig Nobel Prize
- more_corn 2y agoI don’t know why. Proving something is false is as good as proving something that is true. Knowledge moves forward. The public thinks that Okinawa and Greece have the highest longevity. Instead they have pension fraud and poor record keeping. That’s worth knowing.
- jgtrosh 2y agoIg Nobels are not about bad research. > Its aim is to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think."
- mensetmanusman 2y agoNot just pension fraud, Mediterranean pension fraud!
- nitwit005 2y agoI'd heard of several of those findings, but didn't realize it was all the same person. Excellent work. The connection between pension fraud and living past 100 did make me laugh when I first read about it.
- carlmr 2y ago>according to the Japanese government, Okinawans eat the least vegetables and sweet potatoes in Japan and have the highest body mass index. My first thought was, that must be because of the big American presence on Okinawa. But it seems to be much less than I thought (18K vs. 1.47M).
- amai 2y agoSee also a recent interview of this guy at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41539235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41539235
- kelavaster 2y agoWhy did he get an ig nobel prize for catching fraud..