The Ig Nobel Prizes have been awarded

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20018225-245.html

 

Swearing, bearded scientists, and a roller-coaster riding asthma treatment all recognized

[b stein 22]

And finally, a project at the University of Catania in Italy was awarded the management prize for demonstrating mathematically that organizations can improve efficiency by promoting people randomly.

 

I dont understand how this is possible. If they promote people randomly then what is the incentive to actually work hard and earn your promotion. I would do the bare minimum if the company I worked for did this.

[DC Tom]

Damn. I though my brother and I had a good chance this year, with our paper "Biomechanical consequences of reduced dynamic friction at the human-algal interface."

 

(My wife slipped on a moldy patch on a storm drain in the backyard a couple of months ago.)

[Cugalabanza]

  On 10/1/2010 at 3:34 PM, b stein 22 said:

And finally, a project at the University of Catania in Italy was awarded the management prize for demonstrating mathematically that organizations can improve efficiency by promoting people randomly.

 

I dont understand how this is possible. If they promote people randomly then what is the incentive to actually work hard and earn your promotion. I would do the bare minimum if the company I worked for did this.

My company gives promotions only to the most incompetent, so this would actually be an improvement.

[bbb]

It might be good to note that this is a parody and not the real Nobel Prizes.

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  On 10/1/2010 at 5:28 PM, bbb said:

It might be good to note that this is a parody and not the real Nobel Prizes.

I nominate your reply for next year's Ig Nobel Prize for literature

[b stein 22]

  On 10/1/2010 at 5:28 PM, bbb said:

It might be good to note that this is a parody and not the real Nobel Prizes.

wow i missed that. :wallbash: I feel stupid.

Edited October 1, 2010 by b stein 22

[bbb]

  On 10/1/2010 at 8:07 PM, b stein 22 said:

wow i missed that. :wallbash: I feel stupid.

 

Don't worry - apparently, Dev thinks that I'm the stupid one.