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Ig Nobel Prize And How It Contributes To Science
"Scientists have at last proved that cats are liquid!" - such ironic posts by cat lovers filled the Internet after the latest Ig Nobel prize awards. Surely, the Ig Nobel prize is often treated as a joke, yet it actually sets forth important questions, like what science is really about, and whom it should serve? Which research is important and which not? Does science leave any place for creativity, and can research be treated as useless only because it makes us laugh?
19.09.2017