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Re:New research says blue zones can be explained by comicall... by giantg2 on Friday October 04, 2024 @06:55PM (#41746267)
It's hard to believe it's not satirical...

"Ig Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Elena Bodnar demonstrates her invention (a brassiere that can quickly convert into a pair of protective face masks)"

Re:New research says blue zones can be explained by comicall... by jfcoa on Friday October 04, 2024 @07:05PM (#41746339)
Yes, it is definitely satirical. But isn't specifically for "trivial", it gets deployed in different ways.

Some of the awards are straight up criticism of the research, like for bunk homeopathy stuff. It was awarded for the prank paper used in the Sokal affair, in which it's definitely praise of what Sokal did. Sometimes it is awarded for a bizarre but funny thing from something being studied in another more serious context like the magnetic frog levitation paper.