Psychology
study
on
bullsh_t
wins
Ig
Nobel
prize
at
Harvard
University
Congratulations
to
the
team
of
doctoral
graduates
and professors from
the
Department
of
Psychology
for
winning
the
infamous
Ig
Nobel
Peace
Prize
for
their
study
published last
year, “On
the
Reception
and
Detection
of
Pseudo-Profound
Bullshit.”
The
Ig
Nobel
Prizes
"honor achievements
that
make
people
LAUGH,
and
then
THINK.
The
prizes
are
intended
to
celebrate
the
unusual,
honor
the
imaginative
—
and
spur
people's
interest
in
science,
medicine,
and
technology,"
according
to
the
Ig
Nobel
website.
Gordon
Pennycook (alumnus, now
a
postdoctoral
fellow
at
Yale
University),
Prof.
Emeritus Allan
Cheyne,
Nathaniel
Barr
(alumnus, now
a
faculty
member
at
Sheridan
College),
Prof. Derek
Koehler,
and
Prof.
Jonathan
Fugelsang
where
celebrated
last
night
in
Boston for
their
scholarly
study on
bullsh_t,
which,
not
surprisingly,
received
a
lot
of
media
attention
when
it
was
published
in
November
2015.
This
Ig
Nobel-recognized
work
is
not
the
first
to
make
an
impact.
As
a PhD
candidate, Pennycook,
and Barr as
a
postdoc at
Waterloo,
co-led
a
study
on smartphone use and
lazy
thinking,
which
was
covered
by
more
than
700
media
outlets
worldwide.
