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An improbable (but real) reunion took place during the 2008 Alpbach Technology Forum in Tirol, Austria on August 23, 2008, where I was invited to talk - together with Marc Abrahams - about Improbable Research and the Ig Nobel prizes. Among the other plenary speakers were several Nobel laureates. One of them - Wolfgang Ketterle [...]

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I took this picture Friday night during our weekly Skype-and-Whiskey meeting. If you want to know what it is about: see todays entry of the improbable.com blog.

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De 49-jarige Erwin Kompanje is werkzaam als klinisch-ethicus van de afdeling Intensive Care van het Erasmus Medisch Centrum. In die functie buigt hij zich dagelijks over vragen als: Wat is hersendood? Wel of niet reanimeren? Behandeling voortzetten of staken? Ook zet hij medici en beleidsmakers aan tot genuanceerd denken over orgaandonatie, zijn specialisme. In zijn [...]

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With scientific accuracy Dan Meyer warms up the audience: “First I have to deal with my gag reflex, then flip my epiglottis, put my pharynx and gullet in one line and nudge my heart a little to the left.” Then he slowly lowers a 50 cm long solid steel sword down his throat. It is [...]

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