questionmark Posted February 22, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 22, 2014 MOSCOW, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A satirical prize to be "awarded" to the top achievements in pseudoscience has been established in Russia, its creators said Thursday. The public can make nominations for the award, dubbed the Obscurantis Prize, on the obscurantist.ru website, prize organizing committee head Irina Levontina told RIA Novosti. "We've long been outraged by various anti-scientific TV shows and articles full of outrageous nonsense and messing with people's heads," said Levontina, a linguist who works at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/02/21/Russian-satirical-prize-aims-to-poke-holes-in-pseudoscience/UPI-90761393028337/#ixzz2u5WdvZqZ Hmmm... wonder if we should nominate some Geysers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted February 22, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 22, 2014 If we all get together, we can get Hyraxes nominated and describe it as a "years long investigation into the Hyrax phenomenon by the webforum Unexplained Mysteries spearheaded by Smugfish!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquatus1 Posted February 23, 2014 #3 Share Posted February 23, 2014 That's...not a bad idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted February 23, 2014 #4 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) Off the top of my head, Melba Ketchum and Brian Foerster could be inaugural nominees. Maybe Lloyd Pye for an honourable posthumous mention? Edited February 23, 2014 by Leonardo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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