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Demographer's work debunking regions of exceptional lifespan wins Ig Nobel Prize

I don’t know why. Proving something is false is as good as proving something that is true. Knowledge moves forward. The public thinks that Okinawa and Greece have the highest longevity. Instead they have pension fraud and poor record keeping. That’s worth knowing.

10 months agomore_corn

Ig Nobels are not about bad research.

> Its aim is to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think."

10 months agojgtrosh

Not just pension fraud, Mediterranean pension fraud!

10 months agomensetmanusman

I'd heard of several of those findings, but didn't realize it was all the same person. Excellent work.

The connection between pension fraud and living past 100 did make me laugh when I first read about it.

10 months agonitwit005

>according to the Japanese government, Okinawans eat the least vegetables and sweet potatoes in Japan and have the highest body mass index.

My first thought was, that must be because of the big American presence on Okinawa. But it seems to be much less than I thought (18K vs. 1.47M).

10 months agocarlmr

Why did he get an ig nobel prize for catching fraud..

10 months agokelavaster