2000年 イグノーベル賞 受賞者一覧
2000年のイグノーベル賞は、コスタリカの乾季のオタマジャクシの味比べ、恋愛は生化学的に強迫性障害と区別できない発見、猫がキーボードを歩いたのを検知するソフト、集団結婚を効率化し規模を拡大し続けたことなど全10部門を収録。
受賞者一覧
コスタリカの乾季のオタマジャクシの味比べ
Richard Wassersug of Dalhousie University, for his first-hand report, “On the Comparative Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles from Costa Rica.” [Published in The American Midland Naturalist, vol. 86, no. 1, July 1971, pp. 101-109.]
- 受賞者
- Richard Wassersug of Dalhousie University
- 分野
- 生物学部門
恋愛は生化学的に強迫性障害と区別できない発見
Donatella Marazziti, Alessandra Rossi, and Giovanni B. Cassano of the University of Pisa, and Hagop S. Akiskal of the University of California (San Diego), for their discovery that, biochemically, romantic love may be indistinguishable from having severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. [REFERENCE: “Alteration of the platelet serotonin transporter in romantic love,” Marazziti D, Akiskal HS, Rossi A, Cassano GB, Psychological Medicine, 1999 May;29(3):741-5.]
- 受賞者
- Donatella Marazziti, Alessandra Rossi, and Giovanni B. Cassano of the University of Pisa, and Hagop S. Akiskal of the University of California (San Diego)
- 分野
- 化学部門
猫がキーボードを歩いたのを検知するソフト
Chris Niswander of Tucson, Arizona, for inventing PawSense, software that detects when a cat is walking across your computer keyboard.
- 受賞者
- Chris Niswander of Tucson, Arizona
- 分野
- 計算機科学部門
集団結婚を効率化し規模を拡大し続けたこと
The Reverend Sun Myung Moon, for bringing efficiency and steady growth to the mass-marriage industry, with, according to his reports, a 36-couple wedding in 1960, a 430-couple wedding in 1968, an 1800-couple wedding in 1975, a 6000-couple wedding in 1982, a 30,000-couple wedding in 1992, a 360,000-couple wedding in 1995, and a 36,000,000-couple wedding in 1997.
- 受賞者
- The Reverend Sun Myung Moon
- 分野
- 経済学部門
人は本当は食事を必要としないとする著書
Jasmuheen (formerly known as Ellen Greve) of Australia, first lady of Breatharianism, for her book “Living on Light,” which explains that although some people do eat food, they don’t ever really need to.
- 受賞者
- Jasmuheen (formerly known as Ellen Greve) of Australia, first lady of Breatharianism
- 分野
- 文学部門
性交中と性的興奮時の男女の性器のMRI撮影
Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, Pek van Andel, and Eduard Mooyaart of Groningen, The Netherlands, and Ida Sabelis of Amsterdam, for their illuminating report, “Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Male and Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal.” [Published in British Medical Journal, vol. 319, 1999, pp 1596-1600.]
- 受賞者
- Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, Pek van Andel, and Eduard Mooyaart of Groningen, The Netherlands, and Ida Sabelis of Amsterdam
- 分野
- 医学部門
実弾の代わりに「バン！」と叫ばせた命令
The British Royal Navy, for ordering its sailors to stop using live cannon shells, and to instead just shout “Bang!”
- 受賞者
- The British Royal Navy
- 分野
- 平和部門
磁石でカエルを浮かせたこと
Andre Geim of the University of Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and Sir Michael Berry of Bristol University (UK), for using magnets to levitate a frog. [REFERENCE: “Of Flying Frogs and Levitrons” by M.V. Berry and A.K. Geim, European Journal of Physics, v. 18, 1997, p. 307-13.] [REFERENCE: VIDEO] NOTE: Ten years later, in 2010, Andre Geim won a Nobel Prize in physics (for research on another subject).
- 受賞者
- Andre Geim of the University of Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and Sir Michael Berry of Bristol University (UK)
- 分野
- 物理学部門
能力の低い人ほど自己評価が高くなる現象
David Dunning of Cornell University and Justin Kruger of the University of Illinois, for their modest report, “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments.” [Published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 77, no. 6, December 1999, pp. 1121-34.]
- 受賞者
- David Dunning of Cornell University and Justin Kruger of the University of Illinois
- 分野
- 心理学部門
グラスゴーで相次いだ便器の崩壊
Jonathan Wyatt, Gordon McNaughton, and William Tullett of Glasgow, for their alarming report, “The Collapse of Toilets in Glasgow.” [Published in the Scottish Medical Journal, vol. 38, 1993, p. 185.]
- 受賞者
- Jonathan Wyatt, Gordon McNaughton, and William Tullett of Glasgow
- 分野
- 公衆衛生部門