3275: Calibration Nobel

Calibration Nobel

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Title text: We would like to once again apologize to Dr. Jones for last year's mistaken announcement. We should really have double-checked the envelope for this award in particular.

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Explanation

This is one of 40 incomplete explanations: This page was NOT discovered on Titan. Don't remove this notice too soon. If you can fix this issue, edit the page!

The mouseover text implies that last year the prize was awarded in error to a Dr. Jones, meaning that the prize committee themselves were embarrassed by publishing incorrect results.

Transcript

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[Hairy is standing behind a lectern, addressing the attendees in front of him.]

Hairy: This year's Nobel prize in "Calibrating your equipment carefully and not embarrassing yourself by publishing spurious results" goes to Dr. Adams and Dr. Smith, who did not announce the discovery of microbes on titan.

Dr. Smith: Thank you, Thank you.

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Discussion

say what?

What? Radish (talk) 16:45, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Nice. (imaginary upvote) RadiantRainwing (talk) 17:21, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

🔺130.76.187.47 17:33, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Does anyone know why the incomplete explanations count is wrong here because on 3274 it is 41 but here its 40 98.220.251.43 17:56, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
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