improbable research
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Improbable research is a field of scientific study that investigates unusual, humorous, or seemingly trivial topics that first make people laugh and then make them think.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| improbable research canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22788453 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: improbable research Context triple: [Ig Nobel Prize, awardFor, improbable research]
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A.
Of Knowledge and Probability
"Of Knowledge and Probability" is a section in John Locke’s *An Essay Concerning Human Understanding* that analyzes the nature, degrees, and limits of human knowledge in contrast with mere probability or belief.
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B.
The Probability Broach
The Probability Broach is a libertarian science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores an alternate-history America founded on radically individualist principles.
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C.
Another Knowledge Is Possible
Another Knowledge Is Possible is a scholarly work by sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos that critiques dominant Western epistemologies and advocates for plural, decolonial forms of knowledge.
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D.
An Anecdoted Topography of Chance
An Anecdoted Topography of Chance is an experimental artist’s book by Daniel Spoerri that catalogues the objects on his table through playful, digressive anecdotes, blending autobiography, conceptual art, and chance operations.
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E.
Inopinaves
Inopinaves is a proposed clade of modern birds that groups together several unexpectedly related lineages based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: improbable research Target entity description: Improbable research is a field of scientific study that investigates unusual, humorous, or seemingly trivial topics that first make people laugh and then make them think.
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A.
Of Knowledge and Probability
"Of Knowledge and Probability" is a section in John Locke’s *An Essay Concerning Human Understanding* that analyzes the nature, degrees, and limits of human knowledge in contrast with mere probability or belief.
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B.
The Probability Broach
The Probability Broach is a libertarian science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores an alternate-history America founded on radically individualist principles.
-
C.
Another Knowledge Is Possible
Another Knowledge Is Possible is a scholarly work by sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos that critiques dominant Western epistemologies and advocates for plural, decolonial forms of knowledge.
-
D.
An Anecdoted Topography of Chance
An Anecdoted Topography of Chance is an experimental artist’s book by Daniel Spoerri that catalogues the objects on his table through playful, digressive anecdotes, blending autobiography, conceptual art, and chance operations.
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E.
Inopinaves
Inopinaves is a proposed clade of modern birds that groups together several unexpectedly related lineages based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.