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Sep 13, 2026
Miles GrayHOST
Just a little dumb.
Jack O'BrienHOST
Early days of the internet, I had these confused with the Darwin Awards, which are the awards for just people doing...
Jack O'BrienHOST
Do they give out Darwin Awards? No, it's just like an unofficial thing.
Jack O'BrienHOST
Yeah, it's just a joke.
Jack O'BrienHOST
But Ig Nobel is actually looking at real scientific research.
speaker_1HOST
Not only that, some celebs have met their mortal ends in the weirdest, grossest, and most mysterious ways imaginable.
speaker_1HOST
From toilet trouble to Darwin Award-level stunts, join me as we uncover the craziest ways that celebrities have met their maker.
speaker_1HOST
Here
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we go.
Dave PortnoyADVERTISER
If that was the issue, we could just say that we can watch them compete to win
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
places show in the Darwin Awards.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We have to start doing things for the greater good of society and not for idiots who think that they can do their own research.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And don't get me started on the lunatics who won't take any of the COVID vaccines.
Prateek SinghHOST
Okay.
Daniel VacantiHOST
We're not going into the Darwin Awards.
Prateek SinghHOST
But the idea, at least there with flow metrics specifically, which is what Dan and I talk about quite a bit, is they have survived multiple revolutions, like the industrial revolution, getting into automation in all types of manufacturing, then getting into
Daniel VacantiHOST
Information
SassHOST
Yes,
MorganHOST
I am the living embodiment of the Darwin Awards, I think.
SassHOST
Because, you know, I was
MorganHOST
always told, don't put water in the oil, it will catch fire.
Miles GrayHOST
Just a little dump.
Jack O'BrienHOST
Early days of the internet, I had these confused with the Darwin Awards, which are the awards for just people doing...
Jack O'BrienHOST
Do they give out Darwin Awards? No, it's just like an unofficial thing.
Jack O'BrienHOST
It's just a joke.
Jack O'BrienHOST
But Ig Nobel is actually looking at real scientific research.
Flesh SimulatorHOST
fucked up.
Flesh SimulatorHOST
That's called a Darwin Award.
Flesh SimulatorHOST
Yeah.
RustyHOST
Yeah.
Seth AndrewsHOST
We've talked about the Christians, progressives and hardliners and everybody in between.
Seth AndrewsHOST
I've done shows on Darwin Awards, where people did dumb stuff and paid a pretty high price.
Seth AndrewsHOST
We've done shows on the Amish and the Mennonites.
Seth AndrewsHOST
We've talked about the Founding Fathers.
Chris MerrillHOST
I just started giving it away.
Michael MonksHOST
Well, maybe with your position on lightning, we'll rename the Darwin Awards the Merrills.
Michael MonksHOST
Not bad.
Michael MonksHOST
All right.
Joe CasabonaHOST
That recommended reading is Three Mount Shasta Climbers Rescued After Relying On AI To Plan Climb.
Joe CasabonaHOST
This is from KRCtv.com, and I would file this under strong contestants for the Darwin Awards.
Joe CasabonaHOST
I usually focus on the more cerebral dangers of AI, the idea that letting AI do the work for you will lead to brain rot You'll lose the ability to think critically or articulate thoughts without first running to a large language model to tell you how you feel, and that is extremely problematic.
Joe CasabonaHOST
It's the root of everything I talk about with conscientious AI usage.
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