Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-09-30]: In the context of Ig Nobels for researches that make you laugh before you read them, researchers in the field of biology were awarded for their findings on turtles. These scientists discovered that the yawn is not contagious for turtles [source: web news]!!! Definitely a funny research! But wait a moment… The “scientists” who laugh with this research do not know anything about yawn! Nor why it happens, nor why the yawn is transmitted to other humans… So what's the joke? When something as common as the yawn is still an… absolute mystery, laughter needs to stop and humility should take its place.(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective...
