Experimental replication: knives manufactured from frozen human feces don't work

This sounds like a future nomination for an Ig Nobel Prize, joining other illustrious publications such as “Nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring with stamps” - http://ignobel.org

Don’t miss the supplementary material: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2352409X193053...

They tried to cut cold, dead hide with the "3D printed" knife. Anyone else think the hide might be tougher than taut, live tissue? They also only went on the Inuit diet for four days before trying it. And they didn't say how long it was frozen for. They also pointed out that the knife started melting pretty quickly after being exposed to the hide - this wouldn't happen in the arctic.

> In his book, Shadows in the Sun, Davis (1998: 20) recounts what is now arguably one of the most popular ethnographic accounts of all time

> Since publication, this story has been told and re-told in documentaries, books, and across internet websites and message boards (Davis, 2007, Davis, 2010; Gregg et al., 2000; Kokoris, 2012; Taete, 2015).

So it's not entirely without merit.

I'm sure beyond the ethnographic stuff it will fill many "well actually ..." type corrections you find by the know-it-alls on Reddit and elsewhere on the internet.

How do we know the Intuit didn't have diarrea that day and created essentially a brown ice knife?

Monetization idea: new Copro-Lite brand lightweight knives with field-replacable blades. Coming soon to Amazon!

If you ask this question, imagine what other questions it leads to? Not a good path.

I hope this knowledge never ends up being relevant to my life.

Smells like new "Sokal affair".

Sounds like it was a shitty knife.

Good publication for an elsiever journal.

Good to know.

Piece of shit research.