Scientists sneak Bob Dylan lyrics into articles as part of long-running bet

[greendog]

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Five Swedish-based scientists have been inserting Bob Dylan lyrics into research articles as part of a long-running bet. After 17 years, the researchers revealed their race to quote Dylan as many times as possible before retirement.

The bet began in 1997, following Nature’s publication of a paper by Jon Lundberg and Eddie Weitzberg, Nitric Oxide and Inflammation: The Answer Is Blowing In the Wind. “We both really like Bob Dylan so when we set about writing an article concerning the measurement of nitric oxide gas in both the respiratory tracts and the intestine ... the title came up and it fitted there perfectly,” Weitzberg recently explained.

[mrdmk]

1. yes, Bob Dylan does deserve a Noble Peace Prize

For his lyrics, they stand as true today as when he wrote them.

As a side note (excuse the pun) the reason Dylan wrote so many lyrics in his songs was to see how many words he could remember.