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Monty Python’s silly walk: A gait analysis and wake-up call to peer review inefficiencies

Fifty years ago, Monty Python’s famous sketch, “The Ministry of Silly Walks,” first aired on BBC One. The sketch pokes fun at the inefficiency of government bureaucracy. It opens with the Minister (John Cleese) walking in a rather unusual manner to his work, the Ministry of Silly Walks, where Mr. Pudey (Michael Palin) is waiting… Read More »