It's always funny to see the complete disconnect between "best paper awards" and papers that actually end up being important. Not to remove any credit from the

It's always funny to see the complete disconnect between "best paper awards" and papers that actually end up being important. Not to remove any credit from the undoubtedly great work that it takes to get on that list. It's just that we're kind of bad at evaluating stuff in general and scientific work in particular. Let's not forget that more than one good paper has received the "we are sorry to inform you" letter. An article in IEEE by Simone Santini in December 2005 even made fun of that - I recommend reading it for light hearted laughs.