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BTW: There is no such thing as "Nobel Prize in Economics"

by dfox 17y ago

pohl 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economi...
- dfox 17y ago
  What about actually reading what you are linking to? At least the first paragraph?
  - DanielBMarkham 17y ago
    But he got a +12. That means you don't need to read any more. Because I know the score is a good indication of what I should be consuming here, right? (grin)
  - pohl 17y ago
    Kindly direct your eyes to the first sixteen words of that entry... The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics... ...and tell me how this supports the assertion that there is "no such thing". When I read further in the entry, I see that, while it wasn't established by Alfred's will and is known more formally by a longer name, there is in fact such a thing and that the recipients are selected by the same royal swedish academy of sciences, and "in accordance with the rules governing the award of the Nobel Prizes instituted through his [Alfred Nobel's] will". Maybe you meant to make a different point, like whether or not the most recent laureate was deserving of the recognition? Or maybe you're just engaging in obscene acts of silly pedantry over the commonly accepted shorthand name? Either way, I was tossing you a link so you could take your existential claim to the denizens of wikipedia and get the entry removed. I'm sure they would love to hear from you.
tokenadult 17y ago
It is correct that the economics prize was not endowed by Alfred Nobel's will, as were the prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine and physiology, literature, and world peace. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ There is a subtle difference in the formal title of the economics prize, but the Nobel Foundation reports information about the economics prize on its website.

BTW: There is no such thing as "Nobel Prize in Economics"

by dfox 17y ago

BTW: There is no such thing as "Nobel Prize in Economics"

pohl 17y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economi...

dfox 17y ago
What about actually reading what you are linking to? At least the first paragraph?
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  But he got a +12. That means you don't need to read any more. Because I know the score is a good indication of what I should be consuming here, right? (grin)
- pohl 17y ago
  Kindly direct your eyes to the first sixteen words of that entry... The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics... ...and tell me how this supports the assertion that there is "no such thing". When I read further in the entry, I see that, while it wasn't established by Alfred's will and is known more formally by a longer name, there is in fact such a thing and that the recipients are selected by the same royal swedish academy of sciences, and "in accordance with the rules governing the award of the Nobel Prizes instituted through his [Alfred Nobel's] will". Maybe you meant to make a different point, like whether or not the most recent laureate was deserving of the recognition? Or maybe you're just engaging in obscene acts of silly pedantry over the commonly accepted shorthand name? Either way, I was tossing you a link so you could take your existential claim to the denizens of wikipedia and get the entry removed. I'm sure they would love to hear from you.

tokenadult 17y ago

It is correct that the economics prize was not endowed by Alfred Nobel's will, as were the prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine and physiology, literature, and world peace. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ There is a subtle difference in the formal title of the economics prize, but the Nobel Foundation reports information about the economics prize on its website.