> The idea that awarding a prize to the most respected scientists in a particular field is solely for the purpose of advancing an ideology is in itself extremel

> The idea that awarding a prize to the most respected scientists in a particular field is solely for the purpose of advancing an ideology is in itself extremely anti-intellectual and biased. The very idea of it is anti-intellectual? That's absurd. There's nothing magical about awarding prizes to scientists that prevents it from being done with a motivation. The committee famously cancelled the prize for a year to avoid awarding it to Einstein, since he was a Jew with radical political beliefs.