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I stopped taking the nobel prize seriously when they awarded the peace nobel prize to Obama.
by mlang23 5y ago
I stopped taking the nobel prize seriously when they awarded the peace nobel prize to Obama.
- Kelteseth 5y agoWe live in a world where the Nobel Peace Prize winner, bombed another Nobel Peace Prize winner. - https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/world/asia/obama-apologizes-for-bombing-of-afghanistan-hospital.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/world/asia/obama-apologiz...
- OskarS 5y agoThe Peace Prize has it’s fair share of whoppers (Henry Kissinger!), but the science ones are usually not quite that clueless. This oversight though, this one is pretty baffling to me.
- jeltz 5y agoIsn't that exactly why they should not give a prize for mRNA vaccines. The Norwegian Nobel Committee (the people who hand out the peace prize) has a history of handing out the prize too early (Obama, Arafat, etc) while the Swedish Research Council are much more cautious when handing out prizes.
- OskarS 5y agoI don't think it's too early to say that the vaccines deserve it, given what they have already accomplished.
- jeltz 5y agoI am sure people said the same for lobotomy back when Moniz won the prize. I am personally all for the mRNA vaccines and am vaccinated with Pfizer myself but I understand why they are cautious when handing out prizes. What harm is there in waiting a few years?
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- nairboon 5y agoThe peace prize is also very different from the science prizes. The peace prize is handed out by politicians (members of the Norwegian parliament), whereas the science prizes are handed out by scientists.
- tephra 5y agoThe members of the peace committee are _selected_ by Stortinget but no member of the committee currently serves as a member of parliament (although some are former members/politicians).