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Is this a respected prize? It's a very new prize (this is only the second winner), so it's still too early to tell. But is backed by a reasonably respectable o

• enriquto 5y ago
  > is backed by a reasonably respectable organization. Respectability of the prize will arise mostly from the people who receive the prizes, not from the organization itself. Would you like to receive the same prize that got all these other geniuses? The Nobel is respectable because so many great scientists got it. The composition of the Nobel committee is irrelevant, as long as they keep giving the prize to the best.