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The Nobel prize is 120 years old and I don’t think it can be awarded posthumously. > but got scooped, which sucks buts that’s how science works sometimes I wo
by chestertn 5y ago
The Nobel prize is 120 years old and I don’t think it can be awarded posthumously.
> but got scooped, which sucks buts that’s how science works sometimes
I work in science. It hasn’t been always like this and it is getting worse. Nobody does basic or risky research anymore.
- CrazyStat 5y ago> I don’t think it can be awarded posthumously. Correct. > I work in science. It hasn’t been always like this and it is getting worse. Nobody does basic or risky research anymore. Getting scooped has always been a risk. Crick and Watson fretted about it when they were working on the structure of DNA. Newton and Leibniz bickered over priority for calculus hundreds of years ago. My wife fretted about it when she was isolating and studying the function of a 450kDa protein for her PhD a decade ago. I don't think it has really changed that much.