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As others have pointed out, that comparison is poor. A better one is Nobel laureates per capita: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Nobel_laur
by hgomersall 5y ago
As others have pointed out, that comparison is poor. A better one is Nobel laureates per capita:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Nobel_laureates_per_capita https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Nobel_l...
There are a good few European countries above the US.
- Lio 5y agoDo we count all Nobel laureates the same in that list? i.e. is a Peace Laureate the same value in showing the superiority of a particular university as a Chemistry Laureate or even Literature Laureate? The list looks very different if you take that into account.
- omnicognate 5y agoThere's a table with only scientific prizes taken into account there, too. Doesn't change much, Germany is still higher than the US.
- omnicognate 5y agoIncluding Germany (one position higher). Love that the Faroe Islands is at the top with one prize.
- hgomersall 5y agoBoth the top island nations have their one prize in economics, which is a fake Nobel prize, and shouldn't be on that list at all.
- omnicognate 5y agoI rather agree with you there.