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I am very surprised at the article as the Fields medal has always been promoted as such: encouraging promising young mathematical talents. I am even more surpr
by xcambar 4y ago
I am very surprised at the article as the Fields medal has always been promoted as such: encouraging promising young mathematical talents.
I am even more surprised that,of all places, here on HN I get to be the first to comment that.
How did the general audience get such a poor perception of the medal? Is it scientific communication gone wrong?
- sweezyjeezy 4y agoIt's hard to argue that the spirit of the competition has not changed since it started. Roth would not have won the fields medal the way he did these days, he pretty much won it for a single paper.
- was_a_dev 4y ago> the Fields Medal, is often described as the Nobel Prize for math(s). This is the problem
- downboots 4y agoIs there a higher rank award in math?
- was_a_dev 4y agoIt isn't about the rank in this case - it is about the difference in how both operate. Equating the two, because of their similar prestige, misleads those to thinking the Fields Medal is awarded under the same merit of the Nobel Prize.
- downboots 4y agoSurprisingly common given the multitude listed here: List of prizes known as Nobel of X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_known_as_the_Nobel_or_the_highest_honors_of_a_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_known_as_the_No...