3 ms·
Nobel prizes are highly political and random. It’s like judging programming skill by who won the startup lottery.
by zeroonetwothree 3y ago
Nobel prizes are highly political and random. It’s like judging programming skill by who won the startup lottery.
- hsjqllzlfkf 3y agoSay the bitter losers.
- MengerSponge 3y agoRarely does anybody credible say "It's bullshit that they won the prize. I should have won the prize!" Much more often people say "So that prize was bullshit... $OTHER should have won it instead." Lise Meitner is a classic example. Chien-Shiung Wu is another.
- wbl 3y agoThere is more work than can win the Nobel then prizes to hand out and some awards are mystifying like the one for the automatic navigation aid light.
- kelipso 3y ago[flagged]