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Why does this particular discovery merit an exception, but every other Nobel does not?
by jeffwass 3y ago
Why does this particular discovery merit an exception, but every other Nobel does not?
- r2_pilot 3y agoPerhaps with all the lower-hanging scientific fruit now getting more scarce, it makes sense to start allowing for a larger number of contributors to be recognized, even if they don't necessarily share in the prize money. Why not start such a new tradition when such a practical and wide-ranging technology comes into play? (assuming this is eventually validated)
- calderknight 3y agowould then make sense to award the prize less frequently
- rapsey 3y agoBecause if true it will be the most important discovery of this century?
- calderknight 3y agoI'm not sure about that. This is going to be a crazy century.
- concordDance 3y agoThe most important discovery of the century will probably be whatever finally lets us make human level AI.
- curiousObject 3y agoThat may be the last science Nobel awarded to a human
- Knee_Pain 3y ago[flagged]
- fbdab103 3y agoFun thought experiment, but I would probably go with something like the Haber Process to create ammonia. Enormous industrial applications which led to a boon in fertilizer development and feeding of humanity.
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