It's a fairly neutral statement - some mathematicians (I'm not even stating my opinion) apparently think that some other prize might have the status of "the Nob

It's a fairly neutral statement - some mathematicians (I'm not even stating my opinion) apparently think that some other prize might have the status of "the Nobel Prize". I mean, that's the whole fucking point of the post - to make a note of the fact that this other prize might not be the most prestigious prize in some people's eyes, that some other prize might have the same level of prestige. Not to diminish to the Fields Medal, but to add a somewhat relevant factoid to the thread, considering that the article was so focused on the Nobel prize-like status of the Fields Medal. But of course since this is a somewhat typical Web forum, people have to assume the worst intent and try to snipe it, forcing me to belabor the original point which only needed one sentence to express.