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A few prizes, Not a significant amount, have been given for political reasons. Usually it's the Peace Prize, ie, Obama; To a lesser degree, literature; Very Rarely the other harder-science prizes.If past Nobel Prizes hadn't been shown to go to people that actually do not deserve it I might have applauded when not knowing the actual person. But as is...sorry, I just can't. And sorry but a short excerpt of them is just not going to cut it.
A few prizes, Not a significant amount, have been given for political reasons. Usually it's the Peace Prize, ie, Obama; To a lesser degree, literature; Very Rarely the other harder-science prizes.
Why are you apologizing as if the Nobel Foundation or anyone else is affected by your loss of faith? Saying, "I'm ignorant of who the winners are and so I don't know if they're worthy of the award" is a greater indictment of how complacent you are with ignorance than it is of the Nobel Foundation. The self-importance in your post is absurd.If past Nobel Prizes hadn't been shown to go to people that actually do not deserve it I might have applauded when not knowing the actual person. But as is...sorry, I just can't. And sorry but a short excerpt of them is just not going to cut it.
Why are you apologizing as if the Nobel Foundation or anyone else is affected by your loss of faith? Saying, "I'm ignorant of who the winners are and so I don't know if they're worthy of the award" is a greater indictment of how complacent you are with ignorance than it is of the Nobel Foundation. The self-importance in your post is absurd.
... In Physics - like this is any kind of shocker - François Englert and Peter Higgs. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013
... In Physiology / Medicine - James Rothman, Randy Schekman, and Thomas C. Südhof. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013
The others have yet to be announced. I'll try to continue posting them as they are released.
Let us congratulate these gentlemen!
If past Nobel Prizes hadn't been shown to go to people that actually do not deserve it I might have applauded when not knowing the actual person. But as is...sorry, I just can't. And sorry but a short excerpt of them is just not going to cut it.
That may be. But they compromised their reputation. I for one won't chance it. As the old saying goes "trick me once, shame on you. Trick me twice, shame on me". (wording slightly changed in order to keep within the rules)
Name me one person that knows everything. Everyone is ignorant in some way or another and no one can possibly teach themselves every single little thing there is to know. The self righteous indignation of your post is what is absurd. My post had nothing to do with the people that were awarded. It was a reflection of my feelings on the Nobel Prizes. If you don't like it, tough. Deal with it. Or present an actual decent arguement as to why my belief in regards to the Nobel Prizes is wrong. Your choice.
There is no reason to care about any of this. It's time for this award to meet it's end.
I hear Putin's getting one for making Obama look like a jackass. :lol:
Such as? Oh, is this going to be an "Obama receiving a Peace Prize" comment? Probably.
Don't want to join the ranks of the Curies, Fleming, Hess, Golgi, Krebs, Weller, Kornberg, Watson, Crick, Lorentz, Schrodinger, Bequerel, Hertz, van der Waals, Fischer, Nernst, Svedberg, Einstein, Bohr, Planck, Delbruck, Axelrod, Hershey, Broglie, Dirac, Heisenberg, Dirac, Hess, Pauli, Appleton, Fermi, Weinberg, Cronin, Politzer, Urey, Pauling, Sanger, Wittig, Tanaka, Tsien, Pavlov, Koch, Golgi, Ehrlich, Carrel, Cappechi, or any of the rest? Yeah, these are only people that've shaped mankind for the better in more ways than imaginable.
What's wrong with? You've presented nothing other than "Booo, I don't like it."
Based on? Celebrating and applauding scientific knowledge and bettering mankind? Sure. :roll:
I'll look forward to reading one sentence from you complaining about that, too.
After Obama got his for nothing, it ceased to mean anything.
Based on? Celebrating and applauding scientific knowledge and bettering mankind? Sure. :roll:
After Obama got his for nothing, it ceased to mean anything.
Based on repeated instances of the committee being politically motivated. The days of this award having any real meaning are over.
Putin, right, see he has supported the peace all along in Syria, has helped Obama with more Peace in Syria, and has a peaceful general outlook for the region.
Another self-important post premised on the assumption that someone sees you as an authority figure or has an interest in changing your mind when that couldn't be farther from the truth.Name me one person that knows everything. Everyone is ignorant in some way or another and no one can possibly teach themselves every single little thing there is to know. The self righteous indignation of your post is what is absurd. My post had nothing to do with the people that were awarded. It was a reflection of my feelings on the Nobel Prizes. If you don't like it, tough. Deal with it. Or present an actual decent arguement as to why my belief in regards to the Nobel Prizes is wrong. Your choice.
Another self-important post premised on the assumption that someone sees you as an authority figure or has an interest in changing your mind when that couldn't be farther from the truth.
For the record, if you want people to see you as the authority you seem to think you are, I wouldn't start out posts with strawmen.
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