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ITT we discuss the Nobel Prize.
Why we think it is/isn't a worthwhile award, and, who we think will win the prizes this time around.

To any who don't know, the prize categories are
>Physics
>Chemistry
>Literature
>Peace
>Medicine
>And Economics

tldr: Nobel Prize General. Discuss.

>> No.6455565

not science
>sage

>> No.6455567

>>6455565
Physics and chemistry, last time I checked, were pretty much science.

The other categories, I couldn't give two shits about

>> No.6455573

>Physics
Jacob B and Neil deGrasse Tyson
>Chemistry
Who cares about chemistry?
>Literature
Sam Harris
>Peace
Richard Dawkins
>Medicine
the guy who invented transgender surgery
>And Economics
the bitcoin inventor

>> No.6455579

>>6455573
>chemistry
Walter White, obviously

>> No.6455592

>>6455579
They don't award them posthumously

>> No.6455619

>>6455592
That leaves off Osama Bin Laden as peace prize winner.

>> No.6455624

>>6455573
>Who cares about chemistry?
nootropics

>> No.6455657

>>6455624
soooo why isn't that medicine

>> No.6455681

Why wouldn't it be a worthwhile award?

>> No.6455789

>>6455592
you're right but there have been three exceptions:
literature, 1931: Erik Axel Karlfeldt,
peace,1961: Dag Hammarskjöld
medicine,2011: Ralph Steinman


I second WW. (how humorous)

>> No.6455986

>>6455789
Steinman's work was truly fantastic and completely changed the way we see the adaptive immune system, it's a really sad story.

How about people who died before getting their due Noble prize? Personally I was always sad about Okazaki dying before his time and not getting to see his brilliant theories revolutionize biology.