tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6602474663234721986..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Are science Nobel prizes scraping the barrel of first rate achievers?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-90270453878166827832014-10-17T08:00:36.350+01:002014-10-17T08:00:36.350+01:00@Alex - I know a lot more about Feynman and Dyson ...@Alex - I know a lot more about Feynman and Dyson than Wilson. F & D are real scientists for sure, and among the best of the past 60 years - they are also models of scientific integrity.<br /><br />Wilson is at a much lower level both scientifically and ethically - better than most for sure, but I sense he has become gradually corrupted.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-88361240918198027032014-10-17T06:55:44.269+01:002014-10-17T06:55:44.269+01:00Bruce, what are your thoughts on Feynman, Dyson, a...Bruce, what are your thoughts on Feynman, Dyson, and EO Wilson? I ask cause the media have been on a bit of a crusade the last few years trying to tear them down. Is this simply because of their non-PCness or because they are right and brilliant and therefore need to be taken down a notch?AlexTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-29350184671261311692014-10-15T15:36:07.676+01:002014-10-15T15:36:07.676+01:00''Education'' and bureaucracy '...''Education'' and bureaucracy ''kill'' creative genius in its roots.<br />Extreme mechanization of ''meritocratic'' education system selected technically smart people who will have ideas by five and five years, not so innovative ideas most part of time.<br />Very creative people mimic some schizophrenic and adhd traits as have novel ideas all the time.<br />Temple Grandin for example, only can publish their works because she have a tutor.<br />Greater majority of humanity mistakes appearance with essence.Santocultonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-30551111665473635172014-10-15T01:41:27.684+01:002014-10-15T01:41:27.684+01:00Nobel Physics prize for inventing LEDs?Nobel Physics prize for inventing LEDs?pyrrhushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150605108788285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-40109186267621493362014-10-14T14:43:29.284+01:002014-10-14T14:43:29.284+01:00Fake science, obedience, mediocrity. Sounds a lot ...Fake science, obedience, mediocrity. Sounds a lot like science in the USSR - with the difference that Soviet science actually had some genuine achievements.<br /><br />Maybe they should rename the Nobel Prize the Stalin Prize, heh heh.JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-16323962263271968392014-10-14T11:12:13.602+01:002014-10-14T11:12:13.602+01:00@tlf - The difference is that the British Honours ...@tlf - The difference is that the British Honours system always has been mostly corrupt (and corrupt-ing), whereas the Nobels weren't. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-70642154909430053262014-10-14T10:59:50.880+01:002014-10-14T10:59:50.880+01:00I feel the same about OBE's. MBE's etc.
A...I feel the same about OBE's. MBE's etc.<br /><br />And "celebrity" - what is that nowadays?<br /><br />Standards slipping!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com