Philosophy
Today is the birthday of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite and owned a major arms manufacturer before establishing the Peace Prize with his name. What other awards could you come up with the would rival it in irony? The Louie Anderson Iron Man Triathelete of the Year, perhaps, or the Dick Cheney Award for Government Transparency? Others?
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Philosophy
The Irony Awards
Today is the birthday of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite and owned a major arms manufacturer before establishing the Peace Prize with his name. What other awards could you come up with the would rival it in irony? The Louie Anderson Iron Man Triathelete of the Year, perhaps, or the Dick Cheney Award for Government Transparency? Others?
- Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: For What?
President Obama today was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Extraordinary efforts? He hasn't actually done anything yet...other than not be George...
- A Flaw In Nobel Prize Awards?
He has a point. "Nobel Jury Member Calls Physics Prize ‘Wrong’" Argues that the groundbreaking CERN lab that finally discovered the ‘god particle’ deserved more than a nod by Agence France-Presse October 9th, 2013 The Raw Story The Nobel Prize...
- 2009 Nobel Prize In Physics Challenged
Wilhelm Röntgen [1845 to 1923] was the first person to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of X-rays. What's the issue here? Are the challengers concerned about prestige, money, ethical integrity? "Controversy raised about 2009...
- Nobel Foundation Rebukes Ethics Violation Allegation
"Nobel official defends disputed China trips" by Malin Rising and Louise Nordstrom December 23rd, 2008 The Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden The head of the Nobel Foundation on Tuesday rejected criticism against all-expenses-paid trips that prize jurors...
- Ig Nobel Prizes For 2008
And the winners in the field of biology are "...Marie-Christine Cadiergues, Christel Joubert and Michel Franc of the National Veterinary College of Toulouse in France for discovering that fleas that live on a dog can jump higher than fleas that live...