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How Bad Luck and Bad Networking Cost Douglas Prasher a Nobel Prize (2011)

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105 points wallflower | 1 comments | 21 Nov 14 07:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.237s | source
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untilHellbanned ◴[21 Nov 14 17:14 UTC] No.8642166[source]▶
So if he had the vision AND cloned AND published on GFP, why exactly was he not included on the Nobel? Not being an active scientist shouldn't matter. It saddens me that more people wouldn't refuse such honors without Prashers' inclusion. The money differential of inclusion would hardly be life changing, but the nobility differential of the honorees would be.
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lutorm ◴[21 Nov 14 19:16 UTC] No.8642796[source]▶
It's always a very difficult call who to include, given that science is not done in isolation and at most three people can share the price. I don't think not being an active scientist had anything to do with it.
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1. untilHellbanned ◴[21 Nov 14 19:22 UTC] No.8642832[source]▶
It seems like he should be one of the three. I think the actual honorees shouldn't have accepted the prize without his inclusion. That would have been the noble thing to do.