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		kelahcim on Oct 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield an... Kahneman was awarded Nobel prize in economic sciences even though his work was, in fact, all about psychology.

dosshell on Oct 8, 2024 [–]

Note that: There are no economic science Nobel prize.

Only one similar named price in the name and memory of Alfred Nobel, which some how, is allowed to be part of the Nobel prize celebration.

I guess my opinion is in minority, but i don't like that another prize hijacks the Nobel prize.

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