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1ris
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The Absurdity of Nobel Prizes in Science
It's supposed to be political, that's the point.
I like both the EU and Obama, but don't think they deserve them.
2muchcoffeeman
on Oct 3, 2017
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I think that's part of the point though. Politics is the way by which you achieve peace. So the Peace prize is also a political tool. "We're giving you this prize and now you have to live up to it.".
QAPereo
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Hopefully the drone programs under president Obama disabused them of that particularly odious and arrogant fallacy.
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I like both the EU and Obama, but don't think they deserve them.