Fri. 10/08 - Is The Nobel Prize Bad For Science?

<p><strong><em>The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize have been announced! As well as the winners in Chemistry and Literature. More on each winner, as well as a question about whether we really need the Nobel Prize. Plus, the remnants of the oldest Black church in the US have been uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg. And a Google AI has recreated famous works of art by Gustav Klimt that were lost in World War II.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Novo, <a href="https://www.banknovo.com/p/kottke?utm_source=kottke-ride-home&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=oxford" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BankNovo.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/world/women-winners-nobel-peace-prize.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maria Ressa is only the 18th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in its 126-year history.</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/press-release/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 - Press release</a> (Nobel Prize)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nobel-peace-prize-maria-ressa-muratov/2021/10/08/0d0516e8-2806-11ec-8739-5cb6aba30a30_story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel Peace Prize</a> (Washington Post)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/science/nobel-prize-chemistry.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Scientists for Creating a Tool to Build Molecules</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/07/abdulrazak-gurnah-wins-the-2021-nobel-prize-in-literature" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel prize in literature</a> (The Guardian)</li><li><a href="https://www.vox.com/22700753/imperfect-nobel-prizes-medicine-physics-chemistry-economics-2021" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The flaws in the Nobel Prizes in me