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Nobel Prize 2.0

2021/10/6
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Brian Keating:诺贝尔奖曾是重要的职业激励,但其影响在竞争激烈的领域尤为显著,科研资源的分配也与获得诺贝尔奖的概率相关。对诺贝尔奖的过度关注可能导致科学家们优先追求快速发表结果,而非严谨的科学验证。最终,他后悔过度关注诺贝尔奖。 Noah Hassenfeld:宇宙的均匀性是一个巨大的宇宙谜团,而暴胀理论是解释这一现象的最佳猜测。如果暴胀理论正确,宇宙早期应该存在引力波,它们会在宇宙早期光子的运动中留下痕迹。Brian Keating 的团队试图通过寻找宇宙早期光子的特殊旋转模式来探测引力波,最终探测结果被推翻,证明了诺贝尔奖的激励机制可能导致科学家们优先追求快速发表结果,而非严谨的科学验证。 Devang Mehta:诺贝尔奖是科学的公众形象,但其存在负面影响。诺贝尔奖获得者地域分布不均,欧美国家获得的奖项数量远超其他地区;诺贝尔奖获得者性别比例严重失衡,女性获得者数量极少;诺贝尔奖在物理、化学和医学领域从未颁发给黑人科学家;诺贝尔奖加剧了科学领域的偏见,例如,它强化了西方主导科学的观念;诺贝尔奖影响了科研经费的分配,导致科学家们倾向于研究与诺贝尔奖相关的课题,而非真正重要的课题;诺贝尔奖的评奖范围有限,忽略了许多重要的科学领域,例如环境科学和植物科学;诺贝尔奖只奖励三个人,忽略了实验室中其他做出贡献的人员。

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The Nobel Prize significantly impacts scientific research, influencing career trajectories and resource allocation, especially in competitive fields like cosmology.

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The Nobel Prize has rewarded some amazing discoveries. It’s also contributed to scientific tunnel vision. This week, how the Nobel impacted our understanding of an enormous cosmic mystery, and what a new and improved Nobel Prize could look like.

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