Donald Trump has been nominated fora Nobel Peace Prize.

[OldGuy]

@Boyo_Jim

OldGuy, are you limited to 1 nomination? I think all the other Republican candidates should be nominated so Trump can’t lord it over them. And for fun, nominated them for the Nobel Prize in physics, so they can stumble around trying to explain the Big Bang theory, or repudiate it.

Well ‘yes and no.’ You actually nominate an accomplishment. This can have multiple people (up to three). For example Watson, Crick and Wilkins won the prize together for the structure of DNA in 1962 and were probably nominated together – at least Watson and Crick; Wilkins work was separate but related. On the other hand, The prize in Economics in 2013 was also shared by three people, Fama, Hansen, and Shiller. The three of them have never worked together on anything, and I don’t believe any two of them have. I can’t imagine they were nominated together by anyone. I’m sure that was a case of the committee giving it to three people who work in related areas. That seems fairly common for the Economics prize.

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

Hitler was nominated also. So was Stalin.

(OK, Hitler’s nomination was supposed to be a joke, but Stalin’s name was put forth quite seriously. Twice. For his efforts to end WW II)

[BrainGlutton]

@Stoneburg

I think those who accuse Chomksy or lying are confusing “lying” with “saying things that I don’t like and/or agree with”. As far as I can tell Chomksy is incredibly well researched and honest, as well as being wildly appreciated outside of the US, but his political leaning annoys those who would like to imagine the world to be different to what Chomsky describes.

He’s often very insightful.

Science talks about very simple things, and asks hard questions about them. As soon as things become too complex, science can’t deal with them… But it’s a complicated matter: Science studies what’s at the edge of understanding, and what’s at the edge of understanding is usually fairly simple. And it rarely reaches human affairs. Human affairs are way too complicated. In fact even understanding insects is an extremely complicated problem in the sciences. So the actual sciences tell us virtually nothing about human affairs.

[Dewey_Finn]

@doorhinge

What outstanding contribution for world peace did Obama accomplish in his first nine months as POTUS that qualified him as a recipient in the eyes of the five Norwegian judges? Or was it something Obama did during his four years as a U.S. Senator?

Nominations are due by February each year, so Obama was nominated after having been president for only a month or so. I think even he found it embarrassing to win the Peace Prize that early, but what could he do? Refuse it?

[Chronos]

Quoth BrainGlutton:

Never mind that, should “anal retentive” include a hyphen or not?

No, a colon.

[doorhinge]

@Dewey_Finn

Nominations are due by February each year, so Obama was nominated after having been president for only a month or so. I think even he found it embarrassing to win the Peace Prize that early, but what could he do? Refuse it?

Nominations are nominations. A nomination is better than not being nominated. However, I believe the winning of such a prize should be based on actually having accomplished something that could actually be considered an extraordinary effort to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people. Giving a speech is not an extraordinary effort. Watching more countries create more nuclear weapons is not an extraordinary effort to prevented nuclear proliferation.

An Obama-type win doesn’t reflect so much on Obama as it does on the judgment of the five Norwegians who awarded the prize to someone they were in love with.

[Lobohan]

@doorhinge

What outstanding contribution for world peace did Obama accomplish in his first nine months as POTUS that qualified him as a recipient in the eyes of the five Norwegian judges? Or was it something Obama did during his four years as a U.S. Senator?

*In his will, Alfred Nobel tasked the Parliament of Norway with selecting the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

…The other Nobel Prizes were to be awarded by Swedish bodies (Swedish Academy, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Karolinska Institutet) that already existed, whereas the responsibility for the Peace Prize was given to the Norwegian Parliament, specifically “a committee of five persons to be elected” by it. A new body had to be created—the Norwegian Nobel Committee.*

Norwegian Nobel Committee - Wikipedia

You said if Obama could do it, it must be easy. The implication is that Obama is limited to easy tasks.

Or is that not what you meant? I assumed you were taking a thoughtless ideological jab.

[Siam_Sam]

@coremelt

I know a university professor. Wonder how much I have to bribe him to get nominated. “Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize” sure looks better than Eagle Scout on a resume

I met a guy who put on his resume that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was a UN Peacekeeper when they were awarded the prize in 1988. Said it was a great talking point in interviews.

[doorhinge]

For historical reference

@doorhinge

Obama has won one. It can’t be that difficult.

@Lobohan

You said if Obama could do it, it must be easy. The implication is that Obama is limited to easy tasks.

Or is that not what you meant? I assumed you were taking a thoughtless ideological jab.

Thoughtless?

Trump may have been nominated for a Nobel Peace prize. Obama was nominated for a Nobel Peace prize. Obama actually won one. But Obama didn’t actually manage to accomplish any of things he had talked about that seems to have so impressed the five Norwegian judges.

Does this mean that Obama was actually handed a Nobel prize for participation? :eek:

[astorian]

Obviously, Trump has done nothing to deserve a Nobel.

But he’s easily as deserving as Obama was.