# Nobel prizes booboos?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prizes-booboos/36559>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 11, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prizes-booboos/36559 "2000-10-11T16:48:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![moodtobestewed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@moodtobestewed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moodtobestewed)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prizes-booboos/36559/1 "2000-10-11T16:48:02Z")

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Has the Nobel committee ever given a prize to someone and years later it has come back to haunt them? For example, anyone receive a prize for a scientific discovery that’s since been discredited?

Just curious.

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**Author:** ![moodtobestewed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@moodtobestewed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moodtobestewed)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-prizes-booboos/36559/2 "2000-10-11T16:52:23Z")

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DOH! Somehow overlooked that this was already asked today. I’ll slink back into my hole now…