OK, if he did not bribe them for his peace prize, what other criteria won him that prize?
Just curious what a person of your mindset thinks in regards to that story
He didn't bribe them, period. Wing nuts successfully built the association of the words "Nobel, Obama and bribe" in your mind. That is why I suggested you check the facts.
There have been people and countries accused of trying to influence the Nobel Committees. There are known cases where people have claimed the work of others, and ended up with a Nobel Prize. It is usually a case of a well known person whose assistants or associates have done the actual heavy lifting but the results are claimed by the well known, better connected, head of the project.
I recently read
The Disappearing Spoon, the story of the periodic table through history. I'm just finishing a book about experiments in physics
No Easy Answers. My BIL wrote it, and although it is way, way above my understanding of physics, I asked him which book of his I might read for some insight. Well, I now know a little more about neutrinos, electron spin and other arcane things regarding particle physics; just enough to know I know nothing. :laughing:
Both of those books mention numerous scientists who won Nobel Prizes, including some who didn't deserve to. Do I remember their names? Heck no. I could dredge up a couple probably but it's not the sort of factoid that sticks in my head. It has no value to me to know that, and I could look it up if needed anyways.
So, a person of
my mindset is curious about your reaction to Obama's prize. How many Nobel winners can you name and what work did they receive the award for? Did they deserve it? Was there someone more deserving for work done in the same field? Was it truly seminal, groundbreaking work?
Who wins a Nobel, and the reason, is obviously important to you; you should have some comparisons ready to mind. My guess is, that like 99% of people, you do not. Yet you manage to be enraged by Obama's prize--five years ago now, because you feel he didn't deserve it. There is a conflict there, if you are willing to examine it.
I doubt if he felt he deserved it either. He had a choice: accept it graciously and make an appropriate speech, or decline it graciously and make an appropriate speech. Either choice would have angered or insulted somebody or some group.
