Re: Smart the Schizo (was 0.9999 =/= 1)

From: Tim Mellor (timm_at_amsta.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: 30 Oct 2004 05:25:42 -0700

Tim Brauch <RnEeMwOs.pVoEst@tbrauch.cNOoSPAMm> wrote in message news:<Xns9592A6CA4701webmastertbrauchcom@204.127.199.17>...
> smart1234@aol.com (S. Enterprize Company) wrote in
> news:20041029174146.18077.00006089@mb-m03.aol.com:
>
> >>I watched the movie, "A Beautiful Mind." It was trash. You should
> >>*read* *the* *book*, "A Beautiful Mind." It is a much more accurate
> >>portrayal of the life of John Nash. It has not been done up for
> >>Hollywood and is based on his autobiography.
> >>
> >>Oh, and by the way, Nash did not win the Nobel prize.
> >>
> >> - Tim
> >>
> >
> > Oh, yes he did.
> >
> > http://www.popular-science.net/nobel/nash.html
>
>
> Silly, silly little man. John Nash won a prize in Economics (for his
> Nash Equilibria Points, I believe). There is no such thing as a Nobel
> Prize in Economics. Alfred Nobel made no such request in his will.
> From http://nobelprize.org/
>
> "The Nobel Prize is an international award given yearly since 1901 for
> achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for peace."
>
> There is nothing in there about Economics. I'm sorry, but you cannot
> win something that does not exist.

Except this "In 1968, the Bank of Sweden instituted the Prize in
Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel
Prize."

This prize is run by the same organisation, and is in the name of
"Nobel", though, as you say, he didn't found it himself.

Regeards

Tim

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