China’s education system also suppresses innovation while rewarding imitation. Although some Chinese schools conduct innovative experimental education, they remain few and have little impact.From childhood to adulthood, Chinese students are subjected to rote learning—memorizing and obeying rather than questioning or thinking independently. Thus, while Chinese students and researchers excel at replication and refinement of existing work, they are poor at true creativity.
It’s a foundation set up by a rich scientist who thought he was exceptionally smart and wanted to encourage other exceptionally smart people, to guide humanity. I’m sure they acknowledge the need for all the workers who through their collective effort actually make discoveries possible, but to them they are the true heroes, the pilots of the ignorant masses, the ones who really make the big decisions.
It’s a foundation set up by an industrial magnate and scientist to launder his repuation because he realised people would remember him for the deaths he caused. That is the official story, they don’t hide it. It is the most honest attempt at reputation laundering the world has ever seen.
The family made their money making weapons, Alfred’s dad invented the sea mine, the Nobel name is still on weapon companies.
Thank you for correcting me. The history I was taught is so white washed and I keep forgetting
No worries. The Nobels are almost refreshing in how open they are about how much they sucked, and it sort of lets them get away with still being shit. The Nobel Prizes are a PR coup unlike any other.