Nobel Disease

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Nobel Disease

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Nobel Disease

Colin Wright

Aug 23, 2022

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Brain Lenses

Nobel Disease

Sometimes called "nobelitis," the term "Nobel disease" refers to a tendency for Nobel Prize-winning scientists to go off on wild, often irrational or pseudoscientific tangents following their acquisition of this coveted (by some measures, the most-coveted of all scientific recognitions) designation…

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